John Minchillo

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Singles

Selected Images from Associated Press Assignments

May 2011 - February 2012

All Images Copyright Associated Press

A security officer scans the streets through binoculars atop the UN General Assembly building ahead of the UNGA, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in the Manhattan borough of New York. The NYPD stepped up security measures throughout the city, shutting down streets and redirecting traffic away from the UN headquarters.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to questions of Middle East talks ahead of the looming Palestinian statehood vote at the UN General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in the Manhattan borough of New York. She describes the talks as "extremely intensive ongoing diplomacy."(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
A balloon of video game icon Sonic the Hedgehog passes spectators on a balcony during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in New York. A jetpack-wearing monkey and a freakish creation from filmmaker Tim Burton are two of the big new balloons that will make their inaugural appearances in front of millions of people at this year's parade.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
     
  
Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his temporary residence in Tribeca, Saturday, July 2nd, 2011, in New York. A judge released him Friday without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. The criminal case against him stands.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
The casket of Leiby Kletzy, the 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had asked for directions, is carried through the crowds of mourners, Wednesday, July 13, 2011, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the 35-year-old suspect, Levi Aron, made statements implicating himself in the boy's death. Formal charges are pending.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman and admitted to "inappropriate" exchanges with six women before and after getting married at a press conference in the Sheridan Hotel in midtown, Monday, June 6, 2011, in New York.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
     
  
Workers at a residential building in the financial district of downtown Manhattan stack sand bags in anticipation of flood waters in the hours before Hurricane Irene's arrival, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in New York. Mayor Bloomberg advised all New Yorkers to prepare as the region girded for wind, rain, and flooding as the storm stood poised to bear down on an already saturated New York state.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
The looming threat of Hurricane Irene did not dissuade tourists from visiting Manhattan's Times Square, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in New York. Mayor Bloomberg advised all New Yorkers to prepare as the region girded for wind, rain, and flooding as the storm stood poised to bear down on an already saturated New York state.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
Paramedics begin first-aid on a man who collapsed from heat exhaustion in a jewelry store downtown, Friday, July 22, 2011, in New York. Americans withered under yet another day of searing sun as a heat wave spread in earnest and temperatures hit 100 in New York's Central Park. The National Weather Service said the smoldering humidity made those temperatures feel like 116.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
     
  
Nafissatou Diallo, who accused former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khan of sexually attacking her, waits to speak to reporters during a news conference, Thursday, July 28, 2011, at the Christian Cultural Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
Pedestrians walked by flowers left on the fences surrounding Ground Zero as news broke around the world that Osama bin-Laden was killed in a U.S. Special Forces raid in Pakistan, Monday, May 2, 2011, in New York.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
Tom Amendola, of Secaucus, N.J., celebrates a New York Giants win against the New England Patriots in the NFL football Super Bowl with a homemade trophy in Times Square, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in New York.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
     
  
Colin Cunliffe, left, and Brewter Mccall, right, of Manhattan, celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State outside the Stonewall Inn on Christopher St, Friday, June 24, 2011, in New York. The measure passed, 33-29, following weeks of tense delays and debate.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
A pararescuman from the 102nd Rescue Squadron waited on the tarmac before the launch of STS-135 and the completion of their final mission of support for the shuttle crew, Friday, July 8, 2011, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. This final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis marked the end of the program's 30-year history.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
Members of the 103rd Pararescue Squadron practice removing the helmet of an astronaut flight suit during a pararescue briefing in the build up to the final planned launch of the space shuttle, STS-135, Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo) This final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis marks the end of the program's 30-year history.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
     
  
Iness Martez, left, of Newark, New Jersey, sells American flag paraphernalia at Ground Zero following the announcement of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden’s death on Monday, May 2, 2011, in New York.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
Food Network star Alton Brown speaks during an interview on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, in New York. Brown has recently published his third and last print installment of his bestselling Good Eats series of cook books and is actively moving into innovative e-books.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  
National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern, center, speaks to the news media alongside deputy commissioner Adam Silver after a marathon meeting with the Players Association, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in New York. The league presented the players' association with a new offer Thursday after nearly 11 hours of bargaining, hoping it would be enough to end the lockout.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
     
  
Children stroll along the boardwalk at Coney Island beach while Hurricane Irene bears down on the eastern seaboard further south, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The low number of visitors at the typically crowded beach reflects the wind, rain, and flooding dangers the storm poses to the already saturated New York state.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)