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Metro sees big gains in safety and ridership over the past year, with car thefts down 60% 09/08/2025 04:35pm • As Metro wraps up a yearlong review of its service, the transit agency is reporting two major wins: a sharp drop in crime and a steady rise in ridership. According to Metro���s newly released FY2025 Annual Service Excellence Report, crime across the system fell by 43% between June 2024 and June 2 Eagles coach Sirianni declines to say if team will discipline Carter in wake of spitting incident 09/08/2025 04:03pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said Monday any possible team discipline levied against Jalen Carter for spitting on Dallas' Dak Prescott would remain ���private, regardless if you see it or not��� in a Super Bowl rematch against the Chiefs. Sirianni declined to specifi Loudoun Co. set to create new intersection near deadly crash but neighbors say it may not help 09/08/2025 02:43pm • Loudoun County, Virginia's Board of Supervisors is set to approve the use of eminent domain to acquire land to build a new four-way signalized intersection, near the site of the 2017 crash that killed Erin Kaplan, and severely injured several members of her family. Kaplan was killed while driving Balzan prizes of nearly $1 million awarded for democracy studies and advances in leukemia treatment 09/08/2025 02:31pm • MILAN (AP) ��� American historian Josiah Ober, whose studies of Athenian democracy provide insights into current political crises, and U.S. immunologist Carl H. June, who works on gene-modified cell therapy that offers hope for future cures of autoimmune diseases, were among four winners of the 2025 Toyotas turning heads with speed in NASCAR playoffs. 'They're ridiculously fast,' Joey Logano says 09/08/2025 02:13pm • When Toyota entered NASCAR���s premier series in 2007, the manufacturer was concerned more about making races than winning 200 of them. In its first year, Toyota drivers suffered through nearly 100 failed qualifying attempts ��� but the lack of speed didn���t dissuade Joe Gibbs Racing from signing w Precision and power: Boston's Aroldis Chapman still dominating at 37 09/08/2025 01:51pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Aroldis Chapman has a reputation as a power pitcher, built through 16 years of routinely popping 100 mph on the radar gun. As the Boston Red Sox closer has gotten older, the 37-year-old added craftiness to the power, baffling hitters by locating sliders and splitters that leave them Chiefs may be without WRs Xavier Worthy, Jalen Royals against Eagles in Super Bowl rematch 09/08/2025 01:36pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� The Kansas City Chiefs could be without Xavier Worthy and rookie Jalen Royals because of injuries in a depleted wide receiver group when they face the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Worthy hurt his shoulder in the opening minutes Explosive testimony identifies legislators, officials in Philippine flood-control corruption inquiry 09/08/2025 07:39am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� A wealthy business couple Monday identified several Philippine congressmen and public works officials, alleging they forced them to pay huge kickbacks so they could secure lucrative flood-control projects from the government in explosive testimony during a nationally tel China's export growth slows in August as US tariffs and trade tensions bite 09/08/2025 03:56am • BEIJING (AP) ��� China's exports grew last month but at a slower pace than in recent months, the country's customs agency said Monday. Exports reached $321.8 billion in August, a 4.4% increase compared to the same month last year. That was down from a 7.2% jump in July. Meanwhile, imports totaled $2 Denny Hamlin advances in NASCAR playoffs at Gateway with 200th Cup win for Toyota 09/07/2025 08:18pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) ��� Nothing seems to distract Denny Hamlin, and the NASCAR star proved it again with a laser-focused victory at World Wide Technology Raceway on Sunday to advance in the Cup Series playoffs. After a week in which his father was ailing and his 23XI Racing team lost a decision in it Max Verstappen claims dominant victory at Italian Grand Prix for 1st win since May 09/07/2025 01:51pm • MONZA, Italy (AP) ��� Max Verstappen claimed a dominant victory at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of McLaren's title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, after a dramatic start and end to the race at Monza. It was a first win since May for Verstappen ��� and only his third of the seaso Verstappen looks bored as McLaren team orders dominate Italian Grand Prix post-race chat 09/07/2025 01:01pm • MONZA, Italy (AP) ��� Italian Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen appeared a bored-looking spectator at the post-race press conference as McLaren team orders dominated the chat. Verstappen even slid down the sofa and leant his head on the back of it as McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri � Japan's prime minister resigns after his party suffered a historic defeat in a summer election 09/07/2025 12:27pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign, following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July���s parliamentary election. Ishiba, who took office in October, said he was stepping down as prime minister Several of Trump's immigration policies have faced lawsuits, court rulings 09/07/2025 08:54am • President Donald Trump has promised to remove millions of people from the United States in the largest deportation program in American history. But his immigration agenda is facing various tests in the U.S. courts. For example, a federal appeals court ruled last week that the Trump administration c Black man shot at while waiting to go to work says South Carolina needs hate crime law 09/07/2025 01:14am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� When Jarvis McKenzie locked eyes with the man in the car, he couldn't understand the hate he saw. When the man picked up a rifle, fired over his head and yelled ���you better get running, boy!��� as he scrambled behind a brick wall, McKenzie knew it was because he is Black. M