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Ghana's fantasy coffins are a colorful celebration of life and legacy 09/13/2025 01:17am • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A giant pink fish, a colorful peacock, an airplane painted with the national flag. These are just some of Ghana's fantasy coffins, known as Abebuo, which translates to “proverb.” Each piece is crafted not just to bury the deceased, but to embody the essence of their life. A AJ Allmendinger leads qualifying at Bristol for 1st NASCAR Cup pole in 10 years 09/12/2025 10:23pm • BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — AJ Allmendinger upstaged the NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway, capturing the pole for Saturday night’s first-round cutoff race on the 0.533-mile oval. The Kaulig Racing driver qualified first for the first time in 10 years, turning a 15.117-second NHRA Reading Nationals Qualifying 09/12/2025 07:53pm • Friday At Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, Pa. Qualifying after two rounds TOP FUEL 1. Clay Millican, 3.704 seconds, 336.32 mph; 2. Justin Ashley, 3.738, 331.69; 3. Doug Kalitta, 3.756, 335.40; 4. Shawn Reed, 3.758, 328.46; 5. Shawn Langdon, 3.762, 333.49; 6. Steve Torrence, 3.778, 332.34; 7. Tony Schum ICE officer fatally shoots suspect after being dragged by car near Chicago, officials say 09/12/2025 07:29pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a suspect who tried to evade arrest Friday in a Chicago suburb by driving his car at officers and dragging one of them, officials said. The shooting outside the city follows days of threats by the Trump administration t 6 more officers fired over handling of domestic violence-fueled triple homicide in South Florida 09/12/2025 06:57pm • A South Florida sheriff's office has fired six more deputies and disciplined 11 others for their handling of the case of Mary Gingles, a woman who investigators say was murdered by her estranged husband after she had warned officers for months that she feared he would kill her. Two officers had prev The Latest: Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns 09/12/2025 06:32pm • President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor. Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, the Republican president has openly mused about sending troops to other cities Vibrant fall foliage in the forecast for the DC area 09/12/2025 06:30pm • Anyone itching to sip pumpkin spice lattes during sweater weather and go leaf peeping will be happy to hear that the forecast for this year's fall foliage is "vibrant." That's according to Aaron Cook, a forester with the Maryland Forest Service. "We had a wet spring, a reasonably wet beginning Dillon, Larson feeling optimistic at Bristol with NASCAR Cup playoff eliminations looming 09/12/2025 02:30pm • Austin Dillon and Kyle Larson have the same goal — reaching the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs — but divergent paths to get there at Bristol Motor Speedway. Entering Saturday night’s 500-lap cutoff race at the treacherous short track in Tennessee, Dillon is on the verge of bein Brittany Force, 'Queen of Speed,' to retire after record-breaking season to start a family 09/12/2025 11:00am • Not long after Brittany Force went 343.51 mph in the fastest run in NHRA history, the two-time Top Fuel world champion announced Friday she is retiring at the end of the season to focus on starting a family. Force, the second of four drag racing daughters of 16-time champion John Force, married Bob Metro on pace for 'lowest crime year ever,' says GM 09/12/2025 09:22am • Metro general manager Randy Clarke said the transit agency is "at an eight-year crime low, and we're actually on pace to the lowest crime year we've ever had." Clarke addressed the Metro board of directors Thursday, a few days after Metro released its FY2025 Annual Service Excellence Report, whic Nepal's hugely popular army restored order after deadly violence. Its real challenge begins now 09/12/2025 07:58am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Two days of deadly violence left the streets of Kathmandu resembling a war zone. Nepal’s major symbols of power like Parliament, the Supreme Court, and the president’s house were burned by angry protesters. The prime minister was forced to quit, and no one seemed to be Car Review: Lexus LC 500 convertible is stylish, swift — and squeezy 09/12/2025 06:22am • The Lexus LC 500 Could run you about $110,979, after shipping. (WTOP/John Aaron) We’re celebrating the end of summer with a convertible, and not just any drop-top. This is a beautiful Lexus LC 500, also looking very athletic — and even Aston Martin-like — in dark metallic green with a tan Father detained by ICE in front of family days before DC crime emergency ends 09/12/2025 05:55am • Gerson Aaron Lopez-Funes had established a routine. Whether it was after school or camp, he and his family would pick up his 7-year-old daughter, and then head straight to a park. The goal was to have his daughter, who's autistic and non-verbal, get rid of a bit more energy. On Monday, they le Grieving families of protesters killed in Nepal seek justice as some people try to leave 09/11/2025 09:43pm • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Grieving families of protesters killed by police in Nepal gathered in the capital Thursday, expressing anger at authorities and seeking information about their missing loved ones. Families held a candlelight vigil outside a hospital morgue in Kathmandu and announced plans t Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2 09/11/2025 08:27pm • DENVER (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified “extremist network” fired a revolver multiple times during an attack at a suburban Denver high school that wounded two students, authorities said Thursday. Some students ran and others locked down during Wednesday’s s