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As flames swallowed Maui, survivors made harrowing escapes 08/12/2023 12:53am • An immigrant cook building a new life. A widow preparing to say goodbye. A couple taking their wedding vows. All were caught in the crossfire, forced to flee as flames swallowed parts of Maui, that drop in the Pacific where roads wind past waterfalls, turtles glide through gem-blue waters and a volc NHRA Menards Nationals Qualifying 08/11/2023 10:20pm • Friday At Heartland Motorsports Park Topeka, Kan. Qualifying Results Top Fuel 1. Steve Torrence, 3.764 seconds, 326.24 mph; 2. Clay Millican, 3.813, 316.15; 3. Justin Ashley, 3.818, 322.88; 4. Leah Pruett, 3.834, 293.41; 5. Tony Schumacher, 3.835, 316.15; 6. Josh Hart, 3.867, 314.68; 7. Austin Prock Security guard found not guilty in on-duty fatal shot reacting to gun fight by Nashville restaurant 08/11/2023 08:36pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury on Friday found a security guard not guilty of murder and other charges in a fatal shooting outside the Nashville restaurant where he was working, closing a case that hinged on whether he was justified in firing at a man involved in a shootout outside the business. N Michigan police detained a Black child who was in the 'wrong place, wrong time,' department says 08/11/2023 07:46pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A white police officer handcuffed a Black child outside his Michigan home in an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time,’” the Lansing Police Department said Friday. The department posted the explanation on Facebook after cellphone video circulated on social me NASCAR bans William Byron from Brickyard qualifying after failing pre-race inspection 3 times 08/11/2023 06:06pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four-time race winner William Byron will be forced to start from the back of the field in Sunday’s Brickyard 200 after failing pre-race inspection three times on Friday. NASCAR officials barred the No. 24 Chevrolet from Saturday’s qualifying session. Byron’s car chief als Castroneves to continue chase for 5th Indy 500 win as minority owner with Meyer Shank Racing 08/11/2023 05:52pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Helio Castroneves will continue chasing a record-breaking fifth Indianapolis 500 victory with a new perspective — winning one for his team. Meyer Shank Racing announced Friday that the popular 48-year-old Brazilian will become a minority co-owner with the Ohio-based organizat Fatal house fire kills 1 teenager and 2 adults in North Carolina's Outer Banks 08/11/2023 05:18pm • KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — A teenager and two adults thought to be vacationing in North Carolina's Outer Banks died early Friday morning in a fatal house fire, city officials said Friday. The fire also injured three other people and decimated the waterfront home in Kill Devil Hills. The Kill De How to prepare for the 'active' Atlantic hurricane season 08/11/2023 05:15pm • NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has increased the prediction for the current Atlantic hurricane season from near-normal to above-normal activity. Ed McDonough, the public information officer with the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, said no matter what the expected level of activit Video shows deadly end to Connecticut police chase as officer shoots man in vehicle 08/11/2023 05:09pm • WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Body-camera video released Friday shows the bloody end of a frenzied police chase in Connecticut, where a man trying to escape in a stolen car was attacked by a police dog, then killed by an officer inside the moving vehicle as he screamed for help. Tuesday's fatal shoo Brazil's Lula unveils $200 billion infrastructure plan as skeptics caution about spending spree 08/11/2023 04:58pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday unveiled a plan to spend 1 trillion reais (nearly $200 billion) on infrastructure, energy and transportation over the next four years, part of a larger effort to boost economic growth and employment in Latin America’s Graham Rahal savors Indianapolis GP celebration after winning 1st IndyCar pole in six years 08/11/2023 03:04pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Graham Rahal left Indianapolis 500 qualifying in tears. Three months later, he savored every precious moment of an unforgettable celebration. The Ohioan ended a six-year pole drought Friday by outdueling teammate Christian Lundgaard for the No. 1 starting spot in the Indianapol Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US 08/11/2023 01:36pm • SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Parents were no longer allowed in the building without appointments, she said, and punishments were more severe. Everyone Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/11/2023 01:02pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov In the twilight of the muscle car era, demand for the new 486-horsepower V-8 Ford Mustang is roaring 08/11/2023 12:12pm • DETROIT (AP) — New versions of the Mustang muscle car will begin shipping next week and more than two thirds of the orders include the big, 5-liter V-8 engine, Ford said Friday. Demand for roaring engines remains strong in an era when Detroit automakers are starting to phase out the rumbling gas Dog finds woman in cornfield, 2 days after she disappeared in Michigan crash 08/11/2023 11:30am • BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A woman who was missing after being seriously injured in a car crash was finally discovered two days later by a police dog in a dense cornfield in southeastern Michigan, authorities said. “We knew she didn’t have much longer in order to live,” said state Trooper Jeff S