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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
Man shot in face during attempted carjacking, Greenbelt police search for suspects
08/11/2023 11:28am • Police are searching for three suspects following an attempted carjacking that led to a male victim being shot in the face with a rifle Thursday morning in Greenbelt, Maryland. The shooting happened at the Exxon at 7619 Greenbelt Road, off Hanover Parkway, at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday, according t
'Nothing left': Future unclear for Hawaii residents who lost it all in fire
08/11/2023 11:27am • WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Retired mailman and Vietnam veteran Thomas Leonard lived in the historic former capital of Hawaii for 44 years until this week, when a rapidly moving wildfire burned down his apartment, melted his Jeep and forced him to spend four terrifying hours hiding from the flames behi
Before-and-after satellite images show Maui devastation in stark contrast
08/11/2023 11:02am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Before-and-after satellite images show in unmistakable and stark contrast the devastation that wildfires brought to the historic Maui community of Lahaina. Images taken before this week's fire show streets filled in and bordered by green vegetation. The images taken after th
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
08/11/2023 09:53am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, a Dominion Voting Systems-owned bank didn’t
More evacuations considered in Norway where the level in swollen rivers continues to rise
08/11/2023 09:21am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities were on standby to evacuate more people in southeastern Norway Friday, where huge amounts of water, littered with broken trees, debris and trash, were thundering down the usually serene rivers after days of torrential rain. The level of water in swollen river
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