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(AP) — Thirty-eight Kansas public school districts are seeking about $15 million in additional aid from the state to address local budget issues, and the requests submitted by Monday's deadline outstrip the available funds by nearly 23 percent. A majority of the districts are asking the state to cover unexpected drops in property tax revenues, while others are seeking extra funds because of increases in student numbers. Wichita, the state's largest district, wants an additional $980,000 to hire teachers... Читать дальше...

With PGA win, Jason Day serves notice he’s here to stay In his eighth year on the PGA Tour, Jason Day reached a major pinnacle of his career by winning the PGA Championship. Calling it early, Woods tweeted, adding in another tweet that he was watching from his new restaurant in South Florida. Day and Woods have become good friends on the golf course, but the fact that Woods tuned in to the final round at Whistling Straits brought to mind Day’s rookie season when he was filled with big talent, big goals and big talk. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO — The National Labor Relations Board on Monday threw out a historic ruling that gave Northwestern University football players the go-ahead to form the nation’s first college athletes’ union, saying the prospect of union and nonunion teams could throw off the competitive balance in college football. The unanimous ruling by the five-member NLRB (three Democrats, two Republicans) concludes that letting Northwestern football players unionize could lead to different standards at different schools ... Читать дальше...

For decades, San Francisco education officials watched as students poured out of the Bayview neighborhood every morning, leaving behind the poorer, more neglected and more crime-ridden southeast side of the city in search of better teachers, better classrooms, better schools. On Monday, not only were dozens of students staying put in the Bayview on the first day of school, but the flow was at least partially reversed, with some families opting to commute into the neighborhood to attend Willie L. Читать дальше...

The company is launching UberEats in its San Francisco hometown this week, offering lunchtime curbside deliveries of a couple of dishes from a rotating roster of restaurants. Michael Mina’s Ramen Bar, Dosa, Mr. Holmes Bakehouse and Roli Roti are among the restaurants that will participate during the first week with “signature dishes” that change daily. In Manhattan, for instance, couriers — who may be in cars, on foot or on bikes — are dispersed throughout the city with the prepared food already... Читать дальше...

Contractors having trouble finding school bus drivers According to a draft report from the Transportation Working Group, about 1,670 school buses were on the roads in Delaware last year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush wants to privatize more veterans care, make it easier to fire federal employees found responsible for poor treatment and overhaul the Pentagon to prioritize an increase in the number of active troops. The former Florida governor announced those and other veterans policy ideas Monday to open a two-day swing in the early voting state of South Carolina, where he visited a Veterans Affairs medical facility in Charleston and held a town hall-style meeting with veterans in Columbia. Читать дальше...

Today’s Bay Area arts and entertainment picks, Aug. 19 The movie star with the bluegrass fetish brings his musical act back to the Bay Area. 8 p.m. The ensemble plays music of Puccini, Piazzolla and Mendelssohn as part of the Music in the Vineyards Festival. 7:30 p.m. Markham Vineyards, St. Helena. www.musicinthevineyards.org. “The Mystery of Irma Vep”: Danny Scheie and Liam Vincent star in Jonathan Moscone’s farewell-to-Cal Shakes production of Charles Ludlam’s zany Victorian melodrama lampoon. Читать дальше...

CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) — The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office says a fire that destroyed a building at an Eastern Shore college started in a plastic smoker's receptacle outside the building. Saturday's fire caused $3.5 million in damage at Washington College in Chestertown. The Fire Marshal's Office says surveillance video shows that the blaze began in the receptacle spread to mulch and vegetation before reaching the building, which was unoccupied at the time of the fire. Some 80 firefighters battled the blaze for 2 ½ hours.

PHILADELPHIA — Former NFL players who object to terms of the potential $1 billion concussion settlement with the league have filed appeals that are likely to delay payouts to thousands of retirees until next year. Others are concerned the settlement awards players with neurocognitive symptoms, such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but not those with behavioral and mood disorders that some link to CTE and concussions. Solomon could get nothing from the settlement despite suffering from memory loss... Читать дальше...

A’s beat: Doubront to start against Dodgers on Tuesday BALTIMORE — Felix Doubront will make his first start for the A’s on Tuesday, and lucky him, his opposing number will be Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw. At least Doubront got back to California at a reasonable time: “It doesn’t seem like it’s the right thing to do as far as getting us out of here and then having to travel cross country and play again tomorrow,” manager Bob Melvin said. Melvin said the team won’t be expected to report to the... Читать дальше...

Some residents have resorted to burning the trash on the streets, sending toxic fumes over the city’s skyline and into people’s homes. Scientists say they have found rare evidence of a prehistoric massacre in Europe after discovering a 7,000-year-old mass grave with skeletal remains from some of the continent’s first farmers bearing terrible wounds. Archaeologists who examined the bones of some 26 men, women and children buried in the Stone Age grave site at Schoeneck-Kilianstaedten, near Frankfurt... Читать дальше...

This story originally aired on December 9, 2014.Henry Evans and his wife Jane live high up in the Los Altos foothills. To get there you have to drive up twisting roads with steep switchback turns. On a Thursday morning 12 years ago Henry drove up these...

Robotic seals comfort dementia patients but raise ethical concerns; a conversation with Jerry Kaplan on new robotic technologies; Robots for humanity: how technology is changing the life of one Bay Area man; and local band Charming Hostess.

These days, new robotic technologies are being rolled in fields as diverse as healthcare, transportation, and retail. Though these wonders bring with them convenience and efficiency, they all bring about new concerns for society to consider.

This story originally aired on December 9, 2014.At the Livermore Veteran’s Hospital, there are a few animals residents can see: wild turkeys that run around the grounds, rattlesnakes that hide out in the dry grass, and therapy dogs that make weekly v...

The Federal Communications Commission says Dish Network Corp. can’t apply $3.3 billion in small-business credits toward the purchase of airwaves it gained in a government auction. The government sells spectrum to phone carriers so they can add more capacity for wireless Internet. Dish has stocked up on airwaves although it has no cell phone business. The FCC said Monday the two companies aren’t eligible for credit because Dish has a controlling interest in them. Two Citigroup Inc. affiliates... Читать дальше...

A woman hiking above Upper Yosemite Fall in Yosemite National Park this weekend survived a nearly 25-feet plunge, officials said Monday, landing on a granite slab along the creek and suffering a major pelvic injury that prevented her from walking. A park service rescue team responded Saturday afternoon to the woman, identified as a 28-year-old visitor from the Netherlands, who was about 100 yards from the trail and just above where Yosemite Creek drops 1,400 feet. The visitor was taken by helicopter to Ahwahnee Meadow... Читать дальше...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Mexico sailing coach Agustin Bellocchio offered a tip to sailors and windsurfers at this week’s Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro’s polluted Guanabara Bay: Much of the focus at the recent test events for sailing and rowing for the 2016 Rio Olympics has been on having limited contact with the water. Amid reports of high pollution in Rio’s waters, athletes are getting advice from team doctors and their federations about precautions to avoid becoming ill. Rio’s pollution has been... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission said Monday that Dish Network Corp. can't apply $3.3 billion in small-business credits toward the purchase of airwaves it gained in a government auction. The government sells spectrum to carriers like AT&T and Verizon so they can add more capacity for wireless Internet. [...] on an earnings call earlier this month, Dish Chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen said that the prospect of losing the discount had caused difficulties in the negotiations.

More broadly, I don’t think any company adopting the approach portrayed could survive, much less thrive, in today’s highly competitive tech hiring market. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, in a memo to his staff, responding to a lengthy New York Times story, Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace, that described heavy workplace pressure — and a large amount of callousness — that have been side effects as part of Amazon’s efforts to make its workers more productive. QVC will better be... Читать дальше...

The Republican presidential candidate reported for jury duty in Manhattan on Monday and spent much of the day like everyone else, filling out forms and wondering whether he would get picked. Trump had high praise for the public servants at the courthouse, saying: The people in the court system are really professional. The businessman's limo arrived in the morning at the foot of the courthouse steps familiar to viewers of TV's "Law & Order," and he was met by a throng of camera crews, reporters and onlookers. Читать дальше...

The one-time Bay Area high school football star, a Freedom-Oakley alum, was sidelined for a year after an ugly incident led to his suspension from the Sooners, along with legal ramifications. The incident was caught on tape, but the local authorities only showed it to a select group of media members, not including The Chronicle. In October, Mixon agreed to a deferred sentencing plea in which he would perform 100 hours of community service, pay $1,200 in fines and undergo counseling, while not serving any jail time. Читать дальше...

Police searching for Hot Springs duo who stole alligators (AP) — Jamie Bridges said Monday he is worried that two thieves who stole a dozen baby alligators from his family's Hot Springs tourist attraction won't know how to properly care for them. Two people broke into the Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo early Saturday morning wearing masks and gloves and stole the 12 babies as well as a 7-year-old alligator. Bridges said the surveillance footage from Saturday night shows the duo kicking... Читать дальше...

The effort, called Project Ara, aims to attract customers who are interested in building their own smartphones. Instead of buying a ready-made phone, customers build their own smartphones piece by piece — starting with a basic Ara phone that has an exoskeleton. Customers can buy and attach parts to the back of their phone, such as a better camera or speakers. If Google succeeds in getting people to buy modular phones, it could shake up the cell phone industry.