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A 13-year-old girl says she was in a southwest Ohio school cafeteria when a student near her began shooting. A sheriff says a 14-year-old student pulled out a gun in a southwestern Ohio school cafeteria and opened fire, hitting two students. Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says two other students were injured at Madison Local Schools either as they tried to get away or from shrapnel from the shooting. A law enforcement official says a shooting at a southwestern Ohio school district injured four students... Читать дальше...

TEHRAN — Iranian reformists and relative moderates who support last year’s nuclear deal won the most seats in parliament and a clerical body charged with selecting the next supreme leader in a major setback for hard-liners who opposed the agreement, official election results showed Monday. Final results released by the Interior Ministry and broadcast on state TV show that reformists, who favor expanded social freedoms and engagement with the West, and other backers of President Hassan Rouhani, won at least 85 seats. Читать дальше...

Bluestem Brasserie. Photo: The Chronicle Last week, word broke that the Advocate chef John Griffiths would be departing the Berkeley restaurant to pursue a new gig in San Francisco and that Joseph Humphrey, formerly of St. Helena’s the Farmer and the Fox, would be taking over. Now we know where Griffiths is headed: Bluestem Brasserie on Yerba Buena Lan. Related Links Chef changes at Berkeley's the Advocate Jeffrey Banker aboard Bluestem Brasserie For nearly a year, the kitchen at the downtown restaurant has been helmed by Jeffrey Banker... Читать дальше...

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(AP) — A former hospital worker is expected to plead guilty in the high-profile slayings of two college students in Virginia, a prosecutor said Monday. Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Tracci (TRAY'-cee) announced the plea agreements in Jesse LeRoy Matthew Jr.'s cases in a brief news release. Without the plea agreement, he could have faced the death penalty in the Graham case had he been convicted at trial. In surveillance video, she can be seen walking unsteadily and running at... Читать дальше...

The action comes at a time of widespread shortages of psychiatrists and other mental health workers in Texas. Others have disabilities or they're veterans, single moms, low-income or elderly folks who don't drive, she said. "Specifically, proposed requirements regarding distance counseling are designed to allow licensees to better assess the client using non-verbal cues at the initial session, following which the licensee may determine which method of counseling to use and the frequency of subsequent sessions," she said. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools has announced the layoff of 62 employees, 17 of them teachers, citing its efforts to stabilize its finances by eliminating $85 million from school budgets.

Navy SEAL receives Medal of Honor at White House ceremony WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy SEAL who helped rescue an American hostage in Afghanistan received the nation's highest military honor Monday, hailed by President Barack Obama as "a special breed of warrior who so often serves in the shadows." Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers Jr. is the first living, active duty member of the Navy to receive the Medal of Honor in four decades. [...] while many details of Byers' work remain classified... Читать дальше...

Other times, something else pulls you in, and in the case of “Hap and Leonard,” a six-episode drama premiering on Wednesday, March 2, on SundanceTV, the magnet is characters who speak intoxicatingly eloquent dialogue. Hap Collins (James Purefoy, “The Following”) is an ex-con with an ex-wife named Trudy (Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”) whose excessive idealism is the reason Hap landed in jail. Two decades earlier, a gang of bad guys who’d just stolen a lot of money took a wrong turn while being... Читать дальше...

Cal forward Jaylen Brown has been named one of five finalists for the Integris Wayman Tisdale Award, presented annually to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s National Freshman of the Year. Brown is averaging a team-best 15.8 points per game, in addition to 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. The award’s four other finalists are LSU forward Ben Simmons, Duke guard Brandon Ingram, Kentucky guard Jamal Murray and Marquette forward Henry Ellenson. Brown ranks third on the Bears’ all-time freshman list in points per game... Читать дальше...

MIAMI (AP) — The Florida primary is weeks away, but tens of thousands of voters headed to the polls Monday for early voting in this critical contest that could make-or-break the presidential aspirations of native son, Sen. Marco Rubio. Sixteen of Florida's 67 counties opened for early in-person voting, including some of the state's most populated areas, with the remaining counties kicking off early voting on March 5. For Rubio, who launched his longshot campaign nearly a year ago from Miami, a... Читать дальше...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa's interim campus police leader interfered with an investigation into a hit-and-run drunk driving accident by his stepson after the two left an Iowa City bar, driving away before officers could interview him, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Investigative documents withheld from the public for months show that David Visin refused an officer's requests by phone to pull over on June 25 so police could speak with him and his passenger, his stepson Sean Crane. Читать дальше...

Raiders punter signs long-term extension King, 27, was speaking to the media because he’d just signed a long-term contract extension. Instead of becoming a free agent, King signed a five-year, $16.5 million extension with $7.75 million guaranteed, the NFL Network reported. Last year, King placed 40 punts inside the 20-yard line, which was a franchise record and ranked second in the NFL. In a 15-12 win at Denver, he averaged 46.0 yards a kick and dropped five of 10 punts inside the 20. In a 23-20 overtime win over the Chargers... Читать дальше...

Cal cracks AP Top 25 for first time in three months With 178 total points, the Bears climbed three spots to No. 25. Cal is fresh off a home sweep of the Los Angeles schools. Sunday evening, it routed USC by 22 points to complete an undefeated home slate for the first time since the 1959-60 season. The Bears have won 19 home games in a row dating back to last spring. For the first time since 2002, they’ll be ranked in March. Cal opened this season No. 14 in the AP poll. After losing to San... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Students who placed anti-gay stickers on their identification badges at a Southern California high school have the right to wear the symbols, just as others can sport insignia supporting gay rights, administrators said. In 2013, a Connecticut school district agreed to let a high school student wear a T-shirt with a slash mark through a gay pride rainbow after facing the threat of legal action from the ACLU. [...] federal courts have allowed some limits on student speech, allowing schools... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. cyberattacks to disrupt the Islamic State's communications and overload their networks could force the militant group to use older technologies that are easier for the U.S. to intercept, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday. Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided new details about how the Pentagon is using its new aggressive cyber campaign as part of the military operations against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. The operations... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A House Education committee advanced a contentious proposal to give Indiana school districts authority to negotiate higher pay with individual teachers. The measure passed Monday on a 7-4 vote, despite opposition from teachers unions and numerous school administrators, who say such benefits should be negotiated through collective bargaining.

The Vermont senator, the candidate who has come closer than any other Jew to being a Democratic or Republican presidential nominee, has mostly avoided discussing his Judaism. Sanders has baffled Jews by refusing to name the Israeli kibbutz where he briefly volunteered in the 1960s, sending reporters scrambling to solve the mystery. At a Democratic debate, he spoke of the historic nature of "somebody with my background" seeking the presidency, but didn't use the word "Jewish." Michael Bloomberg... Читать дальше...

Even had one won an Oscar, though, they’d probably agree that the Word offering was better than the telecast. Besides being celebrated novelists, they’re both playwrights. [...] it’s hard to resist the unique magic Word works in transforming print into living theater by embodying the author’s every word in capable actors and inventive stagings. “Night Vision,” from Donoghue’s “The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits,” explores an episode in the 1820s when the blind, poor rural Irish child Frances... Читать дальше...

“Macbeth”: Conleth Hill and Frances McDormand enter the second week of their performances as the thane and his wife, with a strong supporting cast. 8 p.m. Through April 10. Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org. Skaterade 2016 Tour: Nate “Skate” Maloley, Derek Luh, Anjali World, Da Kid Quince, Ejazz. 6:15 p.m. Slim’s, 333 11th St., S.F. (415) 255-0333. www.slimspresents.com.

Henderson Alvarez, who could be in Oakland’s rotation as soon as May, threw off the mound Monday for the first time since July 28 shoulder surgery. “It felt good,” said Alvarez, who threw 21 pitches with catcher Phil Pohl sitting just in front of the plate instead of behind it.Catcher Phil Pohl was sitting just in front of the plate instead of behind it.