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CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools will lay off about 1,000 employees, nearly half of whom are teachers. Officials with the nation’s third-largest school district characterized the layoffs Friday as part of the “normal” yearly staff movement between schools and that they expect most people will be hired for other jobs. CPS has about 1,000 teaching

DETROIT — Detroit Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann escaped significant injury in his return Thursday night. In his first start back after missing a month because of a neck strain, Zimmermann allowed six runs in 1 2/3 innings in a loss to the Chicago White Sox. He was hampered by tightness in his right lat muscle,

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Bennie Fowler isn’t content to be known as the guy who caught Peyton Manning’s last NFL pass. With the work he’s putting in during training camp, the Denver Broncos wideout is planning on hauling in more receptions this season. Fowler is one of several young receivers competing for the No. 3 spot

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — Authorities say human remains found this week in central Indiana were those of a white woman. Maj. Louie Koch of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department said the woman’s identity is still unknown. The sheriff’s department says a passerby found the remains Monday in the southwestern corner of the county and contacted law

RIO DE JANEIRO — David Lee debated whether to even march in another opening ceremony. He has done the Olympic pomp-and-circumstance thing a few times by now. The U.S. volleyball player waited until Friday to decide, wanting to make sure his long, 34-year-old legs would be plenty fresh for the Americans’ volleyball opener Sunday against

RICHMOND, Va. — Washington Redskins rookie linebacker Steven Daniels is out for the season with a torn labrum in his shoulder. Daniels confirmed he would be having surgery to repair the injury, which occurred during the first week of training camp. “It just hurts,” Daniels said Friday. “I’ve never been without a football season and

TOPEKA, Kan. — A retired court services officer blames a mailer paid for by the Kansas Democratic Party for his defeat in the 4th Congressional District Democratic primary. Robert Tillman lost the primary Tuesday to attorney Dan Giroux by 549 votes, The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2aOzTsh ) reports. Tillman won 14 out of the district’s 16

LONDON — British police on Friday charged a 19-year-old Somali-Norwegian man with carrying out a stabbing rampage in London’s Russell Square that killed an American woman and injured five others. London’s Metropolitan Police said Zakaria Bulhan, of London, was charged with the murder of 64-year-old Darlene Horton, and five counts of attempted murder. Horton, who

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Bank of America Corp., up 57 cents to $15.05 Bank stocks climbed as investors believed a strong jobs report makes it more likely interest rates will rise later this year. Priceline Group Inc., up $54.23 to $1,414.22 The online booking service posted a

PHILADELPHIA — The Latest on federal agents searching several lined to a powerful Philadelphia labor boss (all times local): 4:30 p.m. A Philadelphia labor union is defending its financial practices after federal agents searched several properties linked to the group’s powerful boss. Frank Keel, a spokesman for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98,

PAWHUSKA, Okla. — The arraignment of two men accused in the killing of a Pawhuska oilman has been delayed. The Osage Nation Trial Court delayed the Thursday arraignment of Jeremy Reece and Tyler Reece in the death of 46-year-old Ricky Holt, The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2b18xyt ) reports. Prosecutors say the Reece brothers broke into Holt’s

RIO DE JANEIRO — When Merrill Moses first started playing for U.S. water polo, the team manager would pack a TV and VCR for overseas tournaments, and players would watch VHS tapes of their games. Tony Azevedo remembers waiting and waiting for the play he wanted to see. On the eve of the United States’

BRASILIA, Brazil — The last thing Brazil’s men’s soccer team needed in its first game at the Olympics was to leave the field without a win and jeered by fans. The disappointing 0-0 draw against 10-man South Africa prompted loud boos from the crowd and renewed fears of another embarrassment at home just two years

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and quarterback Carson Palmer have signed one-year contract extensions with the Arizona Cardinals. The deals put Fitzgerald under contract through the 2017 season and Palmer through 2018. Fitzgerald, holder of virtually all the franchise receiving records with statistics among the NFL’s all-time greats, turns 33 on Aug. 31.

UNITED NATIONS — South Sudanese government forces were likely behind an attack on a U.N. camp for internally displaced people in order to foster the ethnic reconfiguration of the northern city of Malakal, according to a United Nations Board of Inquiry. The board’s executive summary released Friday blamed a combination of factors, including the political

RIO DE JANEIRO — The odds are good the U.S. will win the gold medal count once again in the Olympics. The odds are even better this year that there will be some money bet on it. Bookmakers in Las Vegas are making the U.S. the favorite to defend the gold medal crown from the

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan court Friday acquitted 35 Chinese nationals and five Taiwanese who were arrested two years ago on suspicion of wire fraud. Senior Principal Magistrate Joyce Gondani said the prosecution had failed to prove its case, ruling there wasn’t sufficient evidence to convict them. The group had faced charges of running a

SYCAMORE, Ill. — A judge has ruled a prosecutor in Illinois had no conflict of interest in a case involving the 1957 slaying of a 7-year-old girl and has denied a request from the girl’s brother for a special prosecutor. The Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/2b1DtP8 ) DeKalb County Judge William Brady ruled Friday that State’s

With a goal in the U.S. women’s opener in Brazil, Alex Morgan proclaimed that she’s poised for another Olympic outburst. Morgan, finally healthy after a few years with various injury battles, scored in the team’s 2-0 victory over New Zealand in the opening group stage match in Belo Horizonte. The reigning World Cup champion U.S.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — South Sudan’s government has accepted the deployment of a regional force it had first rejected, almost a month after fighting erupted between opposing army factions in its capital, an African regional bloc said Friday night. The head of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development said the government had accepted a protection force

PHOENIX — The latest round of monsoon thunderstorms to sock Phoenix swept across the metro area Friday, swamping low-lying streets, knocking out power to thousands of customers and delaying airline flights. Rain slowed traffic during the morning commute’s tail end, and flooding closed stretches of several major roads in Phoenix and Scottsdale as firefighters rescued

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Turning a town square into a sea of red and white Turkish flags, several thousand demonstrators rallied in the Turkish Cypriot half of ethnically divided Cyprus’ capital Nicosia to denounce the July 15 failed coup in Turkey and show support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Demonstrators, including many mainland Turks who live

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Fans will have to wait at least a day to see the Kansas City Chiefs’ new presumptive backup quarterback. Rain forced the team into the indoor facility on the campus of Missouri Western State University for practice Friday, which took place hours after Nick Foles signed a one-year contract with an

NEW YORK — Former big league outfielder Nate Schierholtz was suspended for 80 games Friday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball’s minor league drug program. The 32-year-old, currently a free agent, tested positive for Ibutamoren, a growth hormone secretagogue, the commissioner’s office said Friday. Studies have shown the substance can increase

CANTON, Ohio — Tony Dungy would like to see the NFL’s Rooney Rule used in the manner it was intended. The new Pro Football Hall of Fame member said Friday that he doesn’t believe teams are “following the spirit of the rule now.” The rule, designed by and named after Steelers owner Dan Rooney, requires