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CHICAGO —  Chicago parents leaned on family, friends and community groups as 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike this week, canceling classes for more than 300,000 students. For some families, the Chicago Teachers Union walkout meant a day off and a bit of inconvenience for parents juggling work schedules. For the…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —  Nestor made landfall Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone after the former tropical storm spawned a tornado that damaged homes and a school in central Florida but spared an area of the Panhandle devastated one year ago by Hurricane Michael. The storm made landfall on St. Vincent Island, a nature preserve just off Florida’s…

GLENDORA, Miss. —  A new bulletproof memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized. The brutal slaying of the 14-year-old black teenager helped spur the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. The 14-year-old African American teen was kidnapped, beaten and killed in 1955, hours after he…

LONDON —  Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal. But the defiant Johnson also made clear that he personally opposed delaying the U.K.’s exit, scheduled for Oct. 31. A law passed by Parliament last month…

WASHINGTON —  A madly spinning news cycle has characterized the Trump presidency since Day One: Controversies that might once have played out over a week rise and fall in a day, swept aside by another and another and another. The White House announcement that President Trump would host next summer’s Group of 7 meeting at his…

WASHINGTON —  President Trump says he is nominating a deputy to Energy Secretary Rick Perry to replace him in the top job at the Energy Department. Trump tweeted Friday that Dan Brouillette’s experience in the area is “unparalleled” and calls him a “total professional.” Trump also praised Perry, who plans to leave the Energy Department at…

WASHINGTON —  The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action. The investigation, launched more than three years ago, determined that those 38 people were “culpable” in 91 cases of sending classified information…

How the top 25 high school football teams fared this week: 1. MATER DEI (8-0) def. Santa Margarita, 45-0 at St. John Bosco, Friday 2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (8-0) def. Orange Lutheran, 63-6 vs. Mater Dei, Friday 3. CORONA CENTENNIAL (6-2) def. Norco, 61-23 at King, Friday 4. MISSION VIEJO (8-0) idle vs. San Clemente,…

On a night of introductions, the five-star freshmen expected to star for USC basketball this season nearly forgot to introduce themselves. Onyeka Okongwu and Isaiah Mobley came into Friday night’s season-opening exhibition against Villanova carrying high hopes of keying a turnaround for a Trojans team that finished 16-17 last season. But in their much-anticipated Galen…

Click:B28005-42 Friday, October 18th CITY CENTRAL LEAGUE Bernstein 40, Mendez 20 Hollywood 39, Belmont 6 Marquez 42, Contreras 7 COLISEUM LEAGUE Crenshaw 45, Locke 21 Fremont 56, Dorsey 0 View Park 36, Hawkins 12 EAST VALLEY LEAGUE Arleta 41, Verdugo Hills 13 Grant 46, North Hollywood 0 Sun Valley Poly 28, Monroe 20 EASTERN LEAGUE…