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DENVER (AP) — Colorado has given 42 school districts and charter schools a combined $9.2 million to hire people and create programs to keep marijuana out of the hands of students. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2wzAAB0 ) the money is going to schools located near legal pot shops and is funded by proceeds from marijuana sales. Districts are hiring nurses, social workers and counselors with the grant money to discourage underage marijuana use. The Jefferson County School District plans to hire... Читать дальше...

Lords of the narrative No one needed another film version of “The Lord of the Flies,” the hoary 1954 William Golding novel that’s been made into two films already. But Warner Bros. has upped the ante on a bad idea, announcing an all-girl remake that will be written by two male screenwriters. The announcement ricocheted across the Internet, and the overwhelming response was disdain. Because everyone was forced to read “The Lord of the Flies” in high school... Читать дальше...

WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Insurance adjusters are bringing more drones with them than ever before as they head to Texas to assess the damage from Harvey. Companies are using the drones on a much larger scale to record images, save time and spare human adjusters from venturing into potentially unsafe areas. Insurers have increased their fleets since the Federal Aviation Administration eased some restrictions a year ago, and tried them out in areas of the southeastern U.S. hit by Hurricane Matthew last October. Читать дальше...

“Fox & Friends” host Clayton Morris announced on Monday’s show that it would be his last, as he is retiring after nearly 10 years at Fox News and 18 years in broadcasting. Morris was honored by his co-hosts and crew with a montage of his best moments from the show, after which he thanked his co-workers Abby Huntsman and Pete Hegseth and discussed his future plans. Also Read: Fox News Signs Tomi Lahren as a Contributor “You guys have been amazing, and the staff here’s just been amazing,” he said. Читать дальше...

Walter Becker wasn’t easily impressed. Addressing a crowd of show-business luminaries in 2001 as his band, Steely Dan, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he took a typically sly — and typically subtle — dig at the institution’s inflated self-regard by declaring, “We’re persuaded it’s a great honor to be here tonight.” And when Steely Dan played the Hollywood Bowl with an orchestra last year, the guitarist and bassist fake-apologized for having dressed in a T-shirt and windbreaker... Читать дальше...

John Ashbery, a poet whose teasing, delicate, soulful lines made him one of the most influential figures of late 20th and early 21st century American literature, died Sunday at his home in Hudson, N.Y. He was 90. His husband, David Kermani, confirmed his death. Mr. Ashbery’s early work was mostly known in avant-garde circles, but his arrival as a major figure in American literature was signaled in 1976, when he became the only writer to win the Pulitzer Prize, the... Читать дальше...

Elizabeth Kemp, actress and famed teacher at the Actors Studio, died this past weekend at age 65. Her death was first announced by one of her students, Lady Gaga, who paid tribute to her during a performance on Saturday at Fenway Park in Boston. Kemp made her acting debut in the original production of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” before getting her first movie role in 1980 with the film “He Knows You’re Not Alone,” which was also the film debut of Tom Hanks. She later appeared on episodes... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — All elementary school children attending public school in Providence can now eat breakfast and lunch for free. Providence Public Schools says it expanded a pilot program that offered free meals at 13 elementary schools last year. All 22 elementary schools will offer free meals for the school year beginning Tuesday. The federal government reimburses low-income school districts for student meal costs. The district says elementary school students in Providence no longer have... Читать дальше...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh appeared on TV Monday to deny there are any divisions between him and the Shiite Houthi rebels, his ally against the internationally recognized government in the country's civil war. But tensions have risen in recent weeks between the two factions, and Saleh's strange appearance, in an interview that was abruptly cut off, was unlikely to dispel rumors he is under some form of house arrest. "There is no crisis or differences whatsoever... Читать дальше...

It was a much better week for the teams in The Chronicle’s top 25 rankings, as just five lost. Some ended up with an open week, however, due to heat- and air quality-related cancelations. The Top 11 held firm and just two teams — California-San Ramon and Antioch — moved into the top 15. Two new teams join the rankings, including Half Moon Bay at No. 20. The Cougars were a bubble team a week ago, but punched their entry with a 48-7 blowout win over Palo Alto. Mitty enters at No. Читать дальше...

WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities in northeast Arkansas say an escaped jail inmate is back in custody after four days on the run. Cross County Sheriff J.R. Smith says inmate Larry Jackson Jr. walked into the lobby of the county jail and surrendered to authorities shortly before 6 a.m. Monday. Smith says Jackson escaped shortly before midnight Thursday when he distracted a jailer and ran through an unlocked kitchen door. Smith says a jailer violated a jail policy by agreeing to move Jackson from his cell during the night shift. Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 10 p.m. The U.S.-led coalition says a convoy of hundreds of Islamic State militants and civilians is still stranded in government-held territory in Syria after it prevented them from being relocated from the Lebanon-Syria border under a deal with Hezbollah. The coalition said Monday that it has it has passed a message to the Syrian government through Russia asking it to separate the fighters from civilians. It says it has not taken... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — In an apparent bid to raise his profile as Russia's most influential Muslim, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov brought tens of thousands of people to the streets of the capital Grozny on Monday to protest what he called the "genocide of Muslims" in Myanmar. Violence over the past few days in Myanmar's Rakhine state has killed nearly 400 people and prompted thousands of ethnic Rohingya refugees to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. State television footage showed tens of thousands rallying... Читать дальше...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's Supreme Court has sent a request to lift President Jimmy Morales' immunity from prosecution to congress for final consideration. Monday's court decision on the request from prosecutors is related to allegations of illegal financing for Morales' 2015 campaign. Investigations have targeted several political parties including his National Convergence Front. Prosecutors allege that about $825,000 of financing for the campaign was hidden and other expenditures had no explainable source of funding. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Officials say a Los Angeles fire that destroyed four homes and threatened hillside neighborhoods is no longer burning actively. Still, Fire Department Chief Ralph Terrazas said Monday that wind conditions could reignite the blaze, so fire officials were not reducing the number of firefighters at the scene. A sudden gusty series of rainstorms allowed officials Sunday to call off evacuations for Los Angeles, Burbank... Читать дальше...

DENVER — It’s a very warm afternoon at Coors Field, the kind of day that lends itself to even more home runs. Chris Stratton’s job is to prevent them. Stratton is on a pretty good roll, and while he has not started here, he did pitch here. In fact, his first big-league outing of 2017 was here on April 22, when he pitched three shutout innings of relief in a 12-3 loss. Speaking of losses, the Giants have seven of them at Coors this year. Victories: zero. Unlike the last two times the Giants were here... Читать дальше...

CASCADE, Idaho (AP) — A Boise, Idaho man was killed and the pilot injured when their aircraft crashed in the mountains in central Idaho. The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/2vFPrek ) that 50-year-old David Henderson of Boise was killed in the crash Saturday. The pilot, 54-year-old Andrew D. Akin of Griffin, Georgia, was injured when their aircraft went down near the Sulphur Creek Ranch airstrip. The Valley County Sheriff's Office released the men's names Monday in a press statement describing the rescue effort. Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian security forces have detained a prominent activist after he called for President Mahmoud Abbas to resign. A lawyer representing Issa Amro, a human rights activist from the West Bank city of Hebron, says his client was arrested Monday after posting his comments on Facebook. Ayman Qawasmi, a Palestinian reporter, was arrested on Sunday after writing that Abbas should resign for "failing to protect the Palestinian people." Qawasmi's radio station was closed last week by... Читать дальше...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in Pine Ridge say a woman suspected of stealing a vehicle faces charges of assaulting officers after she allegedly tried to shoot them during her arrest. KELO-TV reports Monday that an Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety officer spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen when he responded to an apartment complex in Pine Ridge on Aug. 29. Authorities say they arrested the woman and put her handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car. Читать дальше...

FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) — A 33-year-old Falls City resident has been accused of helping a friend flee to Kansas after the friend killed another man more than two years ago. Michael Seager is charged with being an accessory to a felony. Court records say Seager drove Desiderio Hernandez to Horton, Kansas, after Hernandez fatally shot Joseph Debella Jr. on Aug. 5, 2015. Hernandez has since been sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder. Richardson County records say Seager remained in custody Monday. Читать дальше...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala Supreme Court authorizes congress to study lifting President Jimmy Morales' immunity from prosecution.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of Harvey (all times local): 1:25 p.m. A FEMA spokesman says the agency has provided around 17,500 hotel rooms currently being occupied by victims of Harvey. Leo Skinner said Monday that the rooms are spread across Texas and the occupants include victims from across the Gulf Coast, which was devastated by the storm. FEMA has created an emergency response center in part of the George R. Brown Convention Center, the downtown Houston building that housed around 10,000 evacuees at its peak... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — A kitten found walking in a busy Massachusetts highway tunnel has seen rescued with the help of state police troopers who shut down traffic for it. Police said Sunday on Facebook the kitten decided to "play a little hide and seek" in the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston. Sgt. Bob Dateo shut traffic down. The Animal Rescue League of Boston quickly rescued the kitten. A trooper posted a photo of the wayward kitten on social media. A video taken by police shows the kitten walking along the side of the road as cars drive by. Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has met with leaders of Venezuela's opposition to discuss the embattled nation's humanitarian and political crisis. Monday's meeting with members of the opposition-controlled National Assembly came two days after a leading activist was barred from leaving Venezuela to meet with Macron. Assembly President Julio Borges told Macron that Venezuelans cannot eat or exercise their civil rights and are urging President Nicolas Maduro to allow humanitarian aid. Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thumb-length wasps called tarantula hawks are on display at the insectarium in New Orleans. They're big, beautiful and placid — except when a female is after a tarantula to feed its young, says Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium curator Zack Lemann. The iridescent blue-black insects with orange or blue-black wings are the largest members of the spider wasp family, with one species growing up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) long. "The color is almost a deeper version of the morpho butterfly ... Читать дальше...