Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others

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Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others

2019-10-19 22:35 Last Updated At：22:40

Chicago parents are leaning on family, friends and community groups with teachers in the nation's third-largest school district on strike.

The strike based on a "social justice" agenda follows months of negotiations between the union and Chicago Public Schools that failed to resolve disputes over pay, benefits, class size and staffing.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot and first lady Amy Eshleman pass out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at a contingency site, Gads Hill Center, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago parents are leaning on family, friends and community groups with teachers in the nation's third-largest school district on strike.

Sybil Madison, the city's deputy mayor for education and human services, look on as Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters at a Chicago Public Schools contingency site, Gads Hill Center Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

School buildings have remained open. But the strike is especially difficult for the city's most vulnerable families, who are dependent on jobs with little or no paid time off.

Amy Eshleman , left, and Sybil Madison, center, the city's deputy mayor for education and human services, look on as Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters at a Chicago Public Schools contingency site, Gads Hill Center Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and first lady Amy Eshleman pass out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at a contingency site, Gads Hill Center Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot passes out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at a contingency site, Gads Hill Center, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters after passing out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at Gads Hill CenterFriday, Oct. 18, 2019 in Chicago. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Thousands of teachers, teacher's union members, and supporters gathered near the Chicago Public School headquarters and march on the streets in downtown Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The strike in the nation's third-largest school district came after the Chicago Teachers Union confirmed Wednesday night that its 25,000 members would not return to their classrooms. (Victor HilitskiChicago Sun-Times via AP)

Thousands of teachers, teacher's union members, and supporters gathered near the Chicago Public School headquarters and march on the streets in downtown Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The strike in the nation's third-largest school district came after the Chicago Teachers Union confirmed Wednesday night that its 25,000 members would not return to their classrooms. (Victor HilitskiChicago Sun-Times via AP)

Thousands of teachers, teacher's union members, and supporters gathered near the Chicago Public School headquarters and march on the streets in downtown Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Striking teachers marched in picket lines outside hundreds of Chicago schools on Thursday after their union and city officials failed to reach a contract deal in the nation's third-largest school district. (Victor HilitskiChicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Chicago parents are leaning on family, friends and community groups with teachers in the nation's third-largest school district on strike.

School buildings have remained open. But the strike is especially difficult for the city's most vulnerable families, who are dependent on jobs with little or no paid time off.

Amy Eshleman , left, and Sybil Madison, center, the city's deputy mayor for education and human services, look on as Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters at a Chicago Public Schools contingency site, Gads Hill Center Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and first lady Amy Eshleman pass out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at a contingency site, Gads Hill Center Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot passes out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at a contingency site, Gads Hill Center, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters after passing out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at Gads Hill CenterFriday, Oct. 18, 2019 in Chicago. Striking Chicago teachers have returned to the picket lines for a second day as union and city bargainers try to hammer out a contract in the nation's third-largest school district. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Thousands of teachers, teacher's union members, and supporters gathered near the Chicago Public School headquarters and march on the streets in downtown Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The strike in the nation's third-largest school district came after the Chicago Teachers Union confirmed Wednesday night that its 25,000 members would not return to their classrooms. (Victor HilitskiChicago Sun-Times via AP)

Thousands of teachers, teacher's union members, and supporters gathered near the Chicago Public School headquarters and march on the streets in downtown Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The strike in the nation's third-largest school district came after the Chicago Teachers Union confirmed Wednesday night that its 25,000 members would not return to their classrooms. (Victor HilitskiChicago Sun-Times via AP)

Thousands of teachers, teacher's union members, and supporters gathered near the Chicago Public School headquarters and march on the streets in downtown Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Striking teachers marched in picket lines outside hundreds of Chicago schools on Thursday after their union and city officials failed to reach a contract deal in the nation's third-largest school district. (Victor HilitskiChicago Sun-Times via AP)

Teachers say the walkout is about getting more resources and smaller class sizes for students, not about more money for them. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the district's finances are precarious and it can't afford all of teachers' demands.

School buildings have remained open. But the strike is especially difficult for the city's most vulnerable families, who are dependent on jobs with little or no paid time off.

Churches and nonprofits have tried to step in.

Putin likely didn’t order death of Russian opposition leader Navalny, US official says

2024-04-29 04:35 Last Updated At：04:40

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February, according to an official familiar with the determination.

While U.S. officials believe Putin was ultimately responsible for the death of Navalny, who endured brutal conditions during his confinement, the intelligence community has found “no smoking gun” that Putin was aware of the timing of Navalny's death — which came soon before the Russian president's reelection — or directly ordered it, according to the official.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.

Soon after Navalny’s death, U.S. President Joe Biden said Putin was ultimately responsible but did not accuse the Russian president of directly ordering it.

At the time, Biden said the U.S. did not know exactly what had happened to Navalny but that “there is no doubt” that his death “was the consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did.”

Navalny, 47, Russia’s best-known opposition politician and Putin’s most persistent foe, died Feb. 16 in a remote penal colony above the Arctic Circle while serving a 19-year sentence on extremism charges that he rejected as politically motivated.

He had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.

Russian officials have said only that Navalny died of natural causes and have vehemently denied involvement both in the poisoning and in his death.

In March, a month after Navalny’s death, Putin won a landslide reelection for a fifth term, an outcome that was never in doubt.

The Wall Street Journal first reported about the U.S. intelligence determination.

Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others

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Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others

Chicago parents are leaning on family, friends and community groups with teachers in the nation's third-largest school district on strike.

School buildings have remained open. But the strike is especially difficult for the city's most vulnerable families, who are dependent on jobs with little or no paid time off.

Chicago parents are leaning on family, friends and community groups with teachers in the nation's third-largest school district on strike.

School buildings have remained open. But the strike is especially difficult for the city's most vulnerable families, who are dependent on jobs with little or no paid time off.

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