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Today in Black History: American volleyball star Flo Hyman, a member of the 1984 silver medal winning U.S. Olympic team, is born in 1954 in Inglewood, California

The New York Times

National

Later Deadline Expected in Obama’s Climate Plan

Hillary Clinton Is Stumped on Question of Keystone Pipeline

In New Hampshire Poll, Donald Trump Surges Despite Remarks on John McCain

Martin O’Malley Faults Hillary Clinton for ‘Closeness’ to Wall Street


Hillary Clinton’s Capital Gains Tax Change Misses the Mark

Marco Rubio Takes Low-Key Approach That’s a Frequent Winner in South Carolina


Donald Trump Aide Apologizes for Saying, ‘You Can’t Rape Your Spouse’


Local

Wall St. Money Meets Social Policy at Rikers Island

Groups That Back Bloomberg’s Education Agenda Enjoy Success in Albany

What Jab? Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Move Past a Disagreement Over Uber



The Star Ledger

Port Authority lashes out, says maverick police director flouted airport security before


Jersey City passes budget at council meeting, residents wonder why it took so long


Jersey City residents feel they were not made aware of prisoner re-entry center

City crackdown on Newark landlord finds crumbling walls, mold in housing complex



The Christian Science Monitor

If Congress rejects nuclear deal, would US and not Iran be a pariah? (+video)

US-Turkey military deal: A turning point in Obama's handling of Syria crisis?


The Cleveleand Plain Dealer

Double shooting on Cleveland's East Side may have been a murder-suicide, police say

On eve of Cleveland debate, Lake County murder plays into Donald Trump's immigration attack


Cleveland RTA video shows Movement for Black Lives activists surround police before officer uses pepper spray (raw video)


Son and daughter-in-law of Charles Sifford accused of stealing from the late golf legend



The Detroit Free Press

Some DPS teachers say they haven’t been paid


Commission debates Wayne County’s options


Passersby invited to jot down dreams on Detroit chalkboard


Philly.com


Wolf's appointee to DRPA: 'It's a witch hunt'

Baer: State budget mess stuck at stalemate

What to see, do at the Blackstar Film Festival

Drexel partners to graduate "peace engineers"


The Los Angeles Times

L.A. City Council bans large-capacity ammunition magazines

Garcetti is mum on financial pledge for 2024 Olympics


The Washington Post

At Ethiopian food factory, Obama makes the case for his African initiatives

‘The most interesting man in politics’ isn’t drawing much interest in New Hampshire

Hillary Clinton works the charm angle with congressional Democrats

Edwards won’t buck outside cash in Senate race


GOP leaders want women leading anti-Planned Parenthood efforts

Who cares how the U.S. ranks nations’ efforts on human trafficking?


Milloy: To make black lives matter, black people need to believe it


Prince George’s built a police station, but says it can’t afford to open it.


Questions about citizenship and felony status would become optional on Virginia voter registration forms



The Chicago Tribune

More Sandra Bland footage released; protest held in downtown Chicago


1 dead, 7 wounded in city shootings


South Holland opens probe into traffic stop caught on video

Lawmakers want new state school leader's special perk taken away



USA Today

Lawyer: Cosby to be deposed by Sept. 30

Man dies as 1,500 migrants storm France-U.K. tunnel

Interim sheriff: Automatic weapons missing








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