Today in Black History: Pioneering journalist Carl Rowan, who served in the Kennedy administration, was born in 1925 in Ravencroft, Tennessee.

The New York Times

National

After Ferguson Shooting, State of Emergency Is Declared

Opinion: We Still Haven’t Learned From Watts

Environmental Agency Uncorks Its Own Toxic Water Spill at Colorado Mine

Editorial: Democrats Offer Ways to Make College Affordable

The Party of Jefferson Erases Its Ties to Him

Lawrence Lessig to Explore a Run for President as a Democrat

Donald Trump Makes Up With Roger Ailes of Fox News

Housing for Homeless Veterans Is Planned for Ex-Walter Reed Site

Black Activists Arrested in Ferguson Protests


Local

Confederate Flag Debate Reaches New York County Fairs

2 Sayreville Football Players Cleared of Serious Charges in Hazing Case

Separate Briefings, and Findings, on Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak


The Christian Science Monitor

New violence in Ferguson prompts question: How much progress has city made? (+video)

Amid withering post-Ferguson critique, police around the country look inward

Kickstarting college: Students use crowdfunding to help pay for school

THE MONITOR'S VIEW Haiti’s graduation to self-governance


Philly.com

Advocates protest gun shop opening

Kane plans news conference on charges

City Council has a wish list for Comcast

Lincoln prof: My right to speak my mind

Motions pile up over Cosby deposition


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio Democrats in Congress still undecided on Iran deal, despite heavy lobbying

University of Akron spending thousands on promotions in effort to boost enrollment

'I don't want to die in your cell:' Police release video of Ralkina Jones taken prior to death

Ohio judges cannot refuse to perform gay weddings based on personal views, state board advises

Cleveland woman injured when she confronts man beating another woman


The Chicago Tribune

4 wounded in city shootings

Indianapolis police kill 15-year-old carjacking suspect

Rauner says Chicago Teachers Union shouldn't have 'dictatorial powers' over finances

CPS' $5.7 billion spending proposal relies on $480 million from Springfield


The Detroit Free Press

Detroit gets (mostly) rave reviews from influential ASAE

Rep. Todd Courser has a checkered political past

Transgender slaying outrage: 'Our lives are treated as disposable'


The Los Angeles Times

Without immigration reform, California citizenship will have to do

Mentally ill woman in LAPD assault is a case study in the system's lapses

Why huge Los Angeles crowd turned out for Bernie Sanders

Kamala Harris' office indicts 32 Long Beach Crips and associates

Shared struggles for Latinos and blacks in Watts: 'We compete for the tiniest pieces of the pie'


The Washington Post

Rogue drones a growing nuisance across the U.S.

Homeland Security amps up security for visa-free program for millions of travelers

Another huge crowd for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders

Tyrone Harris Jr. ‘was pulling it together. And then, this happened.’

Bernie Sanders’s ambassador to black voters hits the ground running

National nurses union backs Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton

Lottery sales, casino revenue a billon-dollar boon for Maryland

Two teachers explain why they want to take down their union

Battle over Va. justice heats up as Democrats demand hearings

D.C. would release most police body camera footage under new plan


The Star Ledger

Christie vetoes gun bill supported by N.J. Republicans & Democrats

Majority of N.J. voters say Christie not 'presidential,' poll finds

Plans for controversial Jersey City prisoner re-entry center scrapped

Ballot drawing held for Bayonne, other Hudson County school board elections

Stockton free to sell Showboat to another buyer, judge rules

Crackdowns needed on drones near airports | Editorial


USA Today

Overnight in Ferguson: More protests, some arrests

Forests grapple with 8,500 gun incidents

White House aide arrested for assault

Jesse Jackson escalates Silicon Valley diversity campaign

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