Today in Black History: Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., head of Rainbow/PUSH was born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1941.

The New York Times

National

Obama Issues Apology for U.S. Bombing of Hospital

Editorial: A Step Toward Justice in the Release of 6,000 Prisoners

Editorial: Alabama Puts Up More Hurdles for Voters

Blow: With Ben Carson, the Doctor Is Always Out

Flint’s Water Is Linked to High Lead in Children

Clinton Opposes Obama’s Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

Derailing Clinton Could Prove to Be Tricky for Biden

Senate Democrats to Renew Push for Gun Control Measures

Cosby Loses His Bid to Prevent Another Lawsuit

Poll Watch: Gallup Ends ‘Horse Race’ Polling of 2016 Presidential Race to Focus on Issues


Local

Officer in James Blake Arrest Used Excessive Force, Panel Says

Brooklyn Program Erasing Warrants for Low-Level Offenses

Charter School Leader Has Indicated She’s Leaning Against a ’17 Campaign


The Christian Science Monitor

Another day, another landmark bill signing for California Gov. Jerry Brown (+video)

Early release for 6,000 federal prisoners: A risk to public safety?

Assisted suicide: Is California's new law a tipping point? (+video)


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio passes major charter school reform bill; pension controversy to have more study

Ohio lawmakers should stop passing bills that send more people to prison, groups urge

Free college classes attract thousands of middle and high school students

Lawmakers want to protect domestic violence, human trafficking survivors' identities from attackers


Philly.com

Cheyney U. enrollment halved in 5 yrs.

Chart: Cheyney University's Enrollment Woes

City gets voice in schools' financial plans

Pa. House rejects Wolf budget plan

Temple taps Tamron Hall for Cosby seat


The Star Ledger

'We're on the plantation': Newark council blasts state over budget oversight

Jersey City schools chief: local control would be a 'milestone'

Want to see a PARCC test? Exam questions will be released later this month

Booker bill banning job application criminal history question clears Senate panel

How many drug offenders in N.J. will see their sentences cut?


The Chicago Sun-Times

Sweet: Emanuel in D.C. as Chicago's gun violence in national spotlight

Karen Lewis ally Mayle won't seek CTU re-election

Mitchell: Million Man March anniversary off to slow start


The Los Angeles Times

Gov. Jerry Brown signs measure suspending high school exit exam

L.A. charter school expansion could mean huge drop in unionized teaching jobs

Bill Cosby will have to talk about alleged sex assault at Playboy Mansion

Poll finds L.A. County residents want to be more involved in their community but don't have time

California now has one of the toughest equal pay laws in the country


The Detroit Free Press

Bills to crack down on police seizure in Michigan

Expert: Woman shouldn't have fired gun at shoplifter

State moving 1,600 prisoners out of Kinross in U.P.

Experts recommend Flint reconnect to Detroit water


The Washington Post

Why you shouldn’t be surprised that prisoners crushed Harvard’s debate team

These political scientists may have just discovered why U.S. politics are a disaster

Clinton says she now opposes Obama’s Pacific trade deal, which she once touted

Senate Democrats preparing gun control legislation

FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings ‘ridiculous,’ ‘embarrassing’

The FCC has turned down one of the first business complaints under net neutrality

Three teens died after being hypnotized by their principal. Now their families are getting $200,000 each.

Federal agents teaming with D.C. police to combat city’s crime surge

D.C. mayor’s staffer in religious affairs arrested for drug distribution


USA Today

Ben Carson would be a 'real black president,' Rupert Murdoch tweets

'People' publishes Congress members' info in gun violence call-to-action

Column: Column: Hillary Clinton's real Trans-Pacific Partnership views shrouded by self-interest