Today in Black History: Blues composer William Christopher “W.C.” Handy, known as the “Father of the Blues,” was born in Florence, Alabama in 1873.
The New York Times
National
Jeb Bush Says U.S. ‘Should Declare War’ in Fight Against Islamic State
Charleston Mayor, Champion for Integration, Prepares to Bow Out
Baltimore Homicide Total Surpasses 300 for the Year
Rivals at Democratic Debate Attack Hillary Clinton
Republican Candidates Urge Aggressive Response After Paris Attacks
Efforts to Rein In Arbitration Come Under Well-Financed Attack
Watching Missouri From Afar, and Seeing Lesson for All Black Athletes
Yale College Dean Torn by Racial Protests
Local
New York State Workers Laud Higher Minimum Pay
Ankle Monitors Weigh on Immigrant Mothers Released From Detention
At Trial, Prosecutors to Detail Dean Skelos’s Favors for His Son
The Christian Science Monitor
Will Missouri moment lead to toppling of more US college presidents?
Sexting scandals: how to protect kids from risky behavior – and legal fallout
The Star Ledger
Record number of N.J. residents living in poverty, study finds
Hudson rail tunnel sees progress, but Traffic Armageddon still a risk | Editorial
Christie's 'poster boy for greed' back in Parsippany schools
Bodies of 2 dead babies found in vacant lot, reports say
Torn on Christie: Don't be president, but don't come home | Moran
Philly.com
Fattah hires ex-city managing director
City Ave strip renamed for late newsman
Kenney left Council; his staff stayed put
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wilberforce University maintains its accreditation
Cleveland police searching for missing 16-year-old girl
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says community groups vital to successful police reform (video)
Cleveland mayor, police chief to address community leaders, discuss consent decree (live coverage)
Cleveland police officers say they were not indifferent to Tamir Rice's gunshot wounds
Woman who died in Cleveland police custody identified
The Detroit Free Press
Big issues left for Legislature: DPS and energy reform
DPD chief: Deadly police chase violated dept. policy
Help on way for homeless man splashed in McDonald's prank
Detroiter gets 30-day reprieve from Fannie Mae eviction
The Los Angeles Times
Police beating after high-speed chase in San Francisco under investigation
Laurene Powell Jobs launches college-support program in Watts
Governors Awards: Academy bestows honors, announces new diversity initiative
The Washington Post
Black Americans more susceptible to nonfatal force by police, DOJ says
Forced reforms, mixed results
Aaron Rodgers praised for criticizing fan’s anti-Muslim comments
Climate scientists to be grilled by congressional investigators, but their e-mails are still off-limits
‘AP Lite’ for poor, urban kids is a pipe dream that ignores school realities
Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion restrictions
Jeb Bush comments on Yale, Missouri controversies
Georgetown University to rename two buildings that reflect school’s ties to slavery
Women in D.C. housing-first units concentrate on their futures
Agencies spar over readiness of Maryland’s new voting system
The Chicago Sun-Times
Byrd-Bennett entitled to at least $140K in public pensions; cost CPS $900K
Rep. Danny Davis endorses Andrea Zopp for Senate
Editorial: Suburbs, like big cities, need government watchdogs
USA Today
More doctors offering direct-pay health care
Tech entrepreneur, diversity advocate Hank Williams dies at 50
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