Today in Black History: Human rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis in 1968.
The New York Times
National
Early Missteps Seen as a Drag on Bernie Sanders’s Campaign
Blow: The (Un)Democratic Party
Sanders’s Message Stands to Resonate Long After Election
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Continue Back-and-Forth Over Debate Date
A Contentious Vote by North Dakota Republicans Yields 25 Unaligned Delegates
With New Effort, Group Hopes to Show Donald Trump Has a Multicultural Appeal
Supreme Court Nominee Pushes Ahead Despite Fracas
2 Republican Senators Revoke Support for Garland Hearings
Obama Gets Scant Credit in Indiana Region Where Recovery Was Robust
Medicare Is Often Overbilled by Hospices, and Pays Twice for Some Drugs
Amtrak Crash Leaves 2 Dead, Officials Say
Washington Metro, 40 and Creaking, Stares at a Midlife Crisis
Local
Federal Housing Officials Warn Against Blanket Bans of Ex-Offenders
Undercover Officers Ask Addicts to Buy Drugs, Snaring Them but Not Dealers
Experts See Risks, and Logic, in Skeloses’ Appeal for No Prison Time
The Christian Science Monitor
North Carolina shows GOP split extends to states, too
Cities can learn from crises like Flint. Atlanta is proof.
In Bronx, Sanders voters find more common ground with Trump than Clinton
The Star-Ledger
Workers, activists, protest low minimum wage in Journal Square (VIDEO)
South Jersey lawmakers to Prieto: A.C. is headed for catastrophe
Can a new president fix one of N.J.'s most expensive colleges?
Students protest suspension of Essex County College president amid financial probe
How to tell if there's lead in your home's paint
Man suspected of threatening to kill Newark mayor still at large
Philly.com
Fatal Amtrak derailment in Chester under probe
Visit Philadelphia could have recovered embezzled funds with insurance
Are Morganelli and Zappala teaming up against Shapiro in the Democratic A.G. race?
Pa. GOP wants state churning out poorly educated worker drones
Lobbying for Philadelphia, and well paid for it
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio legislators seek stronger limits on state agencies' rulemaking powers: What to watch for Monday
More than $600 million to aid our roads and bridges
Catalog of ODOT projects in Cuyahoga County
Cleveland mayor swears in new consent decree coordinator
Some Ohio law schools may 'wither away' says Cleveland State professor emeritus
Gov. John Kasich proposes water quality reforms to protect against lead
The Detroit Free Press
Applications up in Michigan for concealed gun licenses
Detroit neighborhoods agree to pay more for services
Michigan Legislature's focus on Flint water and DPS
New bills include elimination of state, city income taxes
The Chicago Tribune
White teachers and black teachers have different expectations for black students
FOP's hiring of cop charged in Laquan McDonald death sends wrong message
Mother still mourns son on 1-year anniversary of Zion shooting
Prayer service, rally among events to remember teen fatally shot by Zion cop
Suburban Muslim family kicked off flight wants apology from United Airlines
Troubled DCFS outlines major overhaul, but budget crisis could hurt plans
The Los Angeles Times
Essential California: What happens when the LAPD's Tasers fail
The do-something Legislature outshines a do-nothing Congress
This year's election could usher in liberal 'supermajority' on L.A. County supervisors board
Low turnout in this special election could hand the GOP an Assembly seat for the first time in decades
Latinos and women are blunting Trump and Sanders in California's primaries
The Washington Post
Republicans on FEC suggest they may scrutinize mystery corporate donors
Senate Republicans hold fast against Garland after two weeks of Democratic fury
Internal memo reveals Trump campaign’s mounting fury with its critics
Clinton, Sanders agree to New York debates — but not the same one
Obama to give speech in Chicago on Supreme Court vacancy dispute
Republicans who joined Obama in Cuba return hoping to change GOP minds about the embargo
Low jobless rate juiced by workers who settle for part-time gigs
He’s a retired cop. Now his son is accused of killing a police officer and his own wife.
In Maryland, new efforts to fight drug addiction are taking shape
How do you get prisoners to read? Build a library like the one in this jail.
Hogan vetoes transportation bill, setting up fight with legislature
For years, Pr. George’s didn’t strengthen school sex-abuse policies
USA Today
Panama Papers explainer: What you should know
Miss. interracial couple evicted from RV park
A 3-way presidential race? It's not too late for another White House bid
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