Today in Black History: Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanist and the first President of Ghana, was born in 1909 in what was then the Gold Coast (Ghana).
The New York Times
National
Protests Erupt in Charlotte After Police Kill Black Man
Obama Considers Arming Syrian Kurds Against ISIS
Hillary Clinton: My Plan for Helping America’s Poor
California Voters Face Choice: End Death Penalty, or Speed It Up
Chicago Is Planning to Add Hundreds of Police Officers
S.E.C. Is Latest to Look Into Exxon Mobil’s Workings
Bombing Case Points to Gaps in Trump’s and Clinton’s Antiterrorism Plans
Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Post on Twitter Fits a Pattern
Local
Fort Lee Officials Recall Chaos and Turmoil as Lanes to Bridge Were Closed
3 New York Corrections Officers Charged in ’13 Beating of Inmate
The Christian Science Monitor
College supply list for low-income students: Books, financial aid ... a mentor
Protests last through the night in Charlotte, N.C., after police shooting
Tulsa's police chief vows to do 'the right thing.' What does that look like?
The Star Ledger
Clash over co-ed pool restrictions at N.J. adult community leads to lawsuit
Battle over funding for Meadowlands mall moves to court
All entries in Port Authority terminal design competition will be losers
N.J. millennials need help to get out of the nest | Editorial
Philly.com
Philly pharma firm lays off a quarter of its staff
Inquirer Editorial: Philly legislator who tried to hide her felony conviction should resign before the election
Inquirer's parent company settles libel suit brought by former Convention Center official
Pa. bill would give NRA, others right to sue over gun laws
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Trump should use Cleveland visit to tell black voters what the hell they have to gain by his election: Phillip Morris
Cleveland poverty numbers drop sharply
Forum sheds light on Cleveland residents' lingering concerns with police use of force
Rocky River Montessori school accused of kicking out child with autism settles with U.S. Justice Department
Ohio lawmaker asks parents to get rid of real-looking toy guns
The Washington Post
For Clinton, attacking Trump may not be enough
African American Museum offers chance to talk about slavery, but few people want to
Violent protests erupt in Charlotte after police fatally shoot black man
A bank too big to fail and too arrogant to admit it
Trump faces backlash after saying African Americans are ‘in the worst shape they’ve ever been’
Marshawn Lynch finds his voice on police shootings, Colin Kaepernick protest
Fairfax approves hiring auditor to monitor police use-of-force investigations
Federal appeals court questions D.C.’s restrictions on concealed carry of firearms
College student from D.C. is fatally stabbed in Baltimore
The Detroit Free Press
Corrections officers: Sept. 10 disturbance at Kinross 'was a riot'
DTE helps improve energy reliability at DPS
Morale low among Michigan teachers, survey shows
New express bus connects Detroit to Somerset mall
The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Teachers Union strike authorization vote starts today
3 dead, 6 hurt in city shootings
Emanuel to boost police force by 500 officers, promote hundreds
As other cities dig up pipes made of toxic lead, Chicago resists
The Los Angeles Times
Police Commission faults LAPD officers in two deadly shootings
Anger grows in Tulsa as police release video of fatal shooting of unarmed black man
Demonstrators rally on N.C. highway; 12 officers injured in protests over police shooting
Seattle's new war on drugs: Giving heroin addicts 'safe sites' to shoot up
State agency under fire for pressuring open-government groups it regulates to change position on legislation
USA Today
Protests erupt in Charlotte after police kill man; 12 officers hurt
ACLU: Tulsa officer shot Terence Crutcher 'in cold blood'
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