Today in Black History: Bethune-Cookman College was founded in Daytona Beach, Florida by educator Mary McCleod Bethune in 1904.
The New York Times
National
EDITORIAL: A Crippled Supreme Court’s New Term
Ailing Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive
Bundy Brothers, Who Sought to Rally a Nation, Draw Scant Support at Trial
The Unintended Consequences of Taking a Hard Line on School Discipline
Next Big Tech Corridor? Between Seattle and Vancouver, Planners Hope
Donald Trump and His Allies Struggle to Move Past Tax Revelation
How Hillary Clinton Grappled With Bill Clinton’s Infidelity, and His Accusers
Hillary Clinton and Democrats Raised $154 Million in September
Hillary Clinton’s Positive Message? That Was the Plan, at Least
Local
‘They Keep Finding Bodies’: Gang Violence in Long Island Town Fuels Immigration Debate
New Jersey Transit Was Under Investigation Before Fatal Crash
N.J. Transit Engineer Has No Memory of Fatal Train Crash, Officials Say
The Christian Science Monitor
'Living in hell'? Trump's words don't match reality, black people say
Do offensive names deserve trademark protection? Supreme Court to weigh in.
How a Hollywood scandal is changing rape laws around the country (+video)
THE MONITOR'S VIEW Why some cities thrive as economic engines
The Star-Ledger
Bridgegate trial: An inside look at the biggest legal show in N.J.
Prosecutors probe 'suspicious' death of Newark boy, 8
Transportation Trust Fund fix is not a panacea for NJ Transit | Editorial
Christie has final say on bill offering unemployment to striking workers
Investigators don't know why Hoboken train was speeding, Christie says
Philly.com
Philly School District ordered to offer special-ed fix
From drugs to diplomas
At Lincoln U., calls for change growing louder
Police-involved shooting with 109 shots stirs memories of 1992 case
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Shooting Without Bullets project shares Cleveland kids' views on violence and police reform
Should Cleveland merge its health department with Cuyahoga County?
Cleveland's troubled Department of Public Health: A familiar story, decades in the making
Cleveland's public health problems are rooted in a long history of neglect
Racial profiling 'destroys American values of fairness, justice': Margaret Mitchell, YWCA of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland NAACP reacts to Cleveland police union's vote to endorse Donald Trump for president
The Detroit Free Press
Voter registration totals in Michigan lag behind those for 2008, 2012
Rochelle Riley: Lessons from 3 days in Charlotte
Beautiful dilemma: Give $1.2B to worthy causes in 20 years or less
Detroit school lawsuit: Does U.S. Constitution guarantee literacy?
Rev. Wilma R. Johnson, pioneer among women clergy, dies
The Chicago Tribune
3 dead, 5 wounded in city shootings
Emanuel budget speech set for same day as CTU strike
Homewood woman killed at party near North Carolina university
A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian
The Washington Post
Why black workers who do everything right still get left behind
Why we might want to grow the House of Representatives by 250 more seats
A dozen arrested who were protesting the killing of an unarmed black man in San Diego
Police release videos of killing of unarmed black man near San Diego
Student recommended for mental health screening after drawing picture of lynching and ‘Black Lives Matter’
Supreme Court to begin new term short-handed as its ideological balance hinges on fall vote
Historic black school defaced with ‘white power’ and Nazi graffiti
‘I’m going to hit him’: Dash-cam video shows officers tried to run over man before shooting him 14 times
New D.C. litter drama: City fines 91-year-old with dementia who no longer lives in rowhouse
Residents in most diverse areas say their neighborhoods are better than others
‘I just got scared’: Baltimore teen accused of killing classmate is found not guilty
This small-town mayor was feuding with his city council. So he got a new one.
The Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court set to decide cases on insider trading, death penalty and aid to church schools
Protests erupt in South L.A. for a second night after police fatally shoot an armed teen
LAPD gang officers fatally shoot a man in South L.A., the second police shooting in two days there
Sacramento is reeling over a video possibly showing officers trying to run over a mentally ill man
School bonds used to be as controversial as mom and apple pie. Not anymore under Gov. Jerry Brown
USA Today
Hurricane Matthew closes in on Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba
Former Alaska reporter faces 54 years in jail for pot club
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