Today in Black History: Voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 in Ruleville, in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
The New York Times
National
As Hurricane Matthew Nears U.S., Residents Get Warning: Prepare
Could Officers Have Avoided Shooting Keith Scott? Experts Weigh In
Justices Seem Ready to Find Bias in Trial of Black Man on Texas Death Row
The Unequal Effect of Laws That Block Felons From Voting
Fox Reporter Accused of Racism for Chinatown Interviews Expresses ‘Regret’
Debate Segment on Race and Policing Leaves Activists Underwhelmed
We’re All a Little Biased, Even if We Don’t Know It
United States Criticizes Israel Over West Bank Settlement Plan
‘I’ve Seen a Lot of Death, but Not This Thing’
Can You Be Black and Republican?
Local
Ex-Ally of Christie Hews to Story as Bridge Case Testimony Ends
Racial Bias Claim Looms Over Bronx School as Administrators Exit
A List of Missed Chances, but Few Answers, in Fatal Abuse Case
For Transgender Youths in New York, It Would Be a Health Care Milestone
The Christian Science Monitor
Two ways Haiti is coping after hurricane Matthew (+video)
Is California's new law a model for curbing prosecutorial misconduct?
After Bill Clinton called Obamacare 'crazy,' is he a campaign risk?
Louisville's experiment: Can teaching empathy boost math scores?
With racism case, Supreme Court wades into death penalty debate (+video)
The Star-Ledger
Bridgegate witness describes how Christie's office did favors for Democrats to gain support
N.J.'s 23 cent gas tax hike deal: What other tax cuts save you, and cost the state
State won't make Atlantic City immediately pay back loan
U.S. questions $43M in Christie administration spending on Sandy housing aid
Newark breaks ground on Riverfront Park expansion
Christie's parting gift to Camden: A $133M high school
Philly.com
Local NAACP to aid contractor convicted in deadly building collapse
Preservation group declares Lincoln U. building 'endangered'
Pa., N.J. investigating cause of bacterial infections
Dems hold edge in Pa. registrations as deadline approaches
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati rejects proposal to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day
Victim of shooting near Miami University is Beachwood High School graduate
Judge bars Cleveland from conducting group inmate strip searches at workhouse
The Detroit Free Press
Poll: Clinton retakes 11-point lead over Trump in Michigan
U.S. Education Secretary John King to visit Warren and Flint
11th Detroit principal gets 15 months in prison for corruption
School districts across state gear up for fall Count Day
The Chicago Tribune
Chicago police officer charged with inappropriately touching girl at Wisconsin Dells
CPS, teachers union begin final stretch of negotiations before threatened strike
'The Birth of a Nation' is a history lesson we cannot afford to miss
Cook County approves paid sick leave law, bringing suburbs in line with city
The Washington Post
2 million under evacuation orders as Hurricane Matthew churns toward Southeast U.S.
A record number of U.S. billionaires are immigrants
Improving workforce diversity a ‘national security imperative’
Supreme Court hears arguments in two cases raising issues of discrimination, unfair treatment
Veterans Affairs will begin covering IVF and adoption costs for wounded veterans
This doctor discovered a way to treat a startling source of disease in children: Stress
Why this white pastor is not saying ‘all lives matter’
‘Like a slap in the face’: Mike Pence won’t act on wrongfully convicted man’s pardon request
How 10 mega-donors already helped pour a record $1.1 billion into super PACs
Md. Legislative Black Caucus to hold day-long hearing on policing, other issues
Study finds 10 percent of Virginia schoolchildren are chronically absent
The Los Angeles Times
Kamala Harris wins endorsements from Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein in U.S. Senate race
Kamala Harris, Loretta Sanchez trade jabs over who will work harder in the U.S. Senate in their only debate of the campaign
There are now more registered voters in California than the population of 46 states
Kaine and Pence draw 37 million viewers, the smallest audience for a vice presidential debate since 2000
As cities get warmer, their trees lose some of their ability to take carbon out of the atmosphere
Opening statements made in the civil court rape trial of NBA star Derrick Rose and 2 friends
USA Today
Ex-NAACP leader Dolezal, who allegedly passed for black, to address MLK observance
You won't believe average cost of using an ATM
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