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POSTED: February 01, 2017, 10:00 am

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Today in Black History: Four North Carolina A&T students stage a sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960.

The New York Times


National


Solid Conservative Is Not Seen as Divisive

EDITORIAL: Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat

FRANK BRUNI: The Supreme Court Meets Reality TV

Where Gorsuch Would Fit on the Court

Little Doubt of His Conservative Credentials

Picking One Justice With an Eye on Choosing a Second

1,000 Workers in State Dept. Add Names to Dissent Letter

Immigration Order Blocks Children Most in Need of Aid

A Jarring New Level of Confrontation

New Zealand Is ‘the Future,’ Thiel Said in Push for Citizenship


Can Shifts in California Foretell the Nation’s Future?

Wells Fargo Scandal Blocks Severance Pay for Laid-Off Workers



Local


Second Avenue Subway Relieves Crowding on Neighboring Lines


Refugees Welcome. Volunteers Embrace Congolese Family in the Hudson Valley.

New York Officers and Mayor Reach Deal for 12% Raise Over 5 Years


Two Suits, One Aim: Make Police Officers’ Disciplinary Records Public


The Christian Science Monitor


With Supreme Court pick, Trump takes a more conventional road

Why Supreme Court nominee may not spark political nuclear war

In Bible Belt, Trump's big move brings both cheers and caution

Tennessee governor calls for tuition-free community college for adults

With Morocco's return, African Union now complete



Philly.com

Officer criticized for supposed Nazi-style tattoo cleared by Internal Affairs

Philly DA Seth Williams trails three of four primary challengers in cash

Immigrants turned away at Philly airport sue Trump, seek immediate entry to U.S.

Top, most improved Phila. schools named


Pa. auditor general to audit Aspira charter schools


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cuyahoga Community College begins yearlong celebration of legacy of Carl and Louis Stokes

Look inside a few of Cleveland's specialized "choice" high schools


Famed black aviator Bessie Coleman is subject of dinner talk at International Women's Air & Space Museum

Sen. Sherrod Brown pledges opposition to Trump Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch


Officials confirm body found in abandoned Cleveland home is missing teen girl

An analysis of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's 3 terms in office, as he seeks a 4th

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson to seek unprecedented fourth 4-year term



The Detroit Press


Democrats challenge 'gerrymandered' Michigan districts

No prison for Wayne State University official in $81K theft

Muslims on way to Flint turned back, lawsuit says


At least six candidates running for Michigan governor


The Star-Ledger


Christie blasts Trump's advisers, calling president 'ill-served'

As law school applications fall nationwide, Seton Hall Law faces 'new normal'

13K people from a country on Trump's banned list live in N.J.

Booker has 'serious concerns' about Trump's Supreme Court pick


The Washington Post


Colorado federal appeals court judge is favorite of conservative legal establishment

How Trump kept Gorsuch’s nomination a secret


Gorsuch wrote the book on assisted suicide. Here’s what he said.

Growing wave of federal workers is pushing back against Trump


How Trump’s first counterterrorism operation turned into chaos

Woman who sneaked into GOP retreat is said to have posed as lawmaker’s wife

United by post-inauguration marches, Democratic women plan to step up activism


Virginia congressman: ‘The women are in my grill no matter where I go.’

Wondering where this country is headed? Look at what one of America’s most powerful men has said.

Trump has more than $7 million already for his 2020 campaign

Angry backlash brews after New Zealand decides to make billionaire Peter Thiel a citizen

Budweiser uses a Super Bowl ad to tell an obscure immigrant story — its own

Mississippi school district drops challenge to desegregation order


D.C. group goes from street gang to clothing start-up

Md. Democrats vow to fight ‘harmful’ federal efforts


The Los Angeles Times


President Trump says it's illegal to be registered to vote in two states — but he's wrong

California father, 12-year-old daughter stuck in Africa following Trump travel ban, lawyer says

Neil Gorsuch could fall somewhere between his hero, Justice Scalia, and former boss, centrist Justice Kennedy

Democrats see opening in Trump's stumble on travel ban, move to block Cabinet votes

D.A. investigator's lawsuit says he was beaten and unlawfully detained by L.A. sheriff's deputies


Is street vending a crime? L.A. moves toward decriminalization


The Chicago Tribune


CLARENCE PAGE: How a 'chaos candidate' becomes a disaster president


Trump picks conservative judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court

Man killed, 4 wounded in shootings over 11 hours

EDITORIALS: Will February be budget month for Illinois?


USA Today


Neil Gorsuch: The case for and against Trump's Supreme Court nominee

Analysis: Neil Gorsuch could lead Supreme Court to a new conservative era

Senate Democrats express skepticism of Gorsuch






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