Today in Black History: Earl Lloyd, the first Black to play in a National Basketball Association game, was born on this date in 1928.
The New York Times
National
U.S. Economy Grew at Only 0.7% Rate, Slowest in 3 Years
News Analysis: Trump’s Losing Streak in Courts Is Traceable to Conservative Judges
Trump on Being President: ‘I Thought It Would Be Easier’
Plan Redistributes America’s Wealth to Its Richest Families
For G.O.P., Deficit Takes a Back Seat to Cutting Taxes
State and Local Tax Deduction: An Item Blurring Party Lines
A.M.T., With Few Defenders, Is Newly Targeted in Trump Tax Plan
Health Bill Vote Scrapped for Now as G.O.P. Support Wanes
EDITORIAL: Trumpcare 2.0
Senate Confirms R. Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary
Florida Apologizes for ‘Gross Injustices’ to Four Black Men, Decades Later
Local
Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens
New York Correction Chief Spent a Quarter of 2016 Elsewhere
3 New Bridges Rise in New York, With Looks That Could Stop Traffic
The Christian Science Monitor
Trump's steep learning curve
Pipeline protests move from North Dakota to Michigan
New Silicon Valley perk: paid time off to protest
The Star-Ledger
Christie could slam Horizon credit rating with plan to grab cash, S&P says
The 50 N.J. school districts paying their teachers the most
Newark's public housing complex won't be demolished - for now
Port Authority bus terminal may be upgraded, not replaced
Senator grills NJ Transit director over repeated train delays
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit's Black Madonna turned church into social, political force
Affidavit: Sen. Bert Johnson repeatedly asked corrupt vendor for cash
Agreement saves Detroit schools from forced closure by state
Senate moves to ban genital cutting in Michigan in wake of Detroit case
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights among top 15 courts in Ohio to issue most license suspensions
Congressional Republicans from Northeast Ohio undecided on newest health care reform draft
Sen. Rob Portman's push to peel back regulations meets fierce criticism
Alstory Simon, freed from prison after wrongful conviction, spends his time in Greater Cleveland working to free others
Former Cleveland schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett to be sentenced Friday
Philly.com
Democratic candidates for Philly DA discuss police shootings and stop and frisk
Taking stock of life outside of prison during National Reentry Week
After a 2-year-old's tragic death, a father's plea for gun safety
State legislators call for hearings on troubled Wordsworth
The Chicago Tribune
Can two former gang rivals help bring peace to a divided Little Village?
What's at stake in Friday rulings on CPS' school funding lawsuit
Ex-CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett to be sentenced today in bribery case
EDITORIALS: Tell parents now, CPS: Doors open or closed?
The Los Angeles Times
He tried to cool a city's anger, only to watch helplessly as it burned during the 1992 riots
Economic growth stumbles to worst rate in two years, underscoring Trump's challenge
At senators' town halls, voters take an uneven measure of Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein
The Washington Post
Shutdown likely averted as GOP backs off health-care push
Trump governs as he campaigned: Unconventionally
Is Trump in violation of his contract with voters?
U.S. economic growth rate slowed in first quarter of 2017
Sean Spicer briefly suggests Trump is going after your 401(k)s — and shows what a nightmare tax reform is
Arkansas executes 4th inmate in eight days, capping frantic lethal injection schedule
Devious teens are stashing drugs in graphing calculators, DEA warns
In Annapolis, progressive groups want to fight the Democratic establishment
Expelled for sex assault, young men are filing more lawsuits to clear their names
Va. Gov. McAuliffe says he has broken U.S. record for restoring voting rights
USA Today
Six things Trump can do to squeeze North Korea --without sparking war
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses primary custody of his kids
Report Fox sex settlement probe expands to second agency, report says
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