Today in Black History: Civil rights activist and education advocate, Septima Clark, a fierce advocate for justice, was born in 1898 in Charleston, South Carolina.
The New York Times
National
Chicago Schools Ex-Leader Is Sentenced as Classrooms Struggle to Stay Open
Officers Won’t Be Charged in Black Man’s Shooting Death in Louisiana
Ex-Officer Who Shot Walter Scott Pleads Guilty in Charleston
Key Takeaways From a Report on Racial Gaps
G.O.P. Scrambles as a Crucial Voice Shuns the Latest Health Bill
Trump Gets a Win He Wasn’t Counting On: He Saved the Filibuster
Comey Is Expected to Face Tough Questioning at Senate Hearing
Reined-In N.S.A. Still Collected 151 Million Phone Records in ’16
With Civil War Remark, a President Who Doesn’t Go by the (History) Book
Giving the Behemoths a Leg Up on the Little Guy
U.S. Auto Boom Seems to Be History, Just as Trump Counted on Jobs
Local
Trump Is Returning to New York City, Just Not to Sleep
A Republican Primary Conundrum: How Far to Run From Christie
The Christian Science Monitor
A US president hosts a Palestinian leader. Has anything changed? Maybe.
Why GOP-run Congress didn’t fund Trump’s wall
How the FCC hopes to curb those annoying spam calls
USDA secretary announces halt on school nutrition standards
The Star-Ledger
Suit claims student sexually assaulted classmate on bus, videotaped incident
The 3 high schools in each county with the best SAT scores
Criminal investigators looking into Paterson Eastside in wake of hoops scandal
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N.J. ranks 4th in drinking water safety violations, study says
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Suburban Columbus public school teachers concerned by Trump's education plan: Ohio Matters
Cleveland City Council to take up tax program geared toward bolstering housing
Ohio House passes massive budget plan: Ohio Politics Roundup
Shaker Heights property tax increase passes
The Chicago Tribune
Three in custody, others sought after 2 Chicago police officers shot in Back of the Yards
Teen boy among 6 wounded in city shootings
Editorial: Crime's toll on a neighborhood: Violence that crushes lives also crushes parts of Chicago
Obamas to visit Chicago today to unveil closely guarded presidential center design
Cash-strapped schools ditch the classroom for virtual summer school
Niles West coach resigns amid allegations school board president abused power
Philly.com
Ex-76er, college coach charged with exposing himself in Lower Merion
State Sen. Hughes to House Speaker Turzai: 'Stay the hell out of Philadelphia'
U.S. probing Local 98 payment for Seth Williams' daughters to attend summer camps abroad
Philly journalism institute gets millions in new donations
Pennsylvania Prison Society turns 230
The Detroit Free Press
Tigers react to racist taunts hurled at Adam Jones at Fenway Park
Warren Buffett to Detroit kids: Come to our shareholders meeting
House approves $55.7 billion budget for schools, government
The Washington Post
While in White House, Trumps remained selling points for ‘very special’ Philippines project
House Republicans just voted to change overtime rules for workers
GOP health bill on shaky ground as concerns grow about preexisting conditions
The Fix: The 5 most insensitive health-care comments from Democrats and Republicans
Trump is learning — and sometimes mislearning — the lessons of the presidency
‘We need justice’: Protesters decry decision not to bring federal charges in fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling
Heritage Foundation board ousts president Jim DeMint
The long legacy of ‘passing’ in America
Louisiana’s coast was already sickly. Now it’s being hit by a plague.
Women, minorities are still nearly shut out of this $7 trillion industry
A common talking point about African Americans’ views on crime has been debunked
Schools superintendent who sued her school board agrees to step down
D.C. Council confirms Peter Newsham as city’s new police chief
Historic Maryland bridge is closed after failing inspection
Can Kathleen Matthews heal Maryland’s Democratic Party?
USA Today
Democrats say they must show how tax cuts may put Social Security, Medicare at risk
Tribe steams after Playboy Playmate poses nude on 'sacred' New Zealand volcano
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