Today in Black History: Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia, gained independence on this date in 1980.
The New York Times
National
Judge Hints Trump Team Won’t Get First Look at Cohen Files
Hannity Is Revealed as Trump Lawyer’s Mystery Client
Starbucks Employee Who Called Police on Black Men No Longer Works There, Company Says
Trump Rejects New Sanctions Against Russia, Changing Course
Interior Secretary Is Opening Up Land. Just Not at Home.
How Liberty University Built a Billion-Dollar Empire
Opinion: When Is a Church Not a Church?
Pruitt’s $43,000 Phone Booth Broke the Law, Auditors Say
Video Shows Police Tackling and Punching Black Harvard Student
Whose Neighborhood Should Get a Street Named for Dr. King?
Racist Terror Plot, or Just Idle Talk? Kansas Trial Hinges on the Answer
Local
City Orders Sims Statue Removed From Central Park
As Session Resumes, a Democratic Truce in Albany Seems Uneasy
Smelling Blood, Democrats Swarm New York House Race
Philly.com
Philly looking into other incidents at same Starbucks where two black men were arrested
For black cafe patrons, Starbucks arrests raise concerns and interest in black businesses
This community-based program in N. Philly brings trauma counseling to the children who need it most
N.J. Gov. Murphy ousts high-priced Christie ally from role as Atlantic City overseer
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit seeks to compel landlords to list renters in search for tax evaders
Comments caught on police video get Detroit officer reassigned
The Star-Ledger
Should state rules be changed to keep people from collecting a pension and getting a public paycheck?
Every N.J. Republican House seat could fall in November because of Trump, poll finds
Listen up, young adults. N.J. is about to make it easier to register to vote | Editorial
New Jersey could lose $631M in federal cash by missing this deadline
The Chicago Tribune
A grieving family remembers a promising life cut short at Bradley University
DAHLEEN GLANTON: White anger over arrest of two black men at Starbucks is long overdue
Emanuel is trying to convince police to buy homes in violent neighborhoods. Only two have taken the offer
More than 600 people have been shot in Chicago this year
Chicago water department supervisor didn't report email about Southern farmers 'bidding' on Obama, watchdog says
The Los Angeles Times
Survivors of violent crime raise their voices in California to call for a new approach to criminal justice
Some Republican lawmakers, once critical of marijuana, now think highly of it. Here’s why
Southern California News Group asks for public support — and perhaps a shift to nonprofit status — amid cuts
Beutner emerges as a top pick for L.A. schools superintendent amid last-minute jockeying
With a guilty plea, man expresses remorse for death threat against Maxine Waters
The Washington Post
Federal judge weighs special master to review seized Cohen records
Hannity had a lot to say about Cohen lately. But he left a few things out.
Analysis: Yes, Sean Hannity was a legal client of Michael Cohen’s
Sean Hannity’s idea of ‘attorney-client privilege’ was right out of ‘Breaking Bad’
‘This is not some tin-pot dictatorship’: Comey pushes back against Trump’s suggestion he be jailed
Fact Checker: Trump’s 3-Pinocchio claim that James B. Comey ‘lied in Congress to Senator G’
Large majority of Americans supports tougher Russia sanctions, poll finds
Video shows police punching a Harvard student after he was found naked in the street
Kendrick Lamar deserves his Pulitzer. Rap is the most significant music of our time.
Montgomery council to vote on funding lawyers for immigrants facing deportation
Sen. Kamala D. Harris backs Angela Alsobrooks in Pr. George’s executive race
Retirement of Md. judge in effect closes out judicial misconduct investigation
USA Today
Anderson Cooper rips Sean Hannity for not revealing legal ties to Trump lawyer
Supreme Court sides with immigrant facing deportation
Four-hour drive for a colonoscopy? What VA privatization warnings ignore
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