Today in Black History: Tom Bradley defeats incumbent Mayor Sam Yorty and becomes the first Black mayor of Los Angeles on this date in 1973.
The New York Times
Opinion: Capitalism Eating Its Children
Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86
Obama Warns U.S. Faces Diffuse Terrorism Threats
Rebutting Critics, Obama Seeks Higher Bar for Military Action
Economy Shrank Last Quarter, Revision Finds
Severe Report Finds V.A. Hid Waiting Lists at Hospitals
Democrats, to Counter G.O.P., Turn Their Focus to Local Issues for Midterms
After Attack Near Campus, California Weighs Gun Bill
Harold Baer Jr., Judge Whose Civil Liberties Decisions Drew Criticism, Dies at 81
Trying to Exact a Democratic Ascension in Albany
The Christian Science Monitor
Remembering the colossal Maya Angelou: 'But still, like air, I'll rise' (+video)
Is the politics of gun violence pushing gunmakers out of liberal Northeast?
Federal judge orders halt to executions in Ohio until mid-August
Homelessness declines as new thinking fuels 'giant untold success'
The Star Ledger
5 high school students involved in counterfeit money scam, police say
Why 'population health' is so important in the age of Obamacare
Federal government wants former Trenton Mayor Mack to pay back $54K made from scam
Obama administration selects Trenton to participate in national aid pilot program
Newark enrollment: Charter schools popular for elementary, district for high school
Three Paterson kids, including 6-year-old, charged with fatally torturing neighborhood cat
Hamilton superintendent: 'De facto segregation' in township schools should be addressed
The Detroit Free Press
Derrick Miller, key Kilpatrick aide, faces sentencing in corruption case today
5 things to know about Michigan's minimum wage raise
Rochelle Riley: Maya Angelou taught us to stand taller, dream bigger
13 of Maya Angelou's best quotes
Judge rules teen can sue Charles Pugh but not Detroit over alleged harassment
Philly.com
Sixers consider moving headquarters to NJ
Civil-rights lawsuits against police spiked in 2013
N.J. pension fund in pay-to-play inquiry
Bill to defend civic speech from 'strategic' defamation suits proposed
The Washington Post
Maya Angelou: The bard of black women
What Maya Angelou wrote and said about race
New Orleans district closes all traditional public schools
Report sparks calls for VA chief’s resignation
Obama judges tip appeals courts to Democrats
Chicago mayor introduces strict gun store ordinance
State police officers group backs Brown for Md. governor
Maryland Gov. O’Malley heading back to Iowa next month
D.C. Council backs broad tax cut
The Chicago Tribune
3 Lake County officers fired in jail inmate's death
Charter school renewal halted over CPS ratings
Jury picked in trial of state rep; opening statements tomorrow
Quinn taking it on chin in audit hearing over troubled grant program
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Supreme Court's ruling on police chase may offer insight into Cleveland case
Downtown church will become a city school, stained glass and all
University Hospitals police officers to make arrests on public property under proposed ordinance
The Los Angeles Times
Group offers $1.2 billion to buy Clippers; at least 2 other bids entered
Suits claimed Shelly Sterling disparaged blacks, Latinos
Shortage of affordable housing is dire in L.A. County, advocates say
Opinion: You say gun control doesn't work? Fine. Let's ban guns altogether.
L.A. council orders inventory of earthquake-vulnerable apartments
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Why did Morehouse student pull a vanishing act?
Clark Atlanta, church protest Morris Brown sale
DeKalb reform group plans first meeting
USA Today
Teen birth rate falls to another historic low
Report shows $6.7 billion in improper Medicare payments
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