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Today in Black History: Groundbreaking ceremonies take place for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 2006.

The New York Times

National

How Gun Traffickers Get Around State Gun Laws

Editorial: Confirm President Obama’s Judges

Amid Unrest in Missouri, University System Picks Michael Middleton as Interim Chief

Federal Appeals Panel Overturns Anti-Death Penalty Ruling in California

In Swan Song, Arne Duncan Extols School Progress Under His Tenure

Finding a Purpose, and Winning a Prize for It

Ohio Man Arrested After Social Posts Urging Killing of Military Members

A Bit of Housekeeping Removes a Confederate Flag in a U.S. Capitol Building



Local

De Blasio’s Advocacy Group Pursues Ambitious Agenda Despite Setbacks

Letter Surfaces at Sheldon Silver Trial Showing Potentially Lucrative Deal

Smoking Ban Proposal a Surprise to Some Public Housing Tenants


The Christian Science Monitor

How $15 minimum wage fight became a juggernaut in three years (+video)

Veterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'

Guitars Over Guns reaches at-risk youths with music


The Star Ledger

Missing Bridgegate document claim 'defense lawyer baloney,' Christie says

DPW bosses who assigned public employees to personal chores headed to jail, authorities say

Secret meetings at Grand Central and $5.6M in illegal deals

Another N.J. college hit with debt rating downgrade

N.J., Philly college student protesters demand tuition-free education


Philly.com

Area students protest racism: 'Who are we?'

Ex-prosecutors sue Kane in federal court

Drexel University revokes Bill Cosby's '92 honorary degree

Drexel, Penn at odds on Cosby degrees

New titles, bonuses for 2 administrators



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Nina Turner changes her mind on Hillary Clinton, endorses Bernie Sanders for president

New report finds Tamir Rice shooting tragic but reasonable

Cleveland pastors, rabbis call for special prosecutor to probe Tamir Rice shooting

Vigil marks anniversary of Tanisha Anderson's fatal encounter with Cleveland police

Ohio offers resources to help newly released prisoners get back on their feet


The Detroit Free Press

DPS board: Let state pay $350,000 tab in Pugh case

Michigan rally supports University of Missouri students

Detroit Rising: And then there were streetlights

'Full of life' Detroit boy, 9, mourned after shooting


The Chicago Sun-Times

Feds: Free trips bind crooked CPS CEO Byrd-Bennett, textbook company

CPS asks high schoolers to listen to, and record, their elders this Thanksgiving

Preckwinkle questions Alvarez on jail policy


The Los Angeles Times

Charter school expansion could reshape L.A. Unified, officials say

College students confront subtler forms of bias: slights and snubs

Team of sleuths stalks cancer in L.A. County


The Washington Post

The cost of ‘quality of life’ policing: Thousands of young black men coerced to plead guilty to crimes they didn’t commit

How do parents in prison affect children in school?

Onetime civil rights lawyer to take over as University of Missouri president

Man charged in Mizzou Yik Yak threats had interest in Oregon college shootings, police say


Death threats at Howard U., with references to Mizzou, under investigation


U.S. sees alarming jump in rate of newborns with syphilis

Hillary Clinton’s claim that she tried to join the Marines


D.C.’s 16- and 17-year-olds are eager to vote for president. But should they?

Jacqueline Berrien, former EEOC chairwoman, dies at 53

Howard U. steps up security after threat


USA Today


Defense secretary's aide fired amid allegations

Million Student March protests student debt, tuition rates

Supreme Court may wade back into abortion debate









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