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POSTED: January 22, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Haitian liberator, enters Santo Domingo to battle the French in 1801.

The New York Times

National

Editorial: Depraved Indifference Toward Flint

A Question of Environmental Racism in Flint


Trump or Cruz? G.O.P. Argues Over Who Is Worse

Polls Aside, Another View of Trump’s New Hampshire Standing

Ambitions at Home Shrink as Christie Eyes White House

Georgia Police Officer Indicted in Murder of Unarmed Black Man

3 Black Maryland Police Officers File Racial Discrimination Suit

Republicans Say Government Mismanaged Health Care Co-ops


Oklahoma: Ex-Officer Gets 263 Years in Rapes



Local


Officer’s Death Imperils Gun Case in Which He Was Crucial Witness


After Delay, Janet DiFiore Is Confirmed as New York’s Chief Judge


The Christian Science Monitor


Why embattled public defenders 'welcome' lawsuits against them

Is GOP establishment learning to like Donald Trump?


Kent State professor case: When does academic speech justify FBI probe?

Flint: Hot water for Michigan governor after emails go public (+video)



The Star-Ledger


Sweeney on Atlantic City bankruptcy threat: 'It's idiotic'

N.J. unemployment rate down as labor chief declares 'day for bragging'

Why did N.J. miss out on $300M in federal Hurricane Sandy aid?

'General threat' to shoot up a school leads cops to N.J. teen

Hospital heavyweights merging, report says


Philly.com


Fattah's lawyers: Get us off this case

Why racial disparity in police screening?

Porngate investigator faces opposition

End 'comfortable, corrupt' Philly election system: Committee of 70's statement

Council calls for making Eid city holiday


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Is another recession coming? Ohio banks watching for possible signs


Michael O'Malley formally launches campaign for Cuyahoga County prosecutor

Ohio State University to expand need-based grants to regional campuses


New Ohio jobs numbers to be released: What to watch for Friday


Fewer Ohio college freshmen require remedial math or English, state says


The Detroit Free Press


Faces of the Flint water crisis

Did Snyder release all Flint e-mails? Maybe not.

Flint red flag: 2015 report urged corrosion control

Faces of the Flint water crisis

EPA blasts handling of Flint crisis, says risks remain



The Los Angeles Times


Federal investigators focus on small campaign donations to L.A. Councilwoman Nury Martinez

Feinstein water plan would fund recycling, desalination and storage

Michelle Obama urges mayors to remove 'stain' of veteran homelessness and praises L.A. efforts

From ideology to pragmatism: The political twists of Jerry Brown

Gov. Brown urges steps to end 'zigzag of spend-cut-spend' in California



The Washington Post


Anthony Hill supporters celebrate police officer's indictment

GOP establishment warms to Trump — and remains cool toward Cruz

How Bernie Sanders’s sharp words for Obama led to his own presidential bid


EPA issues emergency order over Flint water crisis, administrator who oversees Michigan resigns

Alabama carries out first execution since 2013 after Supreme Court rejects appeals


This pediatrician is working to save 9,000 young lives in Flint, Mich.


Md. legislature overturns five of Gov. Larry Hogan’s 2015 vetoes


Donna Edwards: Democrats need to challenge Republicans on abortion



The Chicago Sun-Times

CPS to lay off central office bureaucrats Friday


Lawsuit tossed against 1 of 2 cops in fatal shooting

Police Board hears from families of Rekia Boyd, Bettie Jones, Sandra Bland


USA Today

Pittsburgh woman's defamation suit against Bill Cosby is thrown out

Photo of young boy helps define Flint, Mich., water crisis for nation















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