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POSTED: March 24, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Canada gives Blacks the right to vote on this date in 1837.

The New York Times

National

Flint Water Crisis Inquiry Finds State Ignored Warning Signs

Republican Pennsylvania Senator to Meet With Merrick Garland

Lasting Damage for G.O.P.? Young Voters Reject Donald Trump

Kasich Rejects a G.O.P. Call to Quit to Block Trump


Postcards to Donald Trump Show Deep Support and Reservations

Ted Cruz Deplores ‘Liberal, Left-Wing Values’ While Lobbying for New York Votes

Poll Suggests Donald Trump Would Be Weak Candidate in November


Paul Ryan Addresses Political Clashes, but Not Congressional Gridlock


Paul Ryan to Urge Republicans to Focus on Policy

Supreme Court Upholds Worker Class-Action Suit Against Tyson

Outside Panel to Examine Police Shootings in Chicago


Local

Prosecutor Won’t Seek Prison for Peter Liang, Ex-Officer Convicted in Killing

New York Muslims Reject Ted Cruz’s Prescriptions for Monitoring


Son of Wrongly Cremated Woman Comes Forward, Resolving a Macabre Mystery

Other Stories of Funeral Home Mix-Ups

Opt-Out Pressures Open Rift Between New York Education Officials


The Christian Science Monitor

In Supreme Court case, potentially big shift on religious freedom


Contraception case: On divided court, spotlight shifts to female justices

Why Republicans now want GOP to unite behind Trump


After Brussels, Trump's 'strength' resonates with GOP voters


The Star-Ledger


What Atlantic City government shutdown means to casinos

Nearly 1M in N.J. would benefit from $15 minimum wage, report says


N.J. congressmen want federal funds to test school water

Outcry continues over Trenton school layoffs, cuts


New Hudson River rail tunnels take big step forward

Former SPU student sues Prosecutor's Office cops over rape charge that was dropped



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


KeyBank promises to pump $16.5 billion into lower-income communities


Habitat, partners launch initiative to rehab 100 abandoned houses in Cleveland (photos)


Special master to review Tanisha Anderson police death investigation

Cleveland Teachers Union, district return to negotiating table



The Detroit Free Press


How race, class set the stage for Flint water crisis

Flint residents are victims of social injustice


Editorial: Time to govern, move forward to fix Flint


Report: Wayne Co. not first in loss of population


Nurses poll: Patients die because of short staffing


The Chicago Tribune

Chicago Teachers Union delegates give go-ahead for April 1 walkout

Chicago Tribune sues Chicago Police Department over McCarthy emails

Prosecutors drop charges against couple targeted by corrupt Chicago cop

Emanuel bracing for state Supreme Court to rule against pension law


1 dead, 6 wounded in city shootings, including 2 hurt near day care center


Philly.com

Lawyer, NAACP 'livid' over arrest of African American woman


Life when you're not just poor, but deeply poor

Protesters demand Peco support solar development in N. Phila.

Ending budget impasse, Wolf says: 'We need to move on'


The Washington Post


Scathing independent report blames state officials for Flint water crisis


The GOP — and its big funders — scramble to insulate Congress from Trump


Sanders: In it to win it but building grass-roots enthusiasm for Democrats regardless

Cruz defends Muslim ‘patrols,’ delayed anti-Trump strategy, in Wisconsin debut


This Md. congressman really, really wants Gov. Hogan to take a stand on Trump

‘Stop Trump’ forces see an opportunity in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin


Paul Ryan tries to pivot from ‘disheartened’ state of politics — without ever mentioning Donald Trump

Someone wrote ‘Trump 2016′ on Emory’s campus in chalk. Some students said they no longer feel safe.

North Carolina passes bill blocking LGBT protections


D.C. regulators green-light Pepco-Exelon merger, creating largest utility in the nation

Five things to know about Congressional candidate Glenn Ivey


Maryland House approves Gov. Hogan’s $42 billion budget


The Los Angeles Times


Bernie Sanders rocks the L.A. faithful in a rally at the Wiltern


L.A. to pay nearly $6.9 million in police shooting that left man paralyzed

Corinthian Colleges must pay nearly $1.2 billion for false advertising and lending practices


Transgender woman is fatally shot on skid row: 'Everybody loved her'



USA Today

'Islamophobia': U.S. cities face anti-Muslim backlash


Alabama governor denies having affair with staffer

Feds arrest 8,000 violent fugitives in sweep














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