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POSTED: April 22, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Brilliant jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus was born on this date in 1922.

The New York Times

National


Hints of Prince’s Failing Health Preceded a Sudden Death

U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High

Rahm Emanuel Unveils Changes for Chicago Police but Ignores Much of Panel’s Advice

Donald Trump to Reshape Image, New Campaign Chief Tells G.O.P.


With Uncertainty at Top of Ticket, Republicans Back Off in Some States


Ted Cruz, Facing Hard G.O.P. Path, Seeks a Good Argument

Group Founded by Richard Nixon to Host Foreign Policy Address by Donald Trump


Republicans Reject Effort to Alter Rules on Allowing New Candidate at Convention

How Hillary Clinton Became a Hawk

Long Primary Carries Costs for Hillary Clinton: Money and Time


New York Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Primary Day Complaints



Local


New York City to Settle With 5 Over Wrongful Conviction Claims

New York Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million Over Unauthorized Filming of 2 Patients


Sheldon Silver Apologizes as Prosecutors Seek a Sentence of More Than 14 Years

Elections Board Official in Brooklyn Removed Amid Investigation

Newly Appointed N.J. Transit Chief Won’t Take the Job


The Christian Science Monitor


Closed primaries, 'warped' democracy?


Donald Trump is acting presidential! But there are two problems.

THE MONITOR'S VIEW An odd up-and-down in the presidential race

Beyond criminal charges, Flint wants to know someone cares


The Star-Ledger


WATCH:Prince's 1982 performance in New Jersey

At budget hearing, Bayonne officials take heat for $15M revenue gap

N.J. senator one step closer to becoming a state judge

Christie 'disappointed' newly named NJ Transit boss rejected job

N.J. Senate panel advances Christie's Supreme Court pick



The Washington Post

Suicide rate rises sharply, especially among middle-aged whites

Get moving on vetting vice-presidential candidates, report urges


Trump is playing ‘a part’ and can transform for victory, campaign chief tells GOP leaders

As Trump moves to soften his image, Democrats seek to harden it


Confederate controversy means Mississippi flag will not return to Capitol corridor

How Harriet Tubman entered the presidential race


Trump invested more than $11 million in his presidential bid in March

Teacher’s aide arrested as ‘deeply disturbing’ video shows him slamming student to the ground

Delaware girl dies after fight with other girls in high school bathroom

Hogan finds robust support for transportation plans — in rural Maryland

D.C. leaders commit to constitutional convention, Nov. vote in new push for D.C. statehood


Emily’s List super PAC back on air for Donna Edwards in Md. Senate primary

They got Donna Edwards elected. Now they want to kick her out.


Philly.com


Older than that now: Generations clash over Clinton, Sanders, Trump

School District could end budget year with a surplus

Sending call-center work overseas is a key issue in Verizon strike

Embattled Fattah faces 3 primary challengers


Top Pennsylvania official uses private email against policy


The Chicago Tribune


$600M funding compromise for Illinois universities was dangled, then yanked

Bernie Sanders blames mayor's 'obsession with taking revenge' for principal's ouster

Bystander inaction more likely with more witnesses, experts say


Grim milestone: Chicago tops 1,000 shootings weeks earlier than recent years

U.S. Senate panel backs $100 million for Red, Purple Line revamp


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


White House to honor Cleveland addiction-program founder

Toledo police continue search for missing teenage girl

Franklin County overtakes Cuyahoga as Ohio's largest county, though not quite officially yet

Cuyahoga County raises $12 million for pre-K programs, adds reentry program: 5 announcements from Budish's State of the County

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine to investigate suspected price fixing of water treatment chemicals


The Detroit Free Press


Detroit man to be honored at White House

Earth, Wind and Fire rock Magic Johnson's Lansing Promise dinner

Some states, utilities balk at disclosing locations of lead water pipes


The Los Angeles Times


Two top California Democrats feud over an issue they agree on: gun control

Nonprofit backed by Koch brothers won't have to reveal its donors to Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris


See Hiroshima for yourself, congressman of Japanese descent tells President Obama

Prince's admirers gather in South Los Angeles to remember and celebrate

More people are filing to become citizens in the face of anti-immigration politics


L.A. agrees to return tiny houses seized from homeless people


USA Today


Sheriff: Prince was unresponsive in elevator; CPR failed


Amazon inks $30 million deal with New York schools

78 Sears, Kmart stores to close; see the list

8-year-old best buddies raise money for other kids











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