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Today in Black History: Journalist and civil rights leader, Roy Wilkins, who served as the executive director of the NAACP, was born in 1901 in St. Paul, MN.

The New York Times

National

Editorial: Cutting Ties to the Clinton Foundation


How Controversial Is Gov. Paul LePage of Maine? Here’s a Partial List


Wasserman Schultz, Rubio and McCain Are Among the Big Names in Primary Fights

Harry Reid and Koch Brothers Wage Proxy War for a Nevada Senate Seat

Graphic: In the Race for Registered Voters, Republicans Are Gaining

Donald Trump to Press Case With Black Voters in Detroit


Trump and Clinton Have Knots to Untangle Before Labor Day


How Cuts to Public Universities Have Driven Students Out of State


University of Texas Students Find the Absurd in a New Gun Law

How Parents Harnessed the Power of Social Media to Challenge EpiPen Prices


Local

Family Grieves After Sophomore Is Killed in Ithaca, a College Town Thought to Be Safe

In Expansion, New York’s Medical Marijuana Program Will Offer Home Delivery

$76 Where There Should Be $600,000: Missing City College Donation Prompts Inquiry

Race to Replace Sheldon Silver Reflects His District’s Ethnic Diversity



The Christian Science Monitor

Donald Trump softens immigration stance because he needs ... white voters? (+video)

Is Colin Kaepernick the new face of American patriotism?

In accelerating push to help homeless, some left behind

The refugee milestone Obama doesn't want to talk about


Philly.com


Christie: Chicago, not Camden, needs Trump's help


Police: Boy, 13, playing with a handgun inside a South Philly home shoots himself and a girl, 12


Philly D.A.'s girlfriend charged in tire slashing

Union: Porngate report not to be released anytime soon



The Washington Post


Russian hackers said to have targeted Arizona election system

Trump woos women and minorities by pitting one group against another


How President Clinton's welfare reform failed millennials

Paul LePage’s most controversial comments

Virginia Tech alerts campus after emails threaten violence; police say people at four other schools got the same threats

Postal Service scandal: Feds uncover stolen meds, embezzled funds — and 42,288 hoarded letters


Democrats delay ad spending on Ohio Senate race


Black pastor, a Trump surrogate, apologizes for tweet showing Clinton in blackface

Republican state Sen. Frank Wagner will run for governor of Virginia



The Star-Ledger


Christie sends $54M to towns after vote on public worker health care cuts

Police release more details in fatal shooting near Atlantic City

Leader of Newark's 'most violent' gang pleads guilty, faces 30 years in prison


Christie, Democrats take another stab at ending N.J. road funding crisis

Eric Murdock finally settles with Rutgers over Mike Rice scandal


N.J. churches will get public funding, despite lawsuit, report says



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Democratic group postpones Ted Strickland ad buy

Electrical shock: Two Ohio psychologists want FDA to keep the controversial treatment

Watchdog on leave acts clueless about Cuyahoga County's corruption past: Mark Naymik


Cleveland Teachers Union and district negotiate into evening to avert strike


What's the status of the committees Cuyahoga County's top judge formed to consider bail reform?: Impact 2016: Justice For All


Jury dismisses Ohio Rep. John Barnes Jr. defamation case


The Detroit Free Press


$2.5M effort makes Detroit schools safer

Decline of unions has hurt all workers: study

Michigan prosecutors defy U.S. Supreme Court on 'juvenile lifers'

Understanding a new 'Kalamazoo Promise'


The Chicago Tribune

August most violent month in Chicago in nearly 20 years

1 dead, 10 wounded in shootings

Aurora students, city, police plan discussion after 'uniquely tense summer'

Campaign rhetoric against Muslims spurs mosques to get out the vote

City insider given 10 years in prison for red light cameras scandal


The Los Angeles Times

Brock Turner to be released from jail after serving half of six-month sentence in Stanford rape case

LAPD officer charged with stealing police radio, failing to pay for baby stroller: 'We trusted her because she was a police officer'

Panic, chaos at LAX, JFK show how even false reports of violence can upend airport operations



USA Today

Poll: Clinton still leads Trump nationally, but gap is narrowing

Rieder: Scrutiny of Clinton more important than ever


As Obamacare choices dwindle, feds face consumer, political backlash








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