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Football great Emlen Tunnell, the first Black player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame was born on this date in 1925 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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The incomporable "Lady Day," jazz and blues vocalist Billie Holiday


Today in Black History: Jazz and Blues vocalist Billie "Lady Day" Holiday was born on this date in 1915 in Philadelphia.

The New York Times

National

Neil Gorsuch Confirmed by Senate as Supreme Court Justice

How Senators Voted on the Confirmation

Job Growth Loses Steam as U.S. Adds 98,000 in March

Trump Cuts Leave Bridge and Rail Projects Hanging

‘Don’t Open the Door’: How Fear of an Immigration Raid Gripped a City

Syria Strike Puts U.S. and Russia at Odds


Acting on Instinct, Trump Upends His Own Foreign Policy

Trump’s Far-Right Supporters Turn on Him Over Strike


New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’


In Alabama, a Slow-Burning Scandal Engulfs the Governor

Up to 100,000 Taxpayers Compromised in Fafsa Tool Breach, I.R.S. Says

Ben Carson Calls on Rich City Dwellers to Help Poorer Neighbors


Local


New York Can Destroy Documents Judge Rules in Municipal ID Case

Cuomo Tries to Broker Budget Deal, With the Senate Out of Town

Without Rikers, Learning to Love the Jail Next Door


Hillary Clinton to Give Commencement Address at Medgar Evers College


The Christian Science Monitor


Neil Gorsuch heads to a Supreme Court changed by his appointment

Imprisoned before their day in court

Google rolls out new 'Fact Check' tool worldwide to combat fake news

How the American South could prevent the revival of jobs in the 'Rust Belt'


LGBT rights and judicial overreach: How GOP lawmaker sees landmark ruling


The Star-Ledger

Here's how much the Hudson County jail population has dropped since bail reform law

3 finalists vie to become Essex County College's new president

N.J. state worker accused of stealing $75K by filing false claims

Christie: Still no word on when NJ Transit/Amtrak inspections can begin

Christie: Horizon may not deserve non-profit status



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Proposed medical marijuana business fees exceed costs for Ohio's program

Ohio will begin accepting applications to grow medical marijuana in June

Man threatened to kill Cleveland shop owner if she was not American, police say

Ohio State University President Michael Drake to receive two-year contract extension to 2021

Ted Ginn Sr., community leaders emphasize teaching core values to youth at NAACP panel


The Chicago Tribune


Prosecutors seek 7 1/2-year prison term for former CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett

Gorsuch confirmed without support of Illinois' senators

Chicago State board hires Vallas and a former dean to top interim posts


5 wounded in shooting on West Side in Austin neighborhood

Kids poisoned by lead in CHA housing; landlords still got paid


The Detroit Free Press

Report: Security for Betsy DeVos costs nearly $1M a month

Artist moves civil rights icon Rosa Parks' Detroit home to Germany

Mother of slain Detroit man files lawsuit against ICE agent



The Los Angeles Times


Gov. Brown declares California drought emergency is over

Police shoot stabbing suspect after at least 3 people were stabbed on downtown's skid row, LAPD says

The cost of California’s public pensions is breaking the bank. Here’s one reason this problem is so hard to fix

After battling for space, Westchester Secondary Charter School will close

Most Wells Fargo board members should go, says influential advisory group


The Washington Post


Trump officials defend Syria strikes, say they were ‘in our vital national interest’


The remarkable timing of the U.S. strike, and the possible message it sent to China


The Fix: Spicer demands that cameras be turned off during critical briefing


Gorsuch is confirmed, restoring conservative tilt to high court

Hiring slowed in March as U.S. added only 98,000 jobs

With lethal injection drugs expiring, Arkansas plans unprecedented seven executions in 11 days

Why do colleges still give preference to children of alumni?

The job market is trucking along, but there is a worrying sign of rising inequality


D.C. has a problem it never expected: Too much money

Federal judge approves Baltimore police consent decree


USA Today


Brian Williams criticized for calling missile-launch photos 'beautiful'

Low-income students will able to use Pell grants to earn college credit if this bill passes


Mom: 11-year-old killed himself following twisted social media prank












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