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POSTED: May 11, 2017, 10:30 am

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Today in Black History: Ira Aldridge, the great 19th century Black actor, famous throughout the world, was born in 1807 in New York City.

The New York Times

National


Sense of Crisis Deepens as Trump Defends Firing Comey

Comey Asked to Beef Up Inquiry Into Russia Before Firing

Editorial: An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General

Stunned Agents Wonder About Future of Russia Inquiry


Read Comey’s Farewell Letter


Special Election Fights Expose House Republicans’ Squabbles With White House

Jefferson Davis Statue in New Orleans Is Removed


Bethune-Cookman Graduates Greet Betsy DeVos With Turned Backs

Fox Says Sexual Harassment Allegations Cost It $45 Million

A Black Driver Was Fatally Shot; a White Officer Faces a Jury


Local


Kushners Face Turbulence in New Jersey Real Estate Plans


New York Council Speaker Calls for Resignation of Jails Chief


Philip Murphy Leads Fund-Raising in New Jersey Governor’s Race

Is ‘3-K for All’ Good for All? De Blasio’s Preschool Plan Troubles Some



Philly.com


Voters Guide: 2017 Pennsylvania primary election

Philadelphia District Attorney primary race profiles

Can this group of ex-offenders swing the Philly DA race?


Lawyers ask DA to reverse course on Amtrak crash charges

Penn State frat death: Why didn't the women call for help?


N.J. residents angrily confront MacArthur over health-care bill


The Star-Ledger


Supreme Court changes evidence rules under N.J. bail reform

Acting Essex prosecutor among Christie's picks for Superior Court bench

New mosque, Islamic school faces stiff opposition from local residents

WATCH: Man was shot in back by police while fleeing from cops


How angry N.J. voters vented at MacArthur for 5 hours over Obamacare repeal

Ex-Navy helicopter pilot plans to challenge Rep. Frelinghuysen



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Ohio police officer used 'unreasonable' force, investigation finds

Mayor Frank Jackson to target $65M at neighborhoods for commercial growth, jobs and housing

Career fair at Glenville High School to focus on jobs with Cleveland fire, police, EMS and animal control


Cleveland man admits to killing five, including baby, immediately sentenced to life


Ursuline College to help students qualify for nursing school


The Chicago Tribune


2 dead, 3 wounded in Wednesday shootings on West, South sides

After signs of abuse missed in 3 kids' deaths, DCFS offered financial incentives to close cases faster

Aetna says it won't participate in any Obamacare exchanges


Why half of Cook County renters pay more than they can afford in rent


The Detroit Free Press

New 11-story Detroit mural will be work of artist Charles McGee, 92


High absenteeism plagues schools on closure bubble

'Nobody there': Michigan child welfare workers say caseload records faked

Michigan Senate sends brownfield bills to governor's desk


The Los Angeles Times


Skelton: This lawmaker learned to revere education after her parents fled Jim Crow. Now she’s tackling teacher tenure

'Dear murderer': With a letter a day, an activist reminds an imprisoned coal CEO of his role in 29 deaths


California set an ambitious goal for fighting global warming. Now comes the hard part

Outside money continues to pour into L.A. school board campaigns

No charges against 2 LAPD officers in fatal downtown shooting of a woman in 2015



The Washington Post

Deputy attorney general threatened to quit after being cast as impetus of Comey’s dismissal, source says

Trump’s efforts to shake his Russia problem only make it worse

Amid questions about Russia-Trump ties, protesters rally in front of the White House

Why Trump expected only applause when he told Comey, ‘You’re fired’


Trump may still hold all the cards even with an ‘independent’ Russia investigation

After saving the GOP health-care bill, this congressman got an earful from constituents


Senate conservatives lobby for changes that would drop millions of adults from Medicaid

The FCC says its site got attacked over net neutrality. Now these senators want answers.

What a new report reveals about white economic hardship and Trump’s big win


Second mayoral appointee identified in school-lottery scandal


USA Today


Kremlin outfoxes White House over photos of Trump meeting with Russians

Statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis comes down in New Orleans







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