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Today in Black History: Pioneering journalist Carl Rowan, who served in the Kennedy administration, was born in 1925 in Ravencroft, Tennessee.
The New York Times
National
After Ferguson Shooting, State of Emergency Is Declared
Opinion: We Still Haven’t Learned From Watts
Environmental Agency Uncorks Its Own Toxic Water Spill at Colorado Mine
Editorial: Democrats Offer Ways to Make College Affordable
The Party of Jefferson Erases Its Ties to Him
Lawrence Lessig to Explore a Run for President as a Democrat
Donald Trump Makes Up With Roger Ailes of Fox News
Housing for Homeless Veterans Is Planned for Ex-Walter Reed Site
Black Activists Arrested in Ferguson Protests
Local
Confederate Flag Debate Reaches New York County Fairs
2 Sayreville Football Players Cleared of Serious Charges in Hazing Case
Separate Briefings, and Findings, on Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
The Christian Science Monitor
New violence in Ferguson prompts question: How much progress has city made? (+video)
Amid withering post-Ferguson critique, police around the country look inward
Kickstarting college: Students use crowdfunding to help pay for school
THE MONITOR'S VIEW Haiti’s graduation to self-governance
Philly.com
Advocates protest gun shop opening
Kane plans news conference on charges
City Council has a wish list for Comcast
Lincoln prof: My right to speak my mind
Motions pile up over Cosby deposition
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio Democrats in Congress still undecided on Iran deal, despite heavy lobbying
University of Akron spending thousands on promotions in effort to boost enrollment
'I don't want to die in your cell:' Police release video of Ralkina Jones taken prior to death
Ohio judges cannot refuse to perform gay weddings based on personal views, state board advises
Cleveland woman injured when she confronts man beating another woman
The Chicago Tribune
4 wounded in city shootings
Indianapolis police kill 15-year-old carjacking suspect
Rauner says Chicago Teachers Union shouldn't have 'dictatorial powers' over finances
CPS' $5.7 billion spending proposal relies on $480 million from Springfield
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit gets (mostly) rave reviews from influential ASAE
Rep. Todd Courser has a checkered political past
Transgender slaying outrage: 'Our lives are treated as disposable'
The Los Angeles Times
Without immigration reform, California citizenship will have to do
Mentally ill woman in LAPD assault is a case study in the system's lapses
Why huge Los Angeles crowd turned out for Bernie Sanders
Kamala Harris' office indicts 32 Long Beach Crips and associates
Shared struggles for Latinos and blacks in Watts: 'We compete for the tiniest pieces of the pie'
The Washington Post
Rogue drones a growing nuisance across the U.S.
Homeland Security amps up security for visa-free program for millions of travelers
Another huge crowd for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders
Tyrone Harris Jr. ‘was pulling it together. And then, this happened.’
Bernie Sanders’s ambassador to black voters hits the ground running
National nurses union backs Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton
Lottery sales, casino revenue a billon-dollar boon for Maryland
Two teachers explain why they want to take down their union
Battle over Va. justice heats up as Democrats demand hearings
D.C. would release most police body camera footage under new plan
The Star Ledger
Christie vetoes gun bill supported by N.J. Republicans & Democrats
Majority of N.J. voters say Christie not 'presidential,' poll finds
Plans for controversial Jersey City prisoner re-entry center scrapped
Ballot drawing held for Bayonne, other Hudson County school board elections
Stockton free to sell Showboat to another buyer, judge rules
Crackdowns needed on drones near airports | Editorial
USA Today
Overnight in Ferguson: More protests, some arrests
Forests grapple with 8,500 gun incidents
White House aide arrested for assault
Jesse Jackson escalates Silicon Valley diversity campaign
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