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In today’s news, amid the current sex scandals in the military, President Obama will speak at the U.S. Naval Academy; attorneys for George Zimmerman are questioning Trayvon Martin’s character; and the leadership of the Boy Scouts of America voted to end their ban on gay participants.

Obama to speak at Naval Academy amid sex scandal. [NY Times]

Defense in Trayvon Martin case questions victim’s character. [NY Times]

Boy Scouts votes to end ban on gay youths. [NBC]

Voter fraud in Ohio seen as low. [Toledo Blade]

India native becomes judge on nation’s second-highest court. [USA Today]

Kevin Durant donates $1 million to Oklahoma disaster relief. [BET]

Nine of 10 people stopped and frisked were innocent, report says. [BET]

More than 300,000 displaced in Darfur conflict in Sudan in 2013. [BBC]

Thousands come to mourn Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. [BBC]

New autism campaign targets African-Americans. [BET]

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In today’s news, the ousted official of the Internal Revenue Service will face tough questions from Congress; Michigan is reported to have the nation’s highest unemployment rate for African-Americans; and ex-Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers is to be released from prison.

Ousted IRS official to take tough questions from Congress. [CBS]

Michigan has highest Black unemployment in the nation. [Michigan Chronicle]

Ex-Detroit Councilwoman Conyers ends prison stay. [USA Today]

Amid crises, Obama seeks to shift focus to jobs. [Reuters]

Sanford, Florida, residents say Trayvon Martin case is more than a trial. [WKMG]

University in South Africa makes Zulu compulsory. [BBC]

Many militants are killed in Nigeria’s Boko Haram crisis. [BBC]

Obama addresses IRS issue, repeating that he is outraged. [BET]

Detroit schools chief says he will not step down for six months. [BET]

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In today’s news, a shooting at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans left 19 people injured; the victims of the kidnapping in Cleveland have asked that they be allowed privacy; and Black and Latino lawyers are underrepresented in arguing before the Supreme Court.

Shooting at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade leaves 19 injured. [USA Today]

Cleveland kidnapping victims request privacy. [Wall Street Journal]

Black and Latino lawyers underrepresented in appearing at Supreme Court. [Fox News]

Florida A&M student pleads no contest in band hazing death. [BET]

Desmond Tutu said he will no longer vote for South Africa’s ANC. [Mail & Guardian]

Nigerian doctors shut down hospital in protest. [BBC]

There is a lack of Black pitchers and catchers in Major League Baseball. [Baseball Nation]

George Zimmerman’s lawyer wants jury sequestered in Trayvon Martin trial. [BET]

Malcolm X’s grandson killed in Mexico. [BET]

Minnesota is expected to become 12th state to adopt same-sex marriage. [Chicago Tribune]

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In today’s news, President Obama is expected to nominate Congressman Mel Watt, the former head of the Congressional Black Caucus, to lead the federal housing agency; three more people were taken into custody in the Boston Marathon Bombing case; and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg offers a strong defense of the controversial stop and frisk police program.

Obama to nominate Mel Watt to head housing agency. [Los Angeles Times]

Three more taken into custody in Boston bombing case. [Boston Globe]

NYC mayor defends stop and frisk policy. [BET]

Trayvon Martin family lawyer files appeal paperwork. [Orlando Sentinel]

Report: Somalia famine killed 260,000 people. [BBC]

South Africa sees race swap in suburban population. [BET]

Arrests follow the failed coup in Chad. [BBC]

Two airplanes clip at Newark Airport before taking off. [NY Post]

Obama tells liberals not to push too hard on immigration. [Washington Post]

Nearly half of Americans say budget cuts will hurt economy. [NY Times]

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In today’s news, George Zimmerman waived his right to immunity under Florida’s controversial stand your ground law; Jason Collins is praised for how he announced he is gay; and voters want one party running the White House and Congress.

Zimmerman waives right to immunity under stand your ground. [BET]

Jason Collins is lauded for the way he came out. [NY Daily News]

Voters in poll want one party running White House, Congress. [Bloomberg]

Obama marks first 100 days in second term with press conference. [BET]

Bloomberg strongly defends police department and stop and frisk. [AP]

Central Park Five prosecutor is at center of controversy. [BET]

Paul Ryan now supports gay adoptions. [Washington Times]

Satellite images show Nigeria army abuse. [BBC]

Majority want death penalty for Tsarnaev if convicted of Boston bombing. [Washington Post]

An Asian-American fraternity is under fire for blackface video. [Jet]

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In today’s news, a hacker gained access to the Associated Press Twitter account and sent false news about President Obama, causing stocks to plunge briefly; The Boston bombing suspect appears to lack ties to terrorist groups overseas; and Congressman Charles Rangel of Harlem is suing to overturn his censure by Congress.

Hackers compromise AP Twitter account, sending false Obama news. [CBS]

Boston bombing suspects appears to lack ties to foreign terrorists. [Washington Post]

Charles Rangel sues to overturn censure by Congress. [BET]

Charges dropped against Mississippi man in ricin case. [Clarion Ledger]

A 15-year-old is shot near Obama Chicago home. [BET]

Rush Limbaugh compares Boston bombing suspect to Trayvon Martin. [Huffington Post]

French embassy in Algeria bombed. [BBC]

Nelson Mandela wants family to pave their own way. [The Telegraph]

Lauryn Hill pleads guilty in tax evasion suit. [Jet]

Lakers seek to cope with loss of Kobe Bryant. [LATimes]

In today’s news, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing appear to have had their sights on additional targets; the surviving suspect in the bombing is said to be too ill for questioning; and budget cuts are not reducing the number of air traffic controllers.

Bombing suspects seemed set to attack beyond Boston. [NYTimes]

Marathon suspect not well enough for questioning. [Fox]

Budget cuts force air traffic control furloughs. [ABC]

Five people killed in Seattle apartment complex shooting. [Washington Post]

Nearly 200 people killed in Nigeria fighting. [BBC]

Chicagoans react to eight shootings in 24 hours. [BET]

Trayvon Martin’s parents send letter to family of 8-year-old Boston victim. [BET]

Kenya’s Priscah Jeptoo wins the London Marathon. [BBC]

Caribbean airline BWIA is having fiscal troubles. [NY Amsterdam News]

Robin Roberts hospitalized, expected to return to TV soon. [Jet]

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In today’s top news, the bombings at the Boston Marathon dominated the headlines; North Korea continued to issue provocative threats, saying it would attack South Korea without notice; and the first Black woman in the House of Commons has criticized the level of pomp at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.

Three people were killed and more than 130 others were injured by two explosions at the Boston Marathon in what the White House has called an act of terrorism. [BET]

Boston hospitals, known for their research and innovations, faced a scene more like a war zone after the marathon. [Boston.com]

North Korea vowed “sledge-hammer blows” against South Korea, saying attacks will start “without notice.” [Daily Mail]

The pomp of the funeral services of Margaret Thatcher has been criticized by Diane Abbott, the first Black woman to be elected to the House of Commons. [The Guardian]

In a sign of the changing media landscape, reporters at Inside Climate News, a small nonprofit in Brooklyn, won a Pulitzer Prize. [Brooklyn Eagle]

The press is now descending on the case of a Philadelphia doctor on trial for performing late-term abortions and for the death of a pregnant woman. [NYTimes]

The police officer fired for possessing shooting targets resembling Trayvon Martin said they were meant as training aids for “no-shoot” situations. [KTLA]

Africa is a ripe market for the internet and technology, according to a top internet executive on the continent. [BET]

The son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was arrested on suspicion of corruption. [BBC]

The only abortion clinic in Mississippi gets a reprieve from closing thanks to a federal judge. [AP]

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In today’s top news, divisions between the political parties are undermining the prospects for a bipartisan plan to extend background checks for gun buyers; the surgeon who worked on Kobe Bryant’s Achilles’ tendon says the basketball player should be back next season; and the small Black city of East St. Louis is wrangling over a church and state issue.

Deep divisions between Democrats and Republicans are threatening a bipartisan plan to extend background checks for gun buyers. [NYTimes]

The doctor who operated on Kobe Bryant’s Achilles’ tendon expects the Lakers star to be back on the court next season. [Los Angeles Times]

The small Black city of East St. Louis, Illinois, wrestles with separation of church and state. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

The judge in the trial of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has withdrawn from the case. [BBC]

A New York man jailed for four decades for a murder he says he didn’t commit is freed. [WPTVNews]

Niger is rapidly emerging as a partner to the U.S. in fighting terrorism in Africa. [Washington Post]

The film about Jackie Robinson’s historic rise to Major League Baseball was the weekend box-office champion. [Fox]

A new national ad campaign seeks to push for making the right to vote part of the Constitution. [BET]

A Florida police officer accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired. [AP]

New York State’s tough new gun control laws requiring assault weapon registration is now going into effect. [Wall Street Journal]

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In today’s top news, North Korea’s muscle flexing continues to dominate the Obama administration’s foreign policy attention; Detroit’s mayor is presenting a new budget with deep cuts; and Trayvon Martin’s parents have criticized a letter written by George Zimmerman’s mother.

Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to South Korea warning North Korea not to proceed with a missile launch. [NYTimes]

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing will present a budget with deep cuts for the cash-strapped city. [Detroit Free Press]

Trayvon Martin’s parents strongly denounced a letter by George Zimmerman’s mother, who said her son was denied justice. [BET]

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir is making his first official visit to South Sudan since it became independent in 2011. [BBC]

A survivor of the bombing of an Alabama church 50 years ago wants compensation. [BET]

Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James was robbed on a street in the city he once led. [Star Ledger]

A poll by NBC and the Wall Street Journal indicates that a majority of Americans now support gay marriage. [Newsmax]

The life of Jackie Robinson is remembered on the weekend that a biographical film on the iconic baseball player is released.  [NYTimes]

Sam Martin, publisher of the Montgomery Advertiser, stepped down as the last Black head of the nation’s largest newspaper group. [NY Amsterdam News]

A prominent human rights activist has been granted bail in Zambia after calling for decriminalization of same-sex activities. [BBC]