Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Today's Headlines: Donald Trump, in Switch, Turns to Republican Party for Fund-Raising Help


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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

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Donald J. Trump leaving a rally Saturday in Lynden, Wash. He has said he may need $1.5 billion for the general election campaign.
Donald Trump, in Switch, Turns to Republican Party for Fund-Raising Help

By MAGGIE HABERMAN, ASHLEY PARKER and NICK CORASANITI

Mr. Trump's campaign took steps to expand its fund-raising resources amid concerns that the Democrats would have a big advantage in the general election.

Countersuits Over North Carolina's Bias Law

By ALAN BLINDER, RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and ERIC LICHTBLAU

Gov. Pat McCrory and the Justice Department are clashing over transgender rights after the department said that the state had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with its law on bathroom access.

An 11th grade English class at KIPP Renaissance Charter High School in New Orleans. In the city's school district, 93 percent of students are in charter schools, the highest percentage in the country.
New Orleans Plan: Charter Schools, With a Return to Local Control

By KATE ZERNIKE

Control of the city's schools is expected to return to a locally elected school board for the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Editors' Picks
Reece Whitley sharing a laugh with a friend before swim practice at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia.

SPORTS

At 16, Reece Whitley Stands Tall in and Out of Water

By KAREN CROUSE

There is so much more than meets the eye to Reece Whitley, 16, a 6-foot-8 African-American who is a top breaststroker.

OPINION | Op-Ed Contributors

Why Dark Money Is Bad Business

By KATHLEEN M. DONOVAN-MAHER and STEVEN L. GROOPMAN

Investors should cheer a proposal to make companies reveal their political contributions.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"We see you. We stand with you. We will do everything we can to protect you going forward."

LORETTA E. LYNCH, attorney general of the United States, in addressing transgender people after the Justice Department sued North Carolina over its new state law restricting access to restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms.

Today's Videos
Video Video: A Light Show Takes Off in Brooklyn

An artist, Duke Riley, has trained 2,000 pigeons to fly above the Brooklyn Navy Yard with tiny lights attached to their ankles in a performance that will run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through June 12.

Video Video: ScienceTake | Meet the Humanoid Mer-Bot

A submersible robot in human form, developed at Stanford University, completed its first dive, recovering a 17th-century vase.

World
Anger Overflows in Nigeria as Economy Dives

By DIONNE SEARCEY

Plummeting oil prices have set off an economic unraveling and collective anger in a country that is among the world's top oil producers.

President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, at a ceremony on Monday in Brasilia, responded to news that the new speaker of Brazil's lower house had annulled the vote to impeach her by urging
Brazil Reels Again as Impeachment Vote Is Declared Invalid

By SIMON ROMERO

Politicians scrambled to determine how the decision by the new speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress might affect President Dilma Rousseff's fate.

Werner Faymann, Austria's chancellor, arriving at a news conference on Monday in Vienna, where he announced his resignation.
Austrian Chancellor, Werner Faymann, Resigns as Right Wing Rises

By ALISON SMALE

The resignation of Mr. Faymann threw the country into deeper uncertainty amid a rightward political shift fueled by anxiety over migration.

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