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Today in Black America - April 28

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Today in Black History: Earl Lloyd, the first Black to play in a National Basketball Association game, was born on this date in 1928.

The New York Times

National


U.S. Economy Grew at Only 0.7% Rate, Slowest in 3 Years

News Analysis: Trump’s Losing Streak in Courts Is Traceable to Conservative Judges

Trump on Being President: ‘I Thought It Would Be Easier’


Plan Redistributes America’s Wealth to Its Richest Families

For G.O.P., Deficit Takes a Back Seat to Cutting Taxes

State and Local Tax Deduction: An Item Blurring Party Lines


A.M.T., With Few Defenders, Is Newly Targeted in Trump Tax Plan

Health Bill Vote Scrapped for Now as G.O.P. Support Wanes

EDITORIAL: Trumpcare 2.0

Senate Confirms R. Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary

Florida Apologizes for ‘Gross Injustices’ to Four Black Men, Decades Later


Local


Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens

New York Correction Chief Spent a Quarter of 2016 Elsewhere

3 New Bridges Rise in New York, With Looks That Could Stop Traffic


The Christian Science Monitor


Trump's steep learning curve

Pipeline protests move from North Dakota to Michigan


New Silicon Valley perk: paid time off to protest


The Star-Ledger


Christie could slam Horizon credit rating with plan to grab cash, S&P says

The 50 N.J. school districts paying their teachers the most

Newark's public housing complex won't be demolished - for now

Port Authority bus terminal may be upgraded, not replaced

Senator grills NJ Transit director over repeated train delays


The Detroit Free Press


Detroit's Black Madonna turned church into social, political force


Affidavit: Sen. Bert Johnson repeatedly asked corrupt vendor for cash


Agreement saves Detroit schools from forced closure by state

Senate moves to ban genital cutting in Michigan in wake of Detroit case



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights among top 15 courts in Ohio to issue most license suspensions


Congressional Republicans from Northeast Ohio undecided on newest health care reform draft

Sen. Rob Portman's push to peel back regulations meets fierce criticism

Alstory Simon, freed from prison after wrongful conviction, spends his time in Greater Cleveland working to free others

Former Cleveland schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett to be sentenced Friday



Philly.com


Democratic candidates for Philly DA discuss police shootings and stop and frisk

Taking stock of life outside of prison during National Reentry Week

After a 2-year-old's tragic death, a father's plea for gun safety

State legislators call for hearings on troubled Wordsworth


The Chicago Tribune


Can two former gang rivals help bring peace to a divided Little Village?


What's at stake in Friday rulings on CPS' school funding lawsuit


Ex-CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett to be sentenced today in bribery case

EDITORIALS: Tell parents now, CPS: Doors open or closed?


The Los Angeles Times


He tried to cool a city's anger, only to watch helplessly as it burned during the 1992 riots

Economic growth stumbles to worst rate in two years, underscoring Trump's challenge

At senators' town halls, voters take an uneven measure of Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein


The Washington Post

Shutdown likely averted as GOP backs off health-care push

Trump governs as he campaigned: Unconventionally

Is Trump in violation of his contract with voters?


U.S. economic growth rate slowed in first quarter of 2017

Sean Spicer briefly suggests Trump is going after your 401(k)s — and shows what a nightmare tax reform is

Arkansas executes 4th inmate in eight days, capping frantic lethal injection schedule


Devious teens are stashing drugs in graphing calculators, DEA warns


In Annapolis, progressive groups want to fight the Democratic establishment


Expelled for sex assault, young men are filing more lawsuits to clear their names


Va. Gov. McAuliffe says he has broken U.S. record for restoring voting rights


USA Today


Six things Trump can do to squeeze North Korea --without sparking war

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses primary custody of his kids

Report Fox sex settlement probe expands to second agency, report says






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