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Today in Black America - March 27

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Today in Black History: "The Divine One," jazz vocalist and song stylist Sarah Vaughn was born on this date in 1928 in Newark, New Jersey.

The New York Times

National


U.S.-Led Coalition Confirms Strikes Hit Mosul Site Where Civilians Died


Trump Becomes Ensnared in Fiery G.O.P. Civil War

Trump vs. Congress: Now What?

Trump’s Biggest Obstacle to Policy Goals? His Own Missteps


Civics Lesson Unfolds at Capitol as Health Care Bill Incinerates


More Than Obamacare Repeal, Small Businesses Want Congress to Rein In Costs


Dealt a Defeat, Republicans Set Their Sights on Major Tax Cuts

Boris Epshteyn, Trump TV Surrogate, Is Leaving White House Job


Jeanine Pirro Calls for Paul Ryan to Step Down After Health Bill Failure

Amid Leaks, Recalling an Epic Battle Over Press Freedom in Nixon Era


Push for Internet Privacy Rules Moves to Statehouses

1 Dead, 15 Injured in Cincinnati Nightclub Gunfight


What Racial Terms Make You Cringe?


Local


Officer Who Killed Ramarley Graham Leaves New York Police Department


Extra! Extra! Albany Lawmakers Face Five-Day Week in Capitol


Adding Homeless Shelters Is a Political Risk, but de Blasio Sees No Alternative


Insults Fly Between Democrats in New York Senate, Underscoring Rift


The Christian Science Monitor

Health-care bill failure spotlights Republican leadership challenges (+video)

Obamacare repeal fails: Will Mnuchin tax reforms fare better? (+video)

Can judiciary recover from political battles over Supreme Court seat?

Seeking transparency, Congressional Democrats introduce 'Mar-a-Lago' act (+video)


The Star-Ledger


24 hours in N.J. largest cities leaves 10 shot, 1 dead in unrelated shootings

Elizabeth man helped get 6-year-old hostage released, officials say


Trump picks Christie to chair drug commission, report says


The Chicago Tribune

State asks judge to dismiss CPS lawsuit alleging 'separate and unequal' education funding

Black officials to Rauner: We don't want Paul Vallas at Chicago State

More than a dozen Chicago cops escaped punishment after officials lost track of their cases

An off-duty police sergeant beat a handcuffed man. Nine years later, punishments are still not served.

EDITORIALS: 'Me, me, me! Did I mention me?' The greed of Illinois' pay-us-first legislators

Illinois health care advocates cheer GOP bill's demise, worry about future


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


New statewide survey shows Ohio remains politically divided

Donald Trump's position on immigration, border wall backed by his Ohio supporters, BW poll shows


Report highlights Ohio grandparents, college students living in poverty

Shooting of teen outside Cleveland school gang-related, police reports say

Schools must call parents if kids are absent, says bill after Alianna DeFreeze killing

Jury sides with Cleveland Indians in suit brought by fan blinded by foul ball

Do vouchers give kids better educations? Ohio test results are mixed



Philly.com


Armstrong: Dems caught up in sting surprisingly sanguine about DA indictment


For Seth Williams, a push for reform undone by penchant for the high life

Democratic ward leaders can't agree on pick for Philly's next DA

Is Kenney's community schools initiative making a difference in Philly?



The Detroit Free Press


Deadline nears for Detroit summer work program

In Flint, some lead levels still aren't safe

Detroit man: I almost froze to death, and Gorsuch didn't care


A sudden exit spells trouble for the Detroit Economic Growth Corp


Second backlog of 555 untested Detroit rape kits found in storage



The Los Angeles Times


Scorching Phoenix may be out of position to deal with climate change


Meet Indivisible, the young progressives leading the resistance to President Trump

Opinion: California was once a bastion of xenophobia and racism. If we can change, so can the rest of the country

Mother and two children among four killed in Sacramento house



The Washington Post


Howard University Hospital shows symptoms of a severe crisis

Where medical mishaps become serious: The woes of Howard University Hospital

Trump shifts blame for health-care collapse to the far right

What happened to Trump's promise to repeal and replace Obamacare 'on Day 1'?

Here’s what the Republicans who just stopped Trump want next


A new dynamic may be emerging in the House: A right and left flank within the GOP willing to buck leadership

Pence’s strange claim that selling health insurance across state lines would be like car and life insurance

With AHCA defeat, some Democrats see chance to push for universal coverage


Chairman and Trump ally: Rep. Devin Nunes’s actions raise concerns about Russia inquiry


Trump taps Kushner to lead overhaul of government using business ideas

The Mercers, Trump mega-donors, back group that casts doubt on climate science


'You scared now?': Body-cam footage shows officer taunt, punch teenager

Teenager shot and killed in Prince George’s County


USA Today


Trump's new health care opportunity: Our view

Will nightclub shootings result in more Cincinnati violence?










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