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Today in Black America - October 6

POSTED: October 06, 2015, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 in Ruleville, in Sunflower County, Mississippi.

The New York Times


National

How They Got Their Guns

Obama to Meet Families of Oregon Shooting Victims

Congress and Obama Administration Seek Ways to Limit Increase in Medicare Premiums

Supreme Court Plans to Highlight Revisions in Its Opinions


Texas Mother Teaches Textbook Company a Lesson on Accuracy


Kevin McCarthy’s Bid for Speaker Will Fall Short, Jason Chaffetz Says

Jury Selection Focuses on Race in Trial of Thabo Sefolosha, Atlanta Hawks Player



Local

A ‘Sweet and Shy’ Woman, Now Accused of Killing Her Newborn


2nd Victim of Brooklyn Apartment Explosion Is Found


The Star Ledger

N.J. lawmakers to ask AG to determine if Horizon insurance plan violates law

Christie: Obama an 'abomination,' nearly worst president in U.S. history


Tax break for entertainers who perform in Atlantic City moves forward

$3M federal grant to connect African American college students to STEM careers


Top Trenton official leaving for job in L.A.


The Christian Science Monitor

Meet the Republicans who ousted John Boehner. They're just getting started.


'Frugal innovation' does more with less to find solutions


Oregon town answers shooter's hate with silence

Many school shooters, one common factor: a warped view of masculinity



Philly.com


Kathleen Kane sued by former deputy

In Menendez case, Citizens United also on trial


Poll: Pa. Republicans prefer 'outsider' in 2016


Regusters gets 40 years' prison in 'horror show'

Mondesire: Black man in a white hat



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Charter school reform changes on Tuesday won't grant many charter requests, House leaders say


Court upholds Ohio school's suspension of boy, 12, for staring at girl

Several takeaways from the Wade-Tarver race for Cleveland Municipal Court: editorial board

Housing experts to discuss Northeast Ohio foreclosures, recovery at Wednesday forum


The Detroit Free Press

Ex-Charles Pugh intern: He groomed me, too

U.S. Rep. Conyers does not want to divorce wife Monica

Meetings set for county retirees who get stipend


The Los Angeles Times

State high court set to hear arguments on Citizens United advisory measure

Brown signs assisted-suicide bill, reflecting on 'what I would want in the face of my own death'


Editorial: Gov. Brown was correct about the right-to-die bill

L.A. council to consider settlement in chokehold death of jailed suspect


The Chicago Sun-Times


City Council Black Caucus: Fire top cop McCarthy

Brown: Demand for McCarthy's ouster puts Emanuel on spot

McCarthy promotes cop under investigation in Daley nephew case


Roosevelt High School students walk out to protest cuts


The Washington Post

Pentagon struggles to explain Afghan hospital bombing

D.C.’s 16-week family leave plan would be most generous in U.S.


The staggering cost of daycare when you make only the minimum wage

Watch RFK give a speech about gun control in Roseburg, Ore., nearly 50 years ago

House Republicans face extended fight over leadership

How one evangelical activist changed his mind on gun violence

Va. Senate leaders spar over health care, gun control, climate change

Gun store opens next to school in Va. town worried about mass shootings


Rep. Cummings says he’s not close to announcing on possible Senate bid


USA Today

Ben Carson: On gun control, Snowden — and Trump


Doctors anticipate nasty flu season








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