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Today in Black America - October 7

POSTED: October 07, 2015, 6:00 am

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Today in Black History: Playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka, birth name LeRoi Jones, was born in 1934 in Newark, New Jersey
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The New York Times

National

U.S. Responsible for Mistaken Hospital Attack, General Says


6,000 Inmates to Be Freed as U.S. Tries New Tack on Drugs

Test Scores Show That ‘Proficient’ Varies by State

Colleges’ Conundrum: To Revoke Cosby Degree or Not


‘I Would Not Just Stand There and Let Him Shoot Me’

Editorial: Foreclosure Abuses, Revisited

Editorial: Toward Saner, More Effective Prison Sentences


Oklahoma Removes Ten Commandments Monument


Local

Thabo Sefolosha’s Trial Opens With Clashing Accounts of Scuffle With Police


Judge Orders Retrial for Johnny Hincapie, Convicted in ’90 Subway Killing


The Christan Science Monitor

The deeper frustration behind House hard-liners' revolt against speaker

D.C. introduces paid leave: Why 2016 could (finally) be family leave's election

California law could help minorities, or just bury police in paperwork (+video)

How Bernie Sanders is reaching out to black voters. Is it working?

New York's Cuomo calls for government shutdown over gun control laws


Philly.com

Audit slams Pa. Education Dept. as inept, lumbering


Philadelphia Area Schools Overlooked by the Pennsylvania Department of Education

S. Philly casino moves one step closer

Police seek help in Philly killing of transgender woman

Sims to face Fattah for House seat


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Charter school bill tackles controversies over White Hat property, sponsor evaluations, new school rating measure

John Kasich makes bid for Latino vote at U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce event

Gov. John Kasich says he'd support Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor's bid for governor

Funeral set for Aavielle Wakefield, 5-month-old girl killed by gunfire in Cleveland


The Detroit Free Press

Bill would get retired teachers back in the classroom

School officials: Charles Pugh's threat to boys ignored

Duggan nominates new leaders for water department


The Star Ledger

Assault charge against Rutgers football player Leonte Carroo dropped


N.J. school board to discuss state control of Jersey City schools

Newark cop to appeal firing over 'gorilla' Facebook post

CEO of N.J. for-profit hospital system quits

N.J. auto parts company accused of racial, age discrimination

Strong reaction to bill to penalize athletes repeating grades for athletic edge



The Chicago Sun Times

Rahm gives McCarthy a boost — Black Caucus prefers the boot

THE WATCHDOGS: Deadbeat judge — hounded by IRS, making $190,258 a year

'I'm not done,' Karen Lewis says a year after cancer diagnosis

Murder charge filed in 2013 crash that killed Chicago boy during cop chase


The Los Angeles Times

Groups pressure L.A. Unified board to step up search for new superintendent

Editorial: The issue isn't mental illness, it's too-easy access to firearms

New tool can identify soldiers most likely to commit violent crimes, study shows

The battle to become House speaker could weaken California's Kevin McCarthy


USA Today

Pregnancy rate, STD stats show sex ed in U.S. not working

11 trillion gallons of water fell in the Carolinas in the past week

Donald Trump's candidacy raises novel ethics questions

Better way to track poverty? Index aims to measure needs faster


The Washington Post

Ben Carson criticized over comments on Ore. shooting

New gun laws pass often in the United States. But they usually make guns easier to get.

Parker: Capturing the dignity of black Americans

Trump left his mark all over NYC. Some wish they could erase it.

Probe of Clinton’s e-mails expands to a second tech company


Why Artur Davis, the GOP’s star Obama defector, is a Democrat again

Use of electronic signatures for Va. absentee-ballot requests causes alarm

Paid family-leave proposal arrives with force before D.C. Council

Milloy: Pope’s message of justice and peace was also a call to action against racism





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