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Today in Black America - March 8

POSTED: March 08, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History:  Henry L. Marsh, III is elected the first Black mayor of Richmond, Virginia, "the cradle of the Confederacy," on this date in 1977.

The New York Times

National

U.S. Strikes Are Said to Kill 150 Shabab Fighters Planning Attack


Bloomberg Says He Won’t Run, Fearing Victory for Trump

More Latinos Seek Citizenship to Vote Against Trump


For Chris Christie and Donald Trump, Ties Go Back Years

What We’re Watching as 4 States Vote and Both Parties Court Michigan


F.C.C. Fine-Tunes Plan to Subsidize Internet Access



Local


De Blasio’s New York Feels Effects of Recovery to Relief of Business Leaders


New York to Pay Thousands to 10 Tenants Purged From Rent Freeze Program

New York Legislators Plan to Introduce Measure on Carried Interest Tax



The Christian Science Monitor

Why comedians don't know how to handle Trump, either

Sophisticated banking malware targets Android users

It just got a bit harder to sentence convicts to death in Florida (+video)



The Star Ledger


Christie: 'We'll run over' Newark mayor to open more charters


Will Christie actions in Supreme Court fight affect other N.J. judges?


Robert J. Del Tufo, former state and federal prosecutor, dead at 82

The 2 amazing opportunities Christie gave new prosecutor


Sentenced in 2006 to 40 years in prison, N.J. man may soon be free

'We put our money where our mouth is': 2 more N.J. towns join $15 minimum wage fight


Philly.com

Trump ties to mobster, racist casino policies alleged in new report


School turnaround plan criticized


How SEPTA deals with disruptive passengers


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Hillary Clinton to speak at Cleveland's Tri-C campus Tuesday


A conservative lament as Donald Trump nears GOP nomination: Ted Diadiun


Cleveland activists, clergy blast prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty at 'Blacks Do Matter' rally (photos, video)

Cleveland home prices by neighborhood; Ohio school report card histories by district; weather: Numbers in the News


NEOPAT charity aids veterans and families in Northeast Ohio


The Detroit Free Press

Get out and vote today, it's Michigan's moment

Warren man booted from Trump rally speaks against bigotry

Rhodes names 'lifelong Detroiter' as interim DPS superintendent

Petition would cut Wayne County commissioners' salaries

Lansing official who quit gets a $160K payout


The Washington Post

South Africa’s gold industry is crumbling alongside its economy

Obama’s shortlist for the Supreme Court nomination

Milbank: Trump flirts with fascism


GOP elites, seeing Trump as vulnerable, eye convention fight


Sanders’s awkward reality: His strategy focuses on whiter states


Retired Secret Service agent pleads for day in court for African American agents

New tech program would push hands-on learning to give teens real-world skills

Ferguson council likely to back down, approve agreement with Justice Department

Donna Edwards may finally go on television

Va. Senate votes for using electric chair if execution drugs stay scarce


Va. legislature passes bill to shield special-needs minors from some charges


The Los Angeles Times


How an emergency declaration over L.A.'s homeless became a game of 'hot-potato keep-away'


Deadly superbugs from hospitals get stronger in the sewers and could end up in the Pacific Ocean


Los Angeles city controller criticizes bidding process in airport contracts worth $593 million


14 injured when Bay Area commuter train derails; train struck downed tree, official says


The Chicago Tribune


Man charged in killing of Tyshawn Lee, woman in ongoing gang feud

1 dead, 8 wounded in Chicago shootings

Chicago Teachers Union plans April 1 demonstration amid contract talks

Poll: Trump leads splintered Republican primary field in Illinois

Editorial: Obama endorses Stratton — no, not Dunkin — for Illinois House


USA Today


Michigan could be pivotal for Sanders to mount comeback

Death threats, vitriol all in a day's work to block Trump's path to nomination

Huge racial disparities persist despite slow infant mortality drop

Study: Wages are growing faster than believed






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