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Today in Black America - October 13

POSTED: October 13, 2016, 8:30 am

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Today in Black America: Meharry Medical College was founded in 1876 in Nashville, TN and continues to serve as a leading source of Black physicians in the nation
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The New York Times


National


U.S. Cites Bias by San Francisco Police Against Blacks

Florida Voter Registration Deadline Is Extended, a Win for Democrats

Keith Lamont Scott Was Killed by Two Gunshot Wounds, Family Autopsy Finds


White Whale: How Pennsylvania Explains Republicans’ Predicament

Jack Greenberg, Civil Rights Champion, Dies at 91


Facebook Helped Drive a Voter Registration Surge, Election Officials Say

Some in G.O.P. Who Deserted Donald Trump Over Lewd Tape Are Returning



Local


Editorial: Ken Thompson: The Death of a Visionary Prosecutor

New Jersey Transit, a Cautionary Tale of Neglect


WikiLeaks Emails Show Mayor de Blasio Venting at and Appealing to Clinton Campaign


10 Black Employees at New York Fire Department Cite Bias

New York to Pick Start-Up Over the Industry Leader for Police Body Cameras


Uber Drivers Ruled Eligible for Jobless Payments in New York State


The Christian Science Monitor


Police shootings on social media: Why some black people believe no one cares

Mentoring 101: What the kids want matters

In African nations, will growing female political muscle drive change?


How extreme wealth is changing around the world



The Star-Ledger


Baraka calls on N.J. mayors to unite around safe gun tech

N.J. took $1.4B from your phone bill for new 911 system but never delivered

School board votes on controversial Red Raider mascot at N.J. high school

NJ Transit project boss could be next executive director

Christie releases another $8M he froze to force public worker health care cuts


Philly.com


In Philly suburbs, a deeply negative view on Donald Trump, poll finds

Pa. court rejects Cosby's latest appeal, clearing path to trial

Geno's removes controversial English-only sign


Turzai wants more tax-credit scholarships for nonpublic schools

Chesco district hears from HS students who want to sleep in


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

John Carroll University forms group to study history of slave-owning namesake


Three shot, including child, on Cleveland's West Side

Cleveland police union president Steve Loomis under investigation for wearing dress uniform to Trump rally

Transgender woman found dead in Cleveland with plastic bag around head

Ohio early voting takes off in Cuyahoga County (photos)

Ohio's charter school "superintendents" dreading their poor ratings coming this week


The Detroit Free Press


Arena contractors fined $500K for not hiring enough Detroiters


Thousands of voter applications flood Wayne County


Feds: Grosse Pointe cadaver dealer tied to 18 more human heads

Lansing's proposed medical marijuana ordinance stays on hold



The Chicago Tribune


How a Chicago EMT with three lives slipped through the state's gun regulations

1 man killed, 10 others wounded during Chicago shootings

Preckwinkle to propose Cook County tax on pop, lemonade, sports drinks

EDITORIALS: Rahm Emanuel's third term


The Washington Post

As a staggering hunger crisis unfolds, the world is barely aware


Wells Fargo CEO steps down in wake of sham accounts scandal

Only one of the 10 best-performing CEOs in the world runs a U.S. company

Jack Greenberg, civil rights lawyer who helped argue Brown v. Board, dies at 91


College expelled student for sex misconduct without bothering to interview him. Draws rebuke from Feds.

Liberty University students protest association with Trump


Justice Department report blasts San Francisco police

Fed’s decision not to raise rates at Sept. meeting was a ‘close call,’ minutes say

Americans worry about the cost of college, but cable networks don’t seem to care


The janitor felt invisible to Georgetown students — until one changed his life


Region’s leaders split over 1-cent regional sales tax to pay for Metro



The Los Angeles Times


Pro-Clinton millennials could make the difference in Florida -- but there's a catch

Clashes erupt in Portland, Ore., over new police rules

Los Angeles receives nearly $65 million in state funds for affordable housing

It's magnet school application time — and some schools are so hard to get into

Family of man shot by El Cajon police appears with Al Sharpton, seeking Justice Department investigation


USA Today


Navy strikes back at rebel-held radar sites in Yemen






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