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Today in Black America - November 7

POSTED: November 07, 2017, 7:30 am

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Today in Black History:  Barbara Jordan of Texas and Andrew Young of Georgia become the first Blacks from the South elected to Congress since Reconstruction.

The New York Times

National


Air Force Error Let Gunman Buy Weapon

A Family Prayed in Church. Then 8 of Them Were Dead.


EDITORIAL: Mass Shootings Don’t Have to Be Inevitable


Domestic Abusers Are Barred From Gun Ownership, but Often Escape the Law

Opinion: Violence That Never Sleeps

G.O.P. Plan Would Raise Taxes on Millions of Families

How a Utah Bank Secretly Helped a High-Flying Russian


Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why.

Federal Trial Begins for the Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy


Florida State Halts Fraternity Activities After Student’s Death


Local

Police Officer Found Not Guilty in Off-Duty Shooting of Unarmed Man

New York’s Leadership is Mostly White. That’s Roiling the Speaker’s Race.


In Menendez Corruption Trial, Both Sides Make Their Final Cases



The Star-Ledger


Polls are open in N.J. elections today

Jury starts deliberations in Menendez corruption trial

Is Trump withholding $4M from N.J. due to sanctuary cities?

Owner of Newark political consulting firm admits to tax evasion

Racist election fliers part of rise in bias rhetoric nationwide, groups say


Philly.com


Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams accused of sexual harassment

'The time does not fit the crime': Meek Mill fans angered by sentence


Philly police officer attacks critics of Rizzo statue in foul-mouthed Facebook comments


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Three teens sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint near RTA rapid stop, Cleveland police say


Reggie Rucker, imprisoned ex-Cleveland Brown, ordered to pay restitution with concussion settlement


Ohio State University President Michael Drake receives raise; base pay nearly $849,000

Akron asks voters to approve income tax increase to pay for roads, police and fire services


The Detroit Free Press

It's Michigan Election Day 2017: Here's what you need to know

Detroit City Council debate: At-large candidates


The Chicago Tribune

2 pedestrians, 67 and 49, shot in Heart of Chicago

After Texas mass shooting, Chicago-area churches seek balance between hospitality and security


EDITORIALS: How to help prevent the next gun massacre

Glanton: Concealed carry laws are a useless weapon against church shootings


The Los Angeles Times


Paradise Papers spotlight Apple tax strategies amid GOP push to cut corporate rates

Charters schools, L.A. Unified likely to strike compromise to avoid showdown at board meeting

L.A. City Councilwoman says she asked Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra if there have been accusations from other women



The Washington Post


FBI was not alerted to ex-service member’s assault conviction

Gunman had hurt people and animals years before shooting


Trump adviser sent email describing ‘private conversation’ with Russian official

Virginia governor’s race seen as key test of Trump ahead of 2018 midterms

Analysis: Why Democrats are worried


Democrats are winning in Oklahoma. But it’s not because voters resent Trump.


Influential think tank, citing a computational error, retracts analysis of GOP tax plan


Democrats to huddle with White House officials Tuesday on tax reform

Montgomery County Council to vote on latest minimum wage bill

Most Democrats running for Md. governor say they won’t seek public matching funds


USA Today


Why AR-15 style rifles are common among mass shootings


Timeline: How Congress has responded to mass shootings







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