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The New York Times
National
CVS Deal to Buy Aetna Could Alter Health Industry
Ministers Look to Revive Martin Luther King’s 1968 Poverty Campaign
Two Colleges Bound by History Are Roiled by the #MeToo Moment
Blow: The Ghost of Steve Bannon
As Shutdown Looms, G.O.P. Tries to Buy 2 More Weeks
At This Quarry, How to Spend G.O.P. Tax Cut Isn’t Set in Stone
Bill Offers Last-Minute Breaks for Developers, Banks and Oil
Health Care Failure Was a Map to Tax Success for McConnell
Women Line Up to Run for Office, Aiming a ‘Primal Scream’ at Trump
Alabama’s Disdain for Democrats Looms Over Senate Race
Local
No Longer New York City’s ‘Boulevard of Death’
City to Settle Discrimination Claim in Brooklyn Housing Plan
Death of Jamaican Fast-Food Magnate Stuns Friends and Workers
Christie Looks to Sports Gambling for a Rare Victory
Philly.com
Temple University student found dead at off-campus apartment
How the GOP plan will affect taxes in Philly, its suburbs
US charters schools put groeing numbers in racial isolation
Editorial: 6 things the new Philly school board absolutely should not do
The Detroit Free Press
Monday rally planned to support U.S. Rep. John Conyers
U.S. Rep. Sander Levin will retire from Congress when term ends next year
Fourth victim discovered in Noel Night shooting
The Star-Ledger
The PATH extension is not a priority. Gateway is a priority. | Editorial
The $1.7B PATH extension to Newark airport: A timeline
N.J. environmentalists use new legal strategy to fight pipelines
Ex-development official gets $99K from city in abuse-of-power settlement
The Chicago Tribune
High costs, low benefits in rescue efforts for troubled Chicago schools
More than a dozen Chicago high schools struggle to survive as enrollment plummets, performance falters
Bus company stokes outrage over racially charged ad sent to U. of I. customers
CVS agrees to buy Aetna in $69 billion deal that could shake up health care industry
Six Black Souls gang leaders convicted in Cook County's first test of state RICO law
The Los Angeles Times
California Republicans face big decision on tax vote
Colin Kaepernick honored at ACLU Bill of Rights Dinner in Beverly Hills
Election Tuesday will decide if Wendy Carrillo or Luis López becomes next state Assembly member
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
CHIP on their shoulders? Dysfunctional Congress puts children's health insurance funding at risk
Retiring after 36 years, Cleveland Judge Ronald Adrine talks about domestic violence, Tamir Rice and what he learned from Star Trek
Community invited to read "Evicted," discuss inequality in housing: A Greater Cleveland
Should we do more to teach kids about poverty? Rose Frech (Opinion)
The Washington Post
Trump lawyer says president knew Flynn had given FBI the same account he gave to vice president
Trump offers his most explicit endorsement to date of Roy Moore in Alabama race
GOP’s next hurdle in tax fight: Reconciling differences in House, Senate bills
These voters live in a pro-Trump area, but many are skeptical of the GOP tax plan
North Carolina cut tax rates four years ago. Many residents are still waiting for the benefits Republicans promised.
Billy Bush says there were 8 witnesses to Trump’s ‘Access Hollywood’ comments
Perspective: Mostly white male tech sector needs government help on diversity
2017 Kennedy Center Honors: Norman Lear, LL Cool J, Gloria Estefan, Lionel Richie, Carmen de Lavallade
Perspective: From gang member to entrepreneur: A transgender woman transforms her life
Virginia Democrat files for recount after ballot glitch
MS-13 members used machete in Maryland decapitation, court papers say
Ex-charter school teacher sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexually assaulting six students
Baltimore police commissioner asks FBI to take over case involving slain detective
USA Today
Hundreds of U.S., South Korean aircraft begin massive drill in Korean Peninsula
New York's TV industry riddled by harassment accusations
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