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Today in Black America - October 2

POSTED: October 02, 2015, 7:00 am

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Today in Black History: Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black to serve on the United States Supreme Court in 1967
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The New York Times

National

10 Dead in Shooting at Oregon College, Sheriff Says

Obama Condemns ‘Routine’ of Mass Shootings

Health Law Revision Is Approved

Government Set to Default Weeks Earlier Than Forecast


Judge Allows Class-Action Suit Over Mississippi Prison Conditions

Reparations in 1983 Beirut Bombing Among Cases Added by Supreme Court

Private Probation Company Accused of Abuses in Tennessee


Martin O’Malley Urges Public Financing of Congressional Campaigns


Local

Prison Inmates Put a Name to a Feared Guard Known as Captain America

Early Planning for New Hudson Rail Tunnel Is Underway, U.S. Transportation Secretary Says


Bronx District Attorney Candidate Defends Her Nomination by Democratic Leaders

Bratton, Tracking Police Use of Force, Aims to Stay Step Ahead of Watchdogs


State’s Chief Judge, Citing ‘Injustice,’ Lays Out Plans to Alter Bail System



The Christian Science Monitor


Melissa Fink turned a struggling grade school into a national model

Why many students might not be choosing 'right' college (+video)

Hillary Clinton's challenge: Sexism or 'Clinton-ism'?


The Star Ledger


Newark cop fired for controversial 'gorilla' Facebook post

Trump says racial tension isn't the 'jet fuel' of his campaign

Bayonne Bridge construction set back by two years, Port Authority announces

Norcross only N.J. Democrat to back defense policy bill


Online poker companies get OK to operate in N.J.


Philly.com

Kane: Justice exchanged porn emails

Ubiñas: Philly cops pass on movie screening, chat about cops


New film, 'Peace Officer,' probes police controversies

Pol: Reform charter school 'Wild West'


Philly schools boss wants more closures



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Baby shot, killed on Cleveland's East Side, police still searching for suspect

Gun violence virus claims more victims in Cleveland and Oregon: Darcy cartoon

Cleveland Clinic, CWRU break ground on $515M Health Education Campus including dental clinic in Hough

Firm hired to monitor Cleveland consent decree helped reform other police departments


Ohio police and fire pension fund will add expenditures to online database



The Detroit Free Press

Governor in Silicon valley selling Michigan

Macomb exec lashes out at attorney in jail death suit

Man who bribed Kilpatrick pal with trip sentenced to prison



The Los Angeles Times

Will the nation follow California's lead on healthcare for immigrants?

L.A.'s response to domestic violence is underfunded and disjointed, audit finds

Black women kicked off Napa Wine Train to sue for discrimination

'Yes means yes' now required learning in California high schools



The Chicago Tribune

4 wounded in shootings since Thursday

McHenry High teachers go on strike; class canceled at 2 campuses

Chicago police Cmdr. Glenn Evans' brutality trial postponed again

Ex.-Ald. Sandi Jackson will surrender to federal prison camp in W.Va.


The Washington Post

Shooter left behind online portrait of a lonely youth


Christians reportedly singled out in ‘horrific act of cowardice’

Guardians of the federal merit system? Office that protects whistleblowers slapped for going after one of its own


Shooting in Oregon: Young people are far more likely to die by guns than in cars

McCarthy’s comments on Benghazi probe may be a political gift to Clinton


Bernie Sanders tells Latino lawmakers: Undocumented immigrants should benefit from Obamacare

Senators unveil long-awaited compromise on criminal justice reform

Former D.C. mayor Vincent C. Gray eyeing comeback, associates say


Kaya Henderson addresses teacher and principal turnover in annual event

More sleep for teens, more hardship for parents as school bell times change


USA Today


L.A. prosecutors reviewing Cosby case


Poll: Hillary Clinton still leads Sanders and Biden, but by less

Sheriff in Ore. shooting probe opposes gun control




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