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Today in Black America - May 26

POSTED: May 26, 2016, 7:00 am

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Today in Black History: Althea Gibson became the first Black to win a major tennis championship on this date in 1956, winning the French Open.

The New York Times

National

Hillary Clinton Is Criticized for Private Emails in State Dept. Review

Emails Add to Hillary Clinton’s Central Problem: Voters Just Don’t Trust Her

California Up for Grabs, Poll Finds, as Clinton and Sanders Battle

A Split Over Israel Threatens the Democrats’ Hopes for Unity

Police Clash With Anti-Trump Demonstrators in Anaheim


Elizabeth Warren Turns Up the Anti-Donald Trump Volume


Bill Is Proposed Requiring Presidential Candidates to Show Tax Returns

Could Alzheimer’s Stem From Infections? It Makes Sense, Experts Say

Cigarette Smoking by Adults Dropped in 2015, C.D.C. Survey Says


No ‘Silver Bullet’ as Subways in the Northeast Show Their Age


Local


Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan Will Close to Rebuild Smaller

U.S. Judge’s Striking Move in Felony Drug Case: Probation, Not Prison

Lawyer Charged With Stealing Dead Client’s Money, Including From Slave Theater Sale

New York Council Approves Bills to Divert Minor Offenders From Court System



The Christian Science Monitor


A hint that, in the end, Sanders might work with Democratic Party (+video)

The entrepreneurs easing suffering, one invention at a time

What the US government really thinks about encryption


The Star-Ledger


Mulch and the mob: N.J. recycling is dirty business, commission says

1 dead in Plainfield shooting; shots also fired earlier today

Public worker union bid to slash N.J. pension hedge fund investments fails

N.J. school district that found lead in water will offer free tests

Baraka's top education advisor resigns, leaving role's future unknown


Philly.com


Clarke blasts 3-cent sugary-drinks tax as 'ridiculous'


In testimony, former confidant links Fattah to crimes

School-funding formula clears final Harrisburg hurdle


Inquirer editorial: Will reaching out to city's homeless be enough?



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Arbitrator says Cleveland violated police union contract by restricting vacation during Republican National Convention

Cincinnati woman accused of torturing, killing daughter rejects plea deal

Cleveland to target $55,000 grant toward getting more students federal financial aid for college

Could 'Cure Violence' work in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood?

Cleveland school board approves $13M in often-unbid "summer work" after hearing more detail (See list here)


The Detroit Free Press

State pays Flint criminal defense fees for DEQ workers


Rep. John Conyers proposes water fund in wake of Flint crisis

11th Detroit Public Schools principal cops a plea in kickback case

Wayne County hires HR director named in federal lawsuit


Snyder signs bills to crack down on meth production



The Chicago Tribune


Feds investigating how nearly $5,000 check ends up in alderman's hands

Madigan rams budget Rauner says is $7 billion short through House


12 wounded in separate shootings

Renting a Chicago apartment becoming less affordable, study says


Minimum wage protesters gather at McDonald's headquarters


The Los Angeles Times


Why Gov. Brown hasn't endorsed a presidential candidate — and why he should

Analysis: What a California win would mean to Clinton or Sanders

L.A. Unified superintendent leaves parents with questions at town hall

California to audit L.A.’s biggest group of charter schools after anti-union allegations


The Washington Post


State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Clinton’s email practices

8 takeaways from the Inspector General's report on Hillary Clinton’s emails


Report finds federal prisons held 152 inmates too long, one by almost three years

Clinton to make new pledge to push infrastructure bill in first 100 days


Clinton, Sanders storm into California seeking symbolic June 7 primary victory


Nation’s most prestigious school science competition has new sponsor: Regeneron


How much a decent apartment costs you in every county


FBI director urges police and civilians to ‘see each other’ more clearly

Education experts have embraced 'grit' as a way to explain student success, but new Harvard research might upend that idea

House Republicans take unprecedented step to upend local D.C. law



USA Today


State Dept. audit hits Clinton over email use

Trump courts minorities, females as unrest swells outside rally


Does a $70,000 minimum wage work?

Millionaires don't flee high-tax states more often, study says









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