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April 29, 2025

On this date in 1992 riots erupt in Los Angeles over the verdict in the trial of police videotaped beating motorist Rodney King.

Today in Black America - April 28

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The New York Times

After Federal Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp

Opinion: The ‘Recklessness Itself Sends a Message’: 35 Legal Experts Assess Trump’s Return

The Symbolism in ‘Sinners’


The Washington Post

Public sours on Musk’s role, is skeptical that government is cutting waste

Pritzker’s speech in New Hampshire drives presidential campaign buzz

Opinion: Trump’s fake emergencies are the real crisis



USA Today

Donald Trump's approval rating slips to new lows in a pair of polls

ICE detentions raise civil liberties fears over plainclothes agents

Authorities: 1 dead, 6 injured after shooting at North Carolina university


The Associated Press

Palestinian envoy tells UN court Israel is killing Gaza civilians. Israel says it’s being persecuted


About half of Americans say Trump has been a ‘poor’ or ‘terrible’ president so far, a new poll finds

Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump



NJ.com

Trump, MAGA and GOP have ‘zero chance’ of surviving this, pollster says


New poll: How many Trump supporters regret their vote? The number is growing

N.J. should consider raising gambling age for lottery, horse racing, new plan says


The Los Angeles Times

The FBI mistakenly raided her Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear her lawsuit


Embattled Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses her political future: ‘I ain’t going anywhere’


L.A. County first responders fought the worst fire of their careers. Now they want raises



The Chicago Sun-Times


Recommended for discipline, Kane County cop who muted his cameras amid car chase, fatal shooting is promoted

JB Pritzker headlines New Hampshire fundraiser; calls out 'do-nothing' Democrats

ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around U.S., lawyer says



The Atlanta Journal Constitution


DEI rollbacks threaten Atlanta woman’s work for Black businesses

Westside Future Fund restores Maynard Jackson family home next door to King residence


From hopeful foster mom to unemployed CDC worker in less than 60 minutes







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