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January 09, 2025

Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar died on this date in 1906. Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee is founded on this date in 1866.

Today in Black America - January 8

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USA Today

Democrats acted honorably after losing. Republicans refused to.

Biden mulls pardons after urging Trump not to 'settle scores'

Judge blocks release of Jack Smith's special counsel report about Trump criminal cases


The New York Times

Democrats Prevail in Virginia Races, the First Elections Since Donald Trump’s Win

Dripping Faucets and Seizing Greenland: Trump Is Back and Chaos Ensues

Opinion: ‘Trump Is at His Absolute Worst in a Crisis’: Three Columnists Imagine the World Ahead



The Washington Post


As Carter lies in state, visitors pay homage: ‘An honor to witness’

As inauguration approaches, uncertainty for foreign college students

GOP-led N.C. Supreme Court blocks finalizing election for Democratic justice


The Associated Press

Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to an Air Force contractor’s death

US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high

‘Obamacare’ hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump



NJ.com

Trump ‘unhinged’ plans called ‘the restoration of white supremacy’


N.J. doctor’s license yanked after admitting to exploiting undocumented women as ‘household servants’

N.J. drops basic reading test for teachers. Here’s why Elon Musk and others are riled up.



The Los Angeles Times


Fires tear through Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and Sylmar; gusts of up to 99 mph reported

‘All hell will break out’: 3 foreign policy takeaways from Trump


Appeals court rejects Trump’s latest attempt to call off sentencing in his felony conviction


The Chicago Sun-Times


Widespread lies about family income could affect funding, fees at some CPS schools, watchdog finds

Citizens Utility Board vows to fight Nicor's $309 million rate hike request


CST Editorial Board: In wrongful conviction cases, witnesses must be free to set the record straight



The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Georgia ACA health insurance enrollment surges again, to 1.5 million


MURPHY: Washington finally gives Jimmy Carter the respect he deserved all along

Lawmakers could revive school ‘culture war’ bills this year








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