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POSTED: November 19, 2015, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is named MVP in the National League for the second time in 1953.

The New York Times

National

One Slogan, Many Methods: Black Lives Matter Enters Politics

Chicago Rarely Penalizes Officers for Complaints, Data Shows

Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award

F.B.I. Director Repeats Call That Ability to Read Encrypted Messages Is Crucial

Settlement in New York Domestic Violence Case May Set Broader Precedent

Republicans Push to Halt Syrian Refugee Program

Fact Check: Donald Trump Says He Predicted the Sept. 11 Attacks

Democratic Socialism Will Be Topic of Bernie Sanders Speech at Georgetown

Ad Helped Chris Christie Win a New Jersey Race, but Then He Had to Apologize


Local

Jury Hears Where Sheldon Silver’s Money Went as U.S. Rests Case

Tapes Played at Skelos Corruption Trial Portray Strategy Used Against Democrats

Half of New Yorkers Say They Are Barely or Not Getting By, Poll Shows

De Blasio Unveils Plan to Create 15,000 Units of Housing

Education Dept. Drops Proposal to Rezone Upper West Side Schools

Princeton Students Hold Sit-In on Racial Injustice


The Christian Science Monitor

Amid anti-Muslim backlash in US, a call for compassion


Why Connecticut may try 21-year-olds as juveniles

Where hard-line House Freedom Caucus has a big following


The Star Ledger

Corrections officers lose appeal to get into better pension

Judge accused of hiding fugitive boyfriend seeks to have case tossed

Protesting Princeton students plan to stay in Nassau Hall overnight


Poverty study is an alarm bell for N.J. state government | Editorial

TCNJ campus 'stands united' against inequality, injustice



Philly.com

Pa. twist: Attack on school property tax

Polaneczky: Justice at last for autistic woman

Vacancies in 100s of Philly classrooms

Students want Woodrow Wilson's name removed from Princeton


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Art show highlights inmates' talents, connects them to outside community

Cuyahoga County judges pull out of justice system reform group

Cuyahoga County to ask Ohio Attorney General's Office to collect delinquent loans

Reviewers often slam Cleveland schools' teaching, leadership and culture - but the district wants to hear more

Search for new state superintendent dominated by political jockeying and rumored return of Susan Tave Zelman


The Detroit Free Press

Pugh: Don't make me pay $350K AND $250K in sex case

Top Workplaces offer employees voice, support

Detroit schools coalition: Hurry up, lawmakers


The Chicago Sun-Times

County Board passes Preckwinkle's budget — which includes hotel tax

Overall hate crimes down, except against Muslims: FBI

THE WATCHDOGS: Police failing to ensure mentally ill don’t have guns


The Washington Post


Two Clintons, 41 years, $3 billion: Inside the couple’s donor network

Is homelessness among U.S. kids declining, or surging? It depends on who you ask.

Fed leaning toward rate hike in December, meeting’s minutes show

Before people start invoking Japanese American internment, they should remember what it was like

Ben Carson’s campaign made a U.S. map and put a bunch of states in the wrong place

College students are bankrolling the athletic ambitions of universities


D.C. police framed man imprisoned 27 years for 1981 murder, U.S. jury finds

Residents say crime is Washington’s No. 1 problem, poll finds

Process for viewing video from police body cameras is about to get clearer in D.C.

Man sentenced to 4 years in prison for setting fire to CVS during Baltimore riots


The Los Angeles Times

Santa Monica police investigating black exec's detention that she claims was based on race

Here's what parents have to say about union efforts at Alliance charter schools

L.A. Mayor Garcetti rules out, for now, declaring homelessness an emergency

Lawsuit accuses L.A. County of denying welfare aid to mentally ill homeless people


USA Today

Mayor: Japanese internment camps justify rejecting refugees

Official: Woman's death in jail was accidental

Missing student, potentially armed, closes down Washington College






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