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Today in Black America - December 3

POSTED: December 03, 2015, 9:00 am

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Today in Black History: Frederick Douglass and Martin R. Delaney start the North Star anti-slavery newspaper in 1847.

The New York Times


National


2 Suspects Dead; 14 Killed in California


Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for California Shooting

Editorial: The Horror in San Bernardino

On Average, Mass Shootings Occur Daily in the U.S.

Ben Carson Sinks on Doubts About His Foreign Policy

Jeb Bush’s New Show of Confidence Is Failing to Connect With Republicans


Bernie Sanders’s Appeal Makes New Hampshire Pivotal Ground for Hillary Clinton


Hillary Clinton Calls for U.S. Inquiry Into Laquan McDonald Shooting



Local

Sheldon Silver’s Lawyers Are Likely to Argue U.S. Failed to Prove Quid Pro Quo


Director of Group That Raises Money for New York Schools Abruptly Quits Amid Troubles


Brooklyn Eyeglass Merchant and 2 Others Are Charged in $3.4 Million Loan Fraud

Dismay and Relief After Kean Graduate Is Accused in Threats Against Blacks


The Christian Science Monitor

Can Chicago police reform? It's up to Mayor Emanuel now. (+video)

In Paris aftermath, a revived appetite in Europe for military missions


The Star Ledger


4 N.J. hospitals given top marks by national rating group

N.J. motor vehicle officials in cahoots with used-car dealers, SCI report says

N.J. legislators: Let's change law that OK'd disputed Horizon health plan

N.J. students beat PARCC average on most exams

N.J. Assemblyman abruptly resigns before Christie gun veto override vote


Philly.com

Ramsey: I'm not considering Chicago's top cop job

1700s Philly black leader's obit found

Education Plus Charter votes to disband


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Man carrying gun around Akron gets big response, prompts talk of racial tension, gun laws

Ohio Supreme Court races will feature Cincinnati Republicans, Northeast Ohio Democrats

Tamir Rice family's experts often work for plaintiffs in civil rights lawsuits


The Detroit Free Press

Michigan cops fume over loss of U.S. military vehicles

Report: Detroit a leader in initiatives for black males

Nonprofits getting nearly $500,000 in surprise grants

Detroit police chief discusses 4-year-old mauled by 4 dogs


The Chicago Sun-Times

Judge: Video of another fatal police shooting should stay sealed

Chicago Teachers Union sets strike vote for Dec. 9-11

Police union president: McCarthy firing 'another kick' to CPD


The Los Angeles Times


How the massacre in San Bernardino set off a surreal day for hundreds


Column: We cannot accept mass shootings as the new normal

Editorial: The U.S. infatuation with guns is bordering on a society-wide suicidal impulse


L.A. City Council votes to allow more exemptions to ammunition limit

Two police killings of young black men, and how two cities responded



The Washington Post

One map shows why America’s gun violence is so much worse than anywhere else


Attackers slay 14 in Calif. in deadliest mass shooting since Sandy Hook


The liberal outrage over NRA-backed politicians, in this one-of-a-kind Tweetstorm

House leaves ‘No Child’ education law behind

Growing racial gaps in graduation rates at several public universities

Watching too much TV in your 20s may impact how your brain works in mid-life, study suggests

How the rise of American-style segregation is feeding division in Europe

‘I can’t breathe,’ Freddie Gray told Baltimore police officer, prosecutor says


Union that helped make Edwards switches alliance to Van Hollen


Panel: How Md. could save nearly $250 million with prison reform


Officer threatens civilian with gun to the head



USA Today

Minn. police clear shooting protest camp



















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