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Today in Black America - November 29

POSTED: November 29, 2016, 7:00 am

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Today in Black History: Legendary Harlem congressman and minister Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908.

The New York Times

National

Bringing Back Waterboarding May Be Easier Said Than Done


Donald Trump’s Lies About the Popular Vote

Petraeus and Trump Meet on State Dept.

Price Said to Be Pick for Health Secretary


Trump Wins Michigan Amid Looming Recount

Recount Advances, but Odds Are Against Reversal

Jimmy Carter: America Must Recognize Palestine

Editorial: The G.O.P. and Health Care Chaos

Suspect Is Killed in Attack at Ohio State University That Injured 8


Dylann Roof to Represent Himself at Trial in Charleston Church Shootings

$6.3 Billion Measure Aims to Cure Ailing Health Care Policies



Local


Under-the-Radar ‘Pure District Attorney’ Takes Charge in Brooklyn


Pushing for Change, Bronx Principal Is Undone by Investigation



The Christian Science Monitor


Trump: Ready to lead the free world, 140 characters at a time

From guns to birth control, Trump election flipped script on American fears

Hard time software: Why these prisoners learn computer coding


Philly.com

Council told that teaching is tough in Philly and getting tougher

Stein campaign files Pennsylvania recount suit

Trump supporter banned for life after viral tirade on Delta flight to Allentown

Man imprisoned for black man's beating faces fed hate charge


The Star-Ledger


N.J. takeover of Atlantic City spares town from going broke, Moody's says

Once-prominent N.J. attorney has law license suspended

Here's who might lose coverage in N.J. if Trump cuts Medicaid

Federal monitor of Newark police to address city residents on progress

N.J. town sued over mosque rejection faces tough case with Justice Dept.


The Detroit Free Press


Michigan presidential recount? Here's what we know


7 things to watch during Michigan Legislature's lame-duck session

Michigan teacher pensions could be curbed during lame-duck session


Bill would make suburban Michigan employers collect city income taxes


Detroit Promise program expands to cover tuition at 4-year universities



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


11 injured, suspect dead after attack on Ohio State University campus

Ohio State attack suspect wasn't well-known in Columbus' Somali, Muslim communities

OSU knife attack suspect told student newspaper he was "scared" to pray on campus


FBI searches house of suspect in Ohio State campus attack

What is a mayor's court and how can you challenge its decision? At any (court) cost



The Washington Post


Trump still weighing Romney for State Dept. despite scorn from loyalists

Stop writing off rural America, agriculture chief tells fellow Democrats

Dakota Access pipeline protesters ordered to leave, but no one wants to enforce the ban

An airline passenger’s pro-Trump rant was caught on video. Now he’s banned from Delta.


House Democrats demand Chaffetz probe Trump’s finances


Trump picks Congressman Tom Price as health and human services secretary

‘We’ve never had anything like this’: Racist, threatening message left on door of black church

Obama administration to release new rules for judging schools


D.C. Council to vote on nation’s most generous family leave law: 11 weeks off, up to 90 percent pay

Suburbs seeking transit look for ways to keep residents from being priced out

McAuliffe says Virginia economy getting stronger, budget shortfall shrinking


‘People see me as a threat’: An art project gives voice to anguished Baltimore teens


The Chicago Tribune


Shootings spike over Thanksgiving holiday weekend: 8 killed, 62 wounded

3 dead, at least 11 wounded in shootings citywide

Republicans: Dems playing 'good cop, bad cop' routine on Rauner agenda

Five file to challenge Emanuel’s appointed 4th Ward alderman


EDITORIALS: Fixing Illinois: Will Madigan, Cullerton let workers comp be a starting point for compromise?



The Los Angeles Times

Killing of young black man is probed as a possible hate crime in Northern California

For many L.A. blacks, Trump's supporters and advisors stir ugly memories and new fears

Democrats look to make some deals with Trump — and divide the GOP in the bargain


Democrats clinch a supermajority in both houses of the California Legislature after Josh Newman wins state Senate seat

Police in California try to stop hate crimes before they happen


USA Today


Eleven hurt, suspect killed in 'terrifying' Ohio State attack

Trump aide calls his electoral win 'historic' 'blowout' — it's not

Rep. Tom Price is Trump's pick for Health and Human Services Dept.








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