Today in Black History: Author Richard Wright ("Native Son") is awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal on this date in 1941.
The New York Times
National
EDITORIAL: President Obama’s Last Chance to Show Mercy
Lobbying by Bob Dole Led to Trump’s Call With Taiwan
Trump’s 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises to Keep
Senate Republican Leaders Vow to Begin Repeal of Health Law Next Month
A Source Democrats Could Tap for Future Leaders: California
Gun Control Groups Find a Powerful Ally in Corporate Law
Trump Fires Adviser’s Son From Transition for Spreading Fake News
Rising Prices in Oakland Push Artists Into Risky Housing
Joe McKnight Shooting: Man Is Charged Days Later in Fatal ‘Road Rage’
Health Insurers List Demands if Affordable Care Act Is Killed
Local
Editorial: The Stain of Racism in New York's Prisons
Battle Over New Bus Terminal Threatens to Paralyze Port Authority’s Board
Suit Challenges Secrecy on New York Police Disciplinary Records
Finding Hate Crimes on the Rise, Leaders Condemn Vicious Acts
The Christian Science Monitor
Walter Scott mistrial: early test for Trump on civil rights
Ohio Supreme Court: Police dashcam videos are public records
Turning schools around, at high speeds
Why a top Democrat is open to Trump's pick for Pentagon
The Star-Ledger
4 N.J. troopers have been killed on the road in last 2 years
Civil service needs reform - just not from Gov. Christie | Editorial
Wisniewski: N.J. public wants me to put Christie under oath
WATCH: Protesters disrupt Rutgers meeting with demand for 'sanctuary' campus
Should NJ Transit be merged with the other state transit agencies?
Philly.com
Judge schedules hearing for Green Party's Pa. recount push
Hospital industry warns of 'crisis' if Affordable Care Act is repealed
Deceived students still struggling with fallen Star Career Academy
Kenney doubles down on Philadelphia's Sanctuary City status
With 20-year plan, Mount Laurel writes 'new chapter' in long affordable-housing saga
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
East Cleveland mayor, City Council president recalled in special election
Bridgestone Americas announces 2-year lease extension of Akron tire manufacturing facility
Charter school advocate will head Ohio's charter school office
Watch Cleveland Municipal Court judge and others talk about bail reforms coming in 2017 (video)
U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force honored by state legislature
Cuyahoga County hires firm to collect delinquent property taxes
The Detroit Free Press
Most states would recount Michigan's mismatched ballots despite flaws
List of problem precincts continues to grow during Michigan recount
Rhodes: More criminal charges possible in Detroit schools
New trial in Detroit for Palestinian activist Rasmieh Odeh
The Chicago Tribune
Parents of 2 girls expelled over racist texts sue Marist High School
Hundreds attend vigil for local boxer: 'Enough is enough'
Police, Englewood neighborhood step up to help young girls found abandoned
The Washington Post
Keith Ellison isn’t an anti-Semite. He’s the victim of a vicious smear.
Who is Keith Ellison?
Corporate America unnerved by Trump’s unpredictable style
In West Virginia coal country, they trust Donald Trump
What Ben Carson gets wrong about segregation in America
Who gets hurt when part-time work becomes the new normal
Hospital industry warns of ‘crisis’ if health law is repealed
Obama won lots of votes from racially prejudiced whites (and some of them supported Trump)
Pipeline protesters forced from N.D. camps by blizzard, subzero temperatures
Refrigerator identified as a potential source of deadly warehouse fire in Oakland
Why efforts to persuade the electoral college to ditch Trump probably won’t work
Fairfax supervisors approve civilian board to review police-abuse cases
Prince George’s to create panel to oversee lawmakers’ use of vehicles
Trump is a D.C. ‘supporter,’ mayor says after meeting with president-elect
Baltimore’s new mayor says she has a letter for Donald Trump
The Los Angeles Times
Trump is named Time magazine's Person of the Year
Former U.S. Atty. Debra Wong Yang is reportedly under consideration to lead the SEC
'The laws must be followed': City issues warning to L.A. school districts considering digital billboards
LAPD critic sues city alleging retaliation when she was arrested during 2014 downtown protests
Potential jurors in trial of ex-Sheriff Lee Baca tell of stories about corruption and beatings in the L.A. jails
USA Today
Trump nominates Mattis for Pentagon; bashes Air Force One upgrade project
Ben Carson didn't live in public housing
Hundreds protest white nationalist at Texas A&M
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