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April 27, 2024

Human rights activist and author Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on this date in 1927 in Heiberger, Alabama.

Today in Black America - January 30

POSTED: January 30, 2024, 7:30 am

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The Associated Press

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands


Illinois election board to consider whether to boot Trump from ballot over insurrection amendment

Biden to soak up sunshine and campaign cash in Florida trip



The New York Times

Biden Super PAC Plans a Historic $250 Million Ad Blitz

New Subway Fare Gates and Platform Barriers Fail to Impress New Yorkers


Eric Adams Is Poised for Defeat on 2 New York Criminal Justice Bills


The Washington Post


Biden faces treacherous political choices in answering deadly attack


Opinion: A federal judge let loose on Republicans spreading lies about Jan. 6

The ordinary death of an extraordinary civil rights icon


USA Today

More trials than Al Capone? Donald Trump's legal battles are intensifying

Student loan bills are back. Some borrowers don’t care.

Where are the nation’s primary care providers? It’s not an easy answer


NJ.com

N.J. family selling 128 acres of open space to build huge housing development

Missing N.J. man found dead in woods

Prosecutor rescinds 10-year plea deals for men in fatal shooting of Paterson honors student


The Los Angeles Times

A fire burning deep inside an L.A. County landfill is raising new alarms over toxic air

As LAUSD enrollment plunges, only one school is overcrowded. Proposed fixes panic parents


California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won’t let go.


The Chicago Sun-Times


Chicago’s top cop halting initiative that has sent ‘scarecrow’ police cars downtown

Mothers mourn sons killed in Loop shooting outside CPS high school: ‘I’m still calling his name’

Facing Council heat, Johnson delays migrant shelter evictions to March or beyond, but warns ‘It was never meant to be permanent’


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


3 Army reservists from Georgia killed in Jordan drone attack

Georgia State University to help train and retain metro Atlanta teachers

Fearless Fund is back in court tomorrow. Here’s what you need to know







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