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Today in Black America - December 11

POSTED: December 11, 2024, 6:00 am

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The New York Times

Debate Over Pete Hegseth’s Fitness Highlights a Gender Divide in the Senate

N.Y.P.D. Sergeant Is Charged With Shoplifting From Target


White House Threatens Biden Veto of Bipartisan Bill to Add New Judges


The Washington Post

Trump pick for DOJ civil rights draws blowback from advocacy leaders

More colleges offering free tuition to middle-class families

Trump’s hush money case could be ‘abated’ instead of dismissed, DA says


USA Today


Who is Andrew Ferguson? Donald Trump taps commissioner to lead FTC

Donald Trump and New York AG Letitia James spar over $485 million fraud case

An IHOP server fed a man facing homelessness. She says she was fired for it.


The Associated Press

Donald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling


New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort


NJ.com

N.J. military base had 11 ‘confirmed’ mystery drone sightings, Army says


Body of missing N.J. high school girls tennis coach recovered from vehicle submerged in the Passaic River

These 10 N.J. school districts don’t have free, full-day kindergarten. Here’s why.



The Los Angeles Times

Mayor and LAPD chief tout double-digit drop in homicides compared with last year

Scott Schmerelson emerges from close reelection race to become L.A. board president

Opinion: Why California’s Latino voters are shifting toward Trump and Republicans



The Chicago Sun-Times


High-ranking Chicago cop faces suspensions for disparaging gays, leaking kids' records to deputy mayor


Mayor Brandon Johnson $17.3B budget and $68.5M property tax hike squeak through committees

CST Editorial Board: Trump’s border czar acts like a bully, not a leader who wants to fix immigration


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


UATL’s 2024 Black culture holiday gift guide

Cobb increases water and sewer rates; DeKalb delays vote until next year

Disparities remain in Georgia’s fast-growing Latino community



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