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Today in Black America - December 2

POSTED: December 02, 2016, 6:00 am

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Today in Black History: The late Congressman Charles C. Diggs from Michigan is born in Detroit in 1922.

The New York Times

National


Jewish Groups and Unions Grow Uneasy With Keith Ellison

EDITORIAL: Carrier Jobs, Saved by Government


Trump’s Good News in Indiana Comes With a Warning

Trump Chooses an Outspoken Ex-Marine to Lead Defense

Texas Again Places Obstacles in Front of Those Seeking Abortions


‘We’re Going to Get This Done’: Wisconsin Vote Recount Is Underway

Demonstrators Protest Keith Scott Decision

Partial Recount Ordered in North Carolina Governor’s Race

Deluged Immigration Courts, Where Cases Stall for Years, Begin to Buckle


Local

Cuomo Adds to His Wish List as State Legislators Seek a Raise

Anthony Weiner Fined $65,000 for Campaign Finance Violations

Ex-Advisers to Cuomo Plead Not Guilty in Bribery Scandal



The Star-Ledger


N.J. court rejects Christie administration's civil service changes for public workers


Christie seeking job as Republican National Committee chair under Trump, sources say


N.J. will have to pump its own gas if minimum wage is raised to $15, Guadagno says

N.J.'s congressional delegation gets more power

New class of Jersey City police recruits will do community work before academy, brass says

Police chief suspended over racial profiling email agrees to retire


The Detroit Free Press


There's never been a recount like this in Michigan election history

Ex-lobbyist for Quicken Loans named to Trump's HUD transition team

Smart justice reforms find unlikely ally in business community


Stricter voter ID laws on fast track to pass in Legislature


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland officials ask state lawmakers to help quash $15 minimum wage proposal


In closing Public Square, people say Mayor Jackson forgot about them

Lakewood shooting of Muslim teen may have been targeted, civil rights group says

Ohio religious liberty bill clears House committee, faces uncertain future


Clarence Tucker sworn in as Akron Fire Department's 19th chief



The Washington Post


Trump picks retired Marine Gen. Mattis for defense secretary

Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides at post-election Harvard event

The election is over, but the Trump rallies continue: The president-elect’s fans turn out for him in Ohio

Trump is shocked that Carrier took him literally. That doesn’t bode well for his many promises.

Why some think Trump’s deal to save 1,000 Indiana jobs was a bad idea


Donald Trump will be president thanks to 80,000 people in three states

Hundreds demand an Ohio State official be fired after she called for compassion for campus attacker

Trump files objection to Stein recount request in Michigan

3 issues Trump may have changed his mind on after the election

McAuliffe upbeat about working with Trump, says Clinton is done with politics


Progressive think tank: Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan ‘shovels money at wealthy investors’

Alexandria facing ‘enormous challenges’ in infrastructure needs, manager warns

Virginia Board of Education member resigns after vulgar tweets surface

First a senator resigned. Then he rescinded. What that means for Maryland Democrats.



The Christian Science Monitor


Why Jews are coming to the defense of mosques in America

Free speech vs. hate speech: How Reddit navigates the crosscurrents

What do the SPLC's post-election hate-incident reports mean?

Why Iran's nuclear program is back on US agenda


Philly.com


Kenney: Anti-Trump vandalism involving city attorney 'dumb mistake'


Months after conviction, Fattah collecting government pension

What do 100K people say about Philly schools?

Pennsylvania principal on leave after pupil records threats


The Chicago Tribune


Chicago tops 700 homicides — with a month to go in violent 2016


EDITORIALS: The case for Betsy DeVos

Lawmakers and Gov. Rauner pass ComEd rate hike bill, but little else

CPS proposes closing 3 schools that district says have no students enrolled this year

Stateville's controversial 'roundhouse' prison area shuttered


Kim Foxx promises 'new path' of transparency as Cook County state's attorney


The Los Angeles Times


LAPD officers who fatally shot homeless man on skid row were legally justified, D.A. says

Former USC star Joe McKnight shot to death in streets of Louisiana


Judge rules ex-L.A. Times reporter must testify in corruption trial of former Sheriff Lee Baca

Wells Fargo customers harmed by fake accounts would get to sue under proposed legislation


Immigration detainees should be held in for-profit prisons, panel says


California health officials report first death of flu season


USA Today


White House: Obama supports registering women for military draft


Rep files amendment to eliminate Electoral College







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