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POSTED: November 25, 2015, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Chicago Tribune newspaper publisher John Sengstacke was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1912.

The New York Times

National

Editorial: The Case Against Woodrow Wilson at Princeton

Chicago Braces After Video of Police Shooting Is Released

Reporter Who Forced Release of Laquan McDonald Video Is Barred From News Event

Kentucky Governor Restores Voting Rights to Thousands of Felons


‘White Student Union’ Groups Set Off Concerns at Campuses

Black Lives Matter Activists Vow Not to Cower After 5 Are Shot

Rare Alliance of Libertarians and White House on Sentencing Begins to Fray



Local


Two Hours Into Deliberations, a Juror in the Sheldon Silver Trial Wants Out

Cuomo, in Shift, Is Said to Back Reducing Test Scores’ Role in Teacher Reviews

Raise for Skelos’s Son Was Tied to Contract, C.E.O. Says


The Star Ledger


Bridgegate prosecutors want high-profile trial to remain in N.J.


Booker, Menendez: Why aren't terrorists banned from buying guns?


In suit, owner of condemned Newark building claims he's 'scapegoat' for city's ills

Newark students learn how to code and think big


Philly.com

Kenney names new heads for L&I, Streets

Learning centers shut; parents scramble

Budget talks resume after override threat

Full-service schools coming to Philly?

Muslim woman: Hospital disciplined her for henna markings


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Former Greyhound mechanic gets 8 years in prison for sexual assaults on bus riders

Cleveland community activist faces weapons charges

Former Summit County employee sentenced for trashing boss' office

CEO of Akron halfway-house agency among country's highest compensated nonprofit human-service executives

Ohio's public colleges submit wish lists for capital improvements


The Detroit Free Press

Detroit’s new public health director aims to innovate

City approves transfer of old Tiger Stadium field

Detroit council to hold hearing on 2nd pot ordinance

Calvin students admit writing ‘white power’ in snow



The Chicago Sun-Times

Mitchell: 'Hideous' video tells an even more hideous story

Judge: No bail for Chicago cop charged in teen's murder


Marchers protest CPD handling of Laquan McDonald's murder

McCarthy: 'Nonsense' to claim his firing of Dante Servin was politically timed


The Los Angeles Times

Amid drought, San Diego faces the opposite problem: too much water

How the Gold King Mine spill continues to affect Navajo life


The Christian Science Monitor


With graphic video, Chicago police and activists ask: How much transparency?

Can Jeb Bush rise again? Look to Florida for clues.

Is the GOP establishment trying to gang up on Trump?

'White Student Union' sites roil more than 30 US college campuses


The Washington Post

Teacher: A student told me I ‘couldn’t understand because I was a white lady.’ Here’s what I did then.

In net neutrality case, these 3 judges hold great sway over the fate of the Internet

Chicago cop charged in shooting has a history of misconduct complaints

Protests in Chicago after release of police video

Standoff over government climate study provokes national uproar by scientists

‘What an incredible tapestry’: Obama honors 17 with Medal of Freedom

There are no black angels in heaven

Minneapolis police say three people in custody after shooting injures five near protests, one suspect released

Baltimore judge opts not to sequester jurors in first trial of Freddie Gray case


A debate over a mascot, a racially charged threat and another college cancels classes


USA Today


Lawsuit: School district ignored sexual misconduct with student

Hundreds protest as Chicago releases video of cop shooting teen 16 times








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