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Today in Black America - March 14

POSTED: March 14, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Musical prodigy, producer, and arranger Quincy Jones is born on this date in 1933 in Chicago.

The New York Times


National

Ohio Looms Large in Both Presidential Races Tuesday

Covering Donald Trump, and Witnessing the Danger Up Close

Hillary Clinton Stops Apologizing and Starts to Sprint

G.O.P. Effort to Block Trump May Lead to a Morass


Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump

Ted Cruz Scours Overlooked States, Eyeing a Long Delegate Fight

Proud of Obama’s Presidency, Blacks Are Sad to See Him Go

For Harry Reid, the Supreme Court Vacancy Offers One Last Fight


Recall Effort in Michigan Intensifies Pressure on Gov. Rick Snyder

Momentum to Remove Confederate Symbols Slows or Stops


Local

Trial of 10 Rikers Officers Charged in ’12 Inmate Beating Is Set to Begin

Bouncer Dies After Trying to Break Up a Fight in Queens

Fighting to Give Minority Actors the Spotlight

State Assembly Plan Would Limit New York Lawmakers’ Outside Income


The Christian Science Monitor


On campus, a new civil rights era rises

In activist era, high-schoolers from Boston to Detroit take to streets

What divides America? This weekend, it was a Chicago street.

Teachers crowdfund school supplies. A success, but should it be necessary?


Even as Judiciary panel spars over Supreme Court vacancy, signs of civility


An unusual Muslim response to Donald Trump's comments


The Star-Ledger


Any Atlantic City fix deserves the mayor's input | Editorial


Aide who helped shape Christie's image not returning to N.J.

Can you tell which gun is a fake? N.J. cops say they can't


N.J. Olympian asked to remove hijab at SXSW



Philly.com


On the rocks: Democratic D.A. Williams turns to GOP pols in Harrisburg

'Glaring omission': State anti-hazing laws don't apply to high schools


Kenney considering revision to soda tax


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Hillary Clinton speaks at Highland Hills church; blames Republicans for 'worst financial crisis since Great Depression'

Bernie Sanders supporters rally in the streets of downtown Cleveland (video, photos)

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz to hold rally in Columbus on Sunday


Donald Trump skillfully resurrects the tragic legacy of a dead American teenager: Phillip Morris



The Detroit Free Press


Sanders won in Arab Muslim-majority areas of Dearborn

Flint water e-mails written to stay secret


In Flint, water testing also a test of residents' patience

Riley: Osborn senior, future mogul offers advice to DPS leader


The Chicago Tribune

How Trump struck a deal to profit off the foreign labor he says is killing U.S. jobs


Father of slain 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee charged with shooting 3

Tyshawn Lee was captured and killed by a monster

Citing 'negative image,' Waukegan bans some storefront security shutters


16-year-old dead, 5 wounded in shootings on West, South sides


The Washington Post

How Trump struck a deal to profit off foreign labor

Defiant Trump blames Sanders’s backers for trouble at rallies


Dionne: It’s not just the GOP: Progressives also have a crisis on their hands


Editorial: Democracy is in retreat

The Trump campaign's controversy with Michelle Fields, explained


Exonerated death row inmate challenges Hillary Clinton on her support for death penalty


Hillary Clinton draws criticism for her response to violence at Trump’s Chicago rally


Donna Edwards takes lead in new poll on Senate race in Maryland


With 2 candidates from D.C. suburbs, Maryland Senate race is all about Baltimore

Contest to succeed Rep. Donna Edwards boils down to three veteran politicians


Wrongful convictions cost California taxpayers $282 million over 24 years, study finds

Police officer shot and killed outside Prince George’s police headquarters; 2 suspects in custody

Virginia lawmakers wrap up session, send $105 billion budget to governor



The Los Angeles Times


California's next governor: Who's running, who's on the fence?

Tobacco tragedy prompts support of anti-smoking legislation


'You don't drink the water in Gardena': A year later, residents remain skeptical

Petition calls for arrest of D.A. investigator involved in altercation with defense attorney

180 bodies are stacked up in L.A. County morgue, coroner says


USA Today


The 'elephant in the Valley' is tech's problem


Amtrak train derails in Kansas; 20 taken to hospitals


Sarah Palin campaigns for Trump in Florida
















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