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Today in Black America - April 26

POSTED: April 26, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: South Africa held its first all-race election in 1996, with almost 23 million voters casting ballots over four days.

The New York Times


National

North Carolina Voter ID Law Is Upheld by Federal Judge


What to Watch For as Five Eastern States Go to the Polls

Sanders Supporters Consider Where to Turn if His Bid Fails

Billionaire Environmentalist to Spend $25 Million to Turn Out Young Voters

Obama Administration Seeks to Curb Inmates’ Return to Prison

Where Jobs Are Squeezed by Chinese Trade, Voters Seek Extremes

Criminal Case Against Bill Cosby Is Allowed to Proceed

Friend of Charleston Church Shooting Suspect Agrees to Cooperate


Children’s Arrests in Bullying Case Distress Tennessee City



Local


De Blasio Calls for Election Changes After Voting Problems


De Blasio, Denying Misdeeds Again, Says Claims May Be Driven by Politics

De Blasio to Propose $2 Billion for New York City’s Hospital System


The Christian Science Monitor

US housing crunch: The price isn't right

What do voters want? Maryland race pits job experience vs. life experience

In restoring voting rights to felons, a question of redemption (+video)


The Star-Ledger


48 indicted in bank scheme at Atlantic City casinos

Christie's N.J. Supreme Court pick confirmed, ending long vacancy


N.J. law firm, debt collector fined over consumer lawsuits


N.J. Democrats back striking Verizon workers at Statehouse rally

N.J. Democrats seek to block Christie move to make it easier to get gun permits


Philly.com


Trump draws eager Pa. voters, protesters


Meet Phila.'s first female prisons chief

School District backs converting three schools to charters

Sanders, Clinton quizzed at Constitution Center


The Washington Post


Federal judge upholds controversial North Carolina voting law

Cruz-Kasich alliance against Trump appears to falter early


Obama, who once stood as party outsider, now works to strengthen Democrats

Senate wants Obama to hurry up on new aid agreement with Israel

Sanders chides Connecticut’s Democratic governor on eve of Democratic primary


With GOP in chaos, Democrats struggle with their own deep divisions

The 9-year-old who set up a lemonade stand to help his parents fund his legal adoption


Med school leaders: Why we’re not participating in the U.S. News rankings anymore

Metro blames Red Line fire on ‘foreign object’ touching third rail


McAuliffe’s restoration of felon voting rights may affect Richmond’s mayoral race


The Detroit Free Press

DEQ's Creagh admits to 'breakdown' in handling Flint water complaints

Detroiter once facing foreclosure owns home


Detroit police promise community action after kids shot

9 principals cut deals in DPS corruption case



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Body found on East Side identified as missing Warrensville Heights woman


Tamir Rice settlement doesn't end the need for policing changes: Mark Naymik

Tamir Rice settlement: How Cleveland's $6 million payout compares with similar cases in US


Attorney for officers in Tamir Rice shooting issues statement about $6 million settlement


The Chicago Tribune


Sanders' impact on millennials: 'He's moving a generation to the left'

1 dead, 13 wounded in Chicago shootings

Alleged sex abuse victim sues Dennis Hastert for breach of contract

Emanuel denies role in firing as groups rally around principal

EDITORIALS: Welcome, 'Benefit Chicago,' to social investing in this city


The Los Angeles Times


Kamala Harris in driver's seat at California's first U.S. Senate debate

Assistant sheriff is stepping down after overseeing major changes in L.A. County jails


USA Today

Tuesday's 'Amtrak' primary runs on one timetable

More than 500,000 boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy

Robert Shrum: Banish all superdelegates








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