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Today in Black America - August 4

POSTED: August 04, 2016, 7:00 am

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Today in Black History: President Barack Hussein Obama, the first Black elected President of the United States, was born on this date in 1961 in Hawaii.

The New York Times

National

Trump Edges Close to Clinton With Flood of Donations


Unfiltered Voices From Trump Rallies

Opinion: Why Can’t the G.O.P. Get Real With Black Voters?

Blow: Trump Reflects White Male Fragility

Kansas Voters Send Message by Ousting Tea Party Firebrand

Justices Temporarily Block Virginia Order on Bathroom Choice

Clinton to Discuss Jobs in Las Vegas, a Town With Trump’s Name All Over It

Hillary Clinton Campaign Takes First Steps in Presidential Transition

Texas Agrees to Soften Voter ID Law After Court Order


Local


Social Circles Collide on a Dance Floor. Then a Brawl Ends in Death.

Official Defends Cuomo Program That Has Created Only 408 Jobs


Tightrope Walk Awaits New York’s New Police Commissioner, and de Blasio

City Report Suggests Progress in Effort to Curb Violence at Rikers Island

Wrongfully Convicted of Rape, a New Jersey Man Finds More Punishment After Prison


The Christian Science Monitor


Claims of a new racism, and a new remedy

Trump's unraveling GOP: How we reached this point


In Kansas, Republican romance with tea party sours

Washington law-enforcement officer arrested for buying gift cards for ISIS

CHANGE AGENT: She creates quilts with a message



Philly.com


It's three big-headline cases at once for Philly law firm


Cosby says jurors shouldn't hear his phone call with accuser's mom

Poll: Police harassment familiar to young blacks, Hispanics

Obama shortens terms for 214 prisoners; 67 had life sentence


The Star-Ledger


Bomb threat clears Statehouse in Trenton, report says

Trump Taj Mahal to close after Labor Day due to casino worker strike

N.J. to slash pension investments in hedge funds that were criticized by unions

Judge tosses sex assault conviction of man long fighting to clear his name

Sweeney risks his bid for gov. with shocking jab at unions | Moran


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Ohio woman dies of wounds from protecting grandchildren from sex offender

Oberlin College professor who caused controversy with anti-Semitic statements will not teach

President Obama commutes several Ohioans' drug sentences as part of mass clemency


Cleveland schools "not handling money well" with its no-bid projects, bond watchdog panel says

Ex-Cleveland Brown Reggie Rucker sentenced to 21 months in prison for stealing from nonprofits


Ohio colleges collaborate with each other and companies to train workers



The Detroit Free Press


Will balance of power shift in Michigan House of Representatives?

U.S. attorney general Loretta Lynch meets with Arab Americans, Muslims


Donald Trump headed to Detroit for Economic Club speech

Janeé Ayers headed to victory in Detroit City Council primary

4 Michiganders receive commutations from Obama


The Washington Post


GOP reaches ‘new level of panic’ over Trump candidacy

Surge of small donations helps Trump close in on Clinton

Why some whites are waking up to racism

Obama just commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates

Trump: Once I’m president, police officers will no longer be shot on the job


Obama administration is rapidly running out of money to fight Zika


Kaine says N.C. voter-ID ruling could prompt a big uptick in Democratic turnout

Supreme Court issues stay in transgender bathroom case, blocking teen’s use of boys’ bathroom

Sickle cell trait may not increase the risk of death


Hogan keeps most of legislature’s ‘fenced off’ money for rainy-day fund


D.C. Council Member tries to tamp down furor over conflict of interest

How did an alleged ISIS supporter remain on Metro police so long? Or get hired?


The Los Angeles Times


A rush to get health coverage makes Louisiana a powerful Obamacare symbol

After years of asking the hard questions, L.A.'s longest-serving police commissioner is stepping down


LAPD officers who fatally shot Ezell Ford sue city, alleging racial discrimination


USA Today


Miss Florida lost her crown; now she wants $15M


New Jersey man cleared of 1988 rape by DNA test











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