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Today in Black America - November 3

POSTED: November 03, 2016, 7:30 am

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Today in Black History: Carol Mosely Braun of Illinois becomes the first Black woman elected to the United States Senate in 1992.

The New York Times

National

Don Marshall, Who Made Casting History in ‘Land of the Giants,’ Is Dead at 80


How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth

Obama Faults F.B.I. Chief for Disclosure on Email Case


These Are the Bad (and Worse) Options Comey Faced

Where’s Outrage Over F.B.I. Disclosure? Not Among Voters

Feeling Abandoned, Many Veterans Stand With Trump


Why the G.O.P. Gave Up on Winning Cities


Some Who Saw Change in Obama Find It Now in Donald Trump

Obama’s 3-Day Swing Will Try to Push Blacks and Millennials Hillary Clinton’s Way


Fed Signals It’s on Track to Raise Interest Rates in December



Local


City College Gets Interim Leader After President’s Exit

James Burke, Ex-Suffolk County Police Chief, Is Sentenced to 46 Months

Despite Similarities, Candidate for New Jersey Governor Says He’s No Corzine


Behind Closed Doors, Measures to Reform City’s Campaign Laws Raise Concerns



The Christian Science Monitor

Black turnout: Can Obama help with early voting?

Why Utah, alone, is seriously considering a third choice

Marijuana ballot initiatives: billionaire's tool or direct democracy?

How can the gig economy address discrimination?


Philly.com


The Walking Dread: Commuters move out on foot as SEPTA strike rolls on

Why this 'inconvenienced' SEPTA rider totally supports the strike


Kenney announces new sustainability plan


State Supreme Court turns down request to hear soda tax case now


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Trump campaign, Ohio GOP ask federal judge not to limit poll watchers

Appeals court tosses death-row inmates' lawsuit over Ohio's execution-secrecy law

Ohio troopers providing support at Dakota Access Pipeline protests

RTA facing $30 million deficit, debates making deeper service cuts in 2017


The Los Angeles Times


Trump proposed poll-monitoring in urban areas, so black voters are fighting back with monitoring of their own


As protest rages on, Obama says Army Corps may reroute Dakota Access pipeline

Younger voters overwhelmingly favor marijuana measure, which is likely to pass, poll finds


ATF and LAPD raid San Fernando Valley homes tied to gun and drug trafficking suspects

Wells Fargo will pay $50 million to settle allegations it overcharged homeowners for appraisals


The Washington Post


The good, the bad and the ugly in new state polls for Clinton

Top FBI officials knew about emails potentially related to Clinton server inquiry for weeks

Breaking silence, Obama is critical of Comey decision: ‘We don’t operate on innuendo’

Here’s how gun-control advocates are hoping to win on Tuesday

Gary Johnson still sees 2016 as a game changer. Others call it a missed opportunity for Libertarians

Suspect in Iowa had confrontations in weeks leading to shootings of officers

The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin at odds over price of latest F-35 contract

What’s really keeping college graduates on the lower rungs of the wealth ladder

Federal takeover of Metro? Board chairman’s proposal triggers debate but has some support


Maryland Board of Public Works approves $82 million spending cut


The Detroit Free Press


Bill Clinton meets with black ministers in Detroit


Eastern Michigan University rally to protest racism


Documents show Michigan inmate asked for help before death



The Chicago Tribune


Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win!


Preckwinkle calls former top cop Garry McCarthy a 'racist bully boy'

6 dead, 13 wounded in Chicago shootings

Judge approves class-action status for suit over red light, speed cameras


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 5 points in Ohio, new poll finds

Barack Obama praises Hillary Clinton, digs at Donald Trump at Columbus rally

Battleground Cuyahoga poll: Hillary Clinton has wide lead among early voters; Donald Trump closer among those yet to vote

Democrats, Republicans trade misleading attack ads in contested Ohio 16th House District race


The Los Angeles Times


Businesses and investors are betting Clinton will win. What if she doesn't?

Activists call for answers about fatal shooting of couple by Inglewood police

Should California execute these 749 death row inmates?


USA Today


African Americans May Decide North Carolina


WikiLeaks email shows Justice official alerting Clinton team to House hearing

Activist Deray Mckesson is with her — but not on everything


The Star-Ledger


N.J. public worker pension fund now the weakest in U.S., report says


Candidates in contentious 5th district race charge dueling ads are false


PARCC 2016 test results: Look up your school's scores

N.J. pastor ready to take on the establishment in run for governor








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