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Today in Black America - November 8

POSTED: November 08, 2016, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts becomes the first Black elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction in 1966.

The New York Times

National

Presidential Election: Voters Decide Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Voting Guide: How, When and Where to Vote

What Are the States to Watch?

Fear Is Driving Voting Rights Advocates and Vigilantes to Watch Polling Stations

‘Fired Up’ Obama Makes Final Push for Clinton, and His Legacy

Donald Trump Soaks in the Adulation in Improvised Final Stop

Optimism From Hillary Clinton and Darkness From Donald Trump at Campaign’s End


Local


In New York, Homeless and Making Plans to Vote

Breakaway Group in New York Senate Becomes an Island of Power

Plan to Rein In New York’s Street Fairs Prompts Unexpected Backlash

Woman Thrown in Front of Train at Times Square Subway Station Is Killed

Chief of New York’s Struggling Public Hospital System Is Resigning


The Christian Science Monitor

Supreme Court confronts racial impact of predatory loans in financial crisis

From Kenya, US gets helping hand with election monitoring


Did FBI save Hillary Clinton – or sink her?


Why the US Senate could swing to the Democrats


The Star-Ledger

NJCU student killed in Newark stabbing had 'vibrant smile,' love for children


See just how low Christie's approval ratings have sunk due to Bridgegate trial

Christie says he's done being a 'punching bag' on the Bridgegate scandal


Want to talk to NJ Transit about new Hudson tunnels? Here's your chance


Ex-Rutgers student charged with stabbing 2 at business school



Philly.com

Phila. police fatally shoot armed suspect in confrontation

Police justified in deadly Harrisburg shooting, DA rules

End of SEPTA strike allows some regular users to reclaim their lives


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

8 numbers and trends to look for on Election Night in the battleground of Ohio


It's Election Day! What you need to know about voting

Cleveland police car set on fire in First District parking lot

Cleveland police investigate shots fired at Bratenahl police along Interstate 90


The Chicago Tribune

What you need to know on Election Day in Illinois

Officials appeal for calm, condemn rhetoric after fatal police shooting in Mount Greenwood


Residents on crime-plagued blocks: 'People ain't neighbors no more'


3 killed, 15 others wounded in Chicago shootings


Homicides up 55 percent in Chicago after another violent weekend

Disciplinary action looms against Marist students after ‘racially charged post’


The Detroit Free Press


Complaint filed against Duggan over campaign document


Absentee voters in Detroit wait till last minute to turn in ballots

Seat maker Adient eyes Detroit for corporate office for 500 workers


The Washington Post

Long lines, voter intimidation among top concerns

Clinton and Trump make emotional final appeals


What one swing state can teach us about political polarization

Jury awards $3 million to U-Va. dean in Rolling Stone defamation case

Jury selection postponed in Charleston church-shooting trial; police probe threatening letters

Race riots, terrorist attacks and martial law: Oath Keepers warn of post-election chaos

Why Wells Fargo, JP Morgan and other big banks are still receiving taxpayer bailout money


Rules surrounding the president’s picks for top jobs heard by the Supreme Court

Third UMd student reports being hit by BB gun projectile.

Marcus Garvey’s son wants President Obama to pardon his famous father. Time is running out.


The Los Angeles Times

L.A. voters to decide on $1.2-billion bond for homeless housing

In 'predictable,' deep-blue California, voters find their motivation

In Nevada, some Native Americans have to travel 270 miles to vote

Women testify that 2 LAPD officers sexually assaulted them


USA Today


Prince Harry condemns racist, sexist abuse of girlfriend Meghan Markle

As millions vote, thousands monitor polls for problems







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