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Today in Black America - February 6

POSTED: February 06, 2017, 9:00 am

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Today in Black History: Reggae superstar and humanitarian Bob Marley is born in Jamaica on this date in 1945.


The New York Times


National

Trump and Staff Rethink Their Tactics After Early Stumbles

Legal Battle on Travel Ban Is Test for Trump’s Power

Kerry and Albright Ask Courts to Keep Blocking Ban

Here’s a Look at the Leading Arguments


The President Has Much Power Over Immigration, but How Much?

The Massacre That Wasn’t: A ‘Fake News’ Turning Point

Trump Clashes Early With Courts, Portending Years of Legal Battles

‘So-Called’ Judge Criticized by Trump Is Known as a Mainstream Republican

How Washington State Upended Trump’s Travel Ban

A Resettlement Mission Upended by the Sweep of a President’s Pen

A Small Ohio Town Clamors to Curb Aggressive Policing

Trump Says Health Law Replacement May Not Be Ready Until Next Year


Local


Man Arrested in August Strangling of Jogger in Queens

City Comptroller Blocks Contract to Buy Body Cameras for Police Officers

New York Changes How It Tests for Lead in Schools’ Water, and Finds More Metal


The Christian Science Monitor


In Niger, Christian and Muslim leaders push harder to counter creeping radicalism

Can Tillerson steer US foreign policy into calmer waters?

Trump's evangelical support is wide. But how deep?

Spotted in Washington: conservatives supporting climate action


Philly.com


Powelton neighbors: Shooting victim was loved, a 'pillar' and 'legend'

'No Pence! No fear!' Philly crowds protest VP Pence, President Trump's immigration orders

In Philly, VP Pence urges Senate confirmation of Gorsuch for Supreme Court

Pa. probe finds cheating, instructor misconduct at State Police academy


The Star-Ledger


From guns to environment: 5 Obama regulations N.J. Republicans voted to repeal

N.J. lawyer who conspired with drug dealers faces decades in prison


N.J. bill would roll back strict pedestrian safety rules for drivers


Arsenic, lead levels could crush property values in N.J. town, suit says


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Hundreds march through downtown Cleveland in opposition to Trump's travel ban

Man charged in Alianna DeFreeze's death was jailed during two unsolved homicides near where teen was found

Family of Alianna DeFreeze asks mourners to stop leaving mementos at home where 14-year-old's body was found


Marchers thank Cleveland police officers for work in case of Alianna DeFreeze

Recent federal court ruling on Trump travel ban likely won't immediately affect Cleveland Clinic doctor

What would Betsy DeVos mean for Ohio schools?



The Chicago Tribune


Chicago State pursuing $60M second campus

Rauner names advisory board to help Chicago State University

Comptroller Mendoza rips Rauner on budget impasse

1 dead, 10 hurt in city shootings


The Detroit Free Press


Worker safety agency probes sewage, odor complaints at Jackson prison

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announces re-election bid

Feds subpoena state housing agency


The Washington Post


For Trump’s travel ban, a lengthy legal battle looms large


State Dept. reverses visa revocations, allows barred travelers to enter U.S.


Kerry, ex-CIA officials tell court that Trump order will ‘endanger troops in the field’

In Nebraska, Syrian refugees find a warm and welcoming community


Trump’s Twitter assault on judge raises questions for Gorsuch on independence


The Trump administration has sprung a leak. Many of them, in fact.


The Fix: Trump is throwing so much at us, we can't possibly call all the fouls


GOP senators recoil at Trump’s latest defense of Putin; McConnell calls Russian leader ‘a thug’


Former top diplomats, tech giants blast immigration order as court showdown looms


How protesters plan to get under Trump’s skin wherever he goes

Martin O’Malley and Larry Hogan are both pushing to end gerrymandering

D.C. program aims to curb need for remedial college math


The Los Angeles Times


EDITORIAL: Putting Scott Pruitt in charge of the EPA risks irreversible damage to the planet


There's a long history of presidential untruths. Here's why Donald Trump is 'in a class by himself'

Legal fight over immigration order focuses on appeals court as states argue against reinstating the ban


Noisy town hall protests show how the left is trying out tea party tactics to fight Trump


Steep public pension costs push California cities toward the brink

Californians are paying billions for power they don't need


USA Today


Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril










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