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Football great Emlen Tunnell, the first Black player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame was born on this date in 1925 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Today in Black America - August 25

POSTED: August 25, 2017, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Tennis star Arthur Ashe becomes the first Black man to win the U.S. Open singles championship in 1968 at Forest Hills, New York.


The New York Times

National

Outcry Grows Over a Wider Array of U.S. Monuments

Democrats Search for Unified Response After Charlottesville

Kelly’s Mission: Controlling Information Flow to Trump

Spending Threat Over Border Wall a Gift for Democrats


EDITORIAL: Say No to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Mr. Trump

Trump’s Afghan Gamble Rests on General He Doubted


Administration Scraps Local-Hiring Plan for Public Works


Local


Bridge of Grand Ambitions Is Set to Open at the Tappan Zee


Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services


A Golf Center Grows in Harlem


New York’s Largest Hospital System Is Closing Its Insurance Business

For $582 Million Spent on Troubled Schools, Some Gains, More Disappointments



Philly.com

After 40 years, prosecutor worries he locked up wrong man


Fired Philly cop who shot 3 men is back on the beat


Philly school principals OK contract worth $25 million


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Here's who's working for Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and others in this year's mayor's race


Cleveland mayoral candidate Zack Reed says his campaign's report erroneously shows him exceeding cap on individual contributions


Every county in Ohio, and nation, will now have an Obamacare insurer

Video gamers are now varsity athletes with scholarships at some Ohio colleges embracing eSports

Barbara Byrd-Bennett reports to "Camp Cupcake" prison on Monday


Cleveland man spread HIV to woman while hiding that he had the virus, police say



The Detroit Free Press


Detroit Land Bank demolition director resigns

Riley: Cobo officials hire firm to explore selling naming rights to convention center


Detroit Land Bank demolition director resigns


Sodexo lawsuit against Detroit schools officially over after $28M settlement


The Chicago Tribune


As Chicago police add thousands more Tasers, a Tribune analysis of 4,700 uses raises red flags


Chatham man talks about being shocked with a Taser by a Chicago police officer in 2015


Democrats, Republicans say a tentative deal reached on school funding


10 years after pit bull attack, teen heals through art and dreams of helping others

Hospitality industry needs more immigrant workers to survive, report says



The Star-Ledger


N.J.'s oldest resident dies, credited longevity to beer and Scotch

City approves major fix for retirees under new health plan

N.J. university removes bust of namesake with slave-owning past

N.J. lawmaker blasted analysts who said his Obamacare repeal would hurt. They fire back.


NJ Transit commuters' long nightmare coming to an end


The Los Angeles Times

Trump foes, questioning his mental fitness, are citing the 25th Amendment. So how does that work?

Editorial Series: Enough is Enough


UC's new payroll system will cost at least $200 million more than expected

Executions could resume after California Supreme Court leaves most of Proposition 66 intact



The Washington Post

CIA director’s close ties to Trump prompt what-ifs inside agency


Trump distances himself from GOP lawmakers to deflect personal blame if agenda stalls


Trump’s economic adviser says president ‘must do better’ to denounce white nationalism

A black man went undercover online as a white supremacist. This is what he learned.


As Kushner leaves Mideast, U.S. calls talks ‘productive’ but doesn’t commit to two-state solution


Perspective: Feds on Trump’s shutdown threat: ‘It’s blackmail’

Federal judges decline to scrap Maryland’s congressional voting map


Analysis: In the Year of the Deciding Vote, one Democrat’s corruption trial could change the Senate — or not


Perspective: Researcher’s fight to close achievement gap irked school board for years

D.C. attorney general wants federal judges to look at city’s strict gun rules again



USA Today


Breitbart, other 'alt-right' websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort







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