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POSTED: September 27, 2017, 7:00 am

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Today in Black History: Hiram R. Revels, the first Black American to serve in the United States Senate, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The New York Times

National

Treating Puerto Rico’s Sick and Injured ‘Is Like in War’


The Devastation in Puerto Rico, From Above


Puerto Rico: What Other Americans Should Know

EDITORIAL: How Gun Controls Work Beyond Washington

McConnell Scraps Vote on Latest G.O.P. Health Care Bill

How Failure of the Obamacare Repeal Affects Consumers

Fate Uncertain for Bipartisan Bills to Protect Mueller


Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

Trump Proposal Cuts Taxes for Companies and Individuals

Microsoft C.E.O. Says Equality in Tech Is ‘Not Sufficient’

Opinion: When Black Children Are Targeted for Punishment



Local


Dean Skelos’s 2015 Corruption Conviction Is Overturned


Prison Term for Weiner Is Set, but Where Will He Go?

Prosecutor Recommends Loss of Vacation for Officer in James Blake Case

Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground



Philly.com


CEOs scolded Trump after Charlottesville. Will corporations close their checkbooks?

Independence Blue Cross commits to Affordable Care Act exchange for 2018

Armstrong: Yo, FOP: call of the party for suspended Philly cop


Octavius V. Catto statue, saga are homeruns for youngsters


Jones: Catto now a visible part of Philadelphia's history


Lower Merion and Penn Wood high schools are featured in National Geographic doc on the digital divide in America


The Detroit Free Press


State police director's FB post: NFL players who take knee during anthem are 'degenerates'


Two dozen victims duped out of $21K in Detroit deed fraud scheme; 4 charged


Michigan, Flint ordered into talks on long-term water supply

Proposed auto insurance bills could drastically cut rates in Michigan


The Star-Ledger


Trump may pick N.J. State Police leader for top DEA job

N.J. health commissioner heading to powerful hospital group

Menendez threatened to use Senate powers in port security dispute: official

How did N.J. kids do on the SAT last year? It's complicated.

One of N.J.'s poorest cities is about to become a food desert


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Zack Reed hires new campaign manager for stretch run of Cleveland mayoral race

Should registered voters in Ohio who haven't voted in six straight elections be purged from the rolls?

Grand jury expected to hear evidence this week in case of Tanisha Anderson, who died in Cleveland police custody


ECOT has become a "dropout" school - at least for now


Ohio State University among colleges reaping big bucks from application fees, study shows


The Chicago Tribune


2 killed, 4 wounded in city shootings Tuesday and Wednesday

Family injured in attack at Six Flags Great America; 9 suspects arrested

Chicago homicide rate compared: Most big cities don't recover from spikes right away

Legal experts doubt Wheaton College hazing case will end in felony convictions


STEVE CHAPMAN: Why do whites oppose the NFL protests?



The Los Angeles Times


New Republican tax outline gives huge cuts to businesses, but details of individual relief are less certain

Roy Moore, brash conservative, wins Alabama Republican Senate primary over Trump-endorsed candidate

Scientists may have found a way to diagnose CTE in football players while they're still alive


Study finds broad public, police support for release of LAPD shooting video, but sharp split over timing



The Washington Post


Tuesday started as a bad day for Mitch McConnell. It only got worse.


Senate GOP won’t vote on its latest health-care bill

Firebrand Moore wins Ala. Senate primary, dealing a blow to GOP leadership

Analysis: Winners and losers from Roy Moore’s Alabama special election victory

After Alabama, GOP anti-establishment wing declares all-out war in 2018

Growing list of conservative demands threatens bipartisan deal on ‘dreamers’


Sen. Bob Corker’s departure will reverberate through GOP on foreign relations, national security


The Fix: Pay attention to the environment Corker is leaving

Trump backs off vow that private sector should help pay for infrastructure plan


Georgetown Law students and faculty protest speech by Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Dozens of bodies buried next to MGM casino outside Washington will be moved

Milloy: For two Maryland residents, protests over police brutality seem to have gotten lost in the flag


D.C. police oversight agency says complaints are rising over searches

Rep. Elijah Cummings, back from surgery, tells staff: Keep fighting for democracy


USA Today


What's a bigger economic threat than North Korea? Washington politics, survey says

Florida disaster chief quits as state recovers from hurricane


Obamacare overhaul efforts are dead for now. What does that mean if you're an Obamacare consumer?








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