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Today in Black America - December 26

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Today in Black History: Author Jean Toomer is born in 1894. Today is the first day (Umoja/Unity) of Kwanzaa.

The New York Times

National


Don Hogan Charles, Lauded Photographer of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 79

Opinion: To the Chicago Police, Any Black Kid Is in a Gang

Democrats Leave Few House Seats Unchallenged

Business Schools Now Teaching #MeToo and Trump

Parents Killed After Warning Daughter About Boyfriend’s Racist Views, Family Says

After a Chaotic Start, Congress Has Made a Conservative Mark

Andrew McCabe, F.B.I.’s Embattled Deputy, Is Expected to Retire



Local


Eric Garner’s 27-Year-Old Daughter Is in a Coma


New York’s Attorney General in Battle With Trump

Working Families Party Starts Small, but Thinks Big


New York Today: A Kwanzaa Tradition on a Harlem Stage

The End for the Tappan Zee Bridge Comes in Pieces, Not With a Boom


Philly.com

4-year-old Philadelphia girl shot in father's arms

Amid Daylin Leach allegations, Dems regroup in key House race


The Detroit Free Press

Analysis: The quiet probe into Clinton email investigation could be a landmine for Robert Mueller


SE Michigan political up-and-comers say they're ready for their close-ups, ready to lead

Would Michigan Legislature give $87M to defend poor people accused of a crime?


The Chicago Tribune


Black victims of heroin, opioid crisis 'whitewashed' out of picture, report finds

Christmas weekend shootings: least violent holiday in recent years

With daily physical education no longer the law, schools revising PE plans

Jesse Jackson says he manages Parkinson's with daily therapy

Tax code changes will affect your paycheck, and W-4s will require tweaking



The Star-Ledger

Infant bed-sharing deaths in N.J. are at a record high. Now lawmakers may take action.

Job 1 for Murphy: Change the N.J. Transit culture | Editorial


Pardoned by Christie, woman pushed for change to U.S. gun laws

Despite Trump, people in N.J. and nation kept signing up for Obamacare


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Watch daytime shootout at Cleveland gas station that injured 3, including 7-year-old girl (video)

Stay and fight, or move? Legal Aid to help more renters battle lead poisoning and eviction



The Washington Post


Russian threat went uncontested by U.S. as it metastasized

Russian warships skate close to British waters, U.K. navy says

America’s trade wars are heating up, as more U.S. companies sue for relief


Jesse Jackson delivers sermon to Chicago inmates

Muted response to first openly gay woman in Va. legislature shows social shift

Could a split Virginia House force delegates to get along? It’s happened before.


Republicans knock holes in Affordable Care Act but don’t demolish the law


MCVET offers shelter, services to the oft-overlooked: homeless female veterans

The District’s cabbies are struggling, so the city is giving them some fares.

Two high schools with similar demographics, yet different outcomes

As poverty rises, one Maryland school system tries a longer school year


The Los Angeles Times

Trump claims he's boosting U.S. influence, but many foreign leaders see America in retreat


Do L.A. Unified's daily random searches keep students safe, or do they go too far?

L.A. and its trash haulers are quarreling over customer bills in the city's new recycling program


No more library fines for most young readers in L.A. County


USA Today

Opinion: America is on the brink of a historic break with Europe, thanks to Trump


These Haitian women were doing great in U.S. — and then returned to aid quake-hit nation

Analysis: The quiet probe into Clinton email investigation could be a landmine for Robert Mueller










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