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Today in Black America - March 2

POSTED: March 02, 2018, 2:00 pm

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Today in Black History: In Montgomery, AL 15 year-old Claudette Colvin is arrested for refusing to move from her seat for a white passenger on a city bus in 1955.


The New York Times


National


How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries

Two Fatally Shot on Central Michigan University Campus

Trump Calls Trade Wars ‘Good’ and ‘Easy to Win’

A Bold Move on Trade That Experts Say Could Backfire


Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears


Trump’s Oval Office Chaos Theory Is Taking Its Toll

Hope Hicks’s Unlikely Rise, and Her Unexpected Exit

Pennsylvania Race May Turn on Trump Voters’ Regrets

3 Children Found Living in a Plywood Box in California, Officials Say



Local


Alberto Carvalho Backs Out of New York City Schools Job

Cuomo Changes Rationale for Accepting His Appointees’ Donations


Emergency Plan Spends Modestly on Subway’s Big Woe



Philly.com

Kenney's proposed tax hikes: How much will they cost you?

Editorial: Kenney's budget makes no-brainer connection between higher taxes and better schools


DA Larry Krasner and Philly FOP have an early spat over...what?


The Detroit Free Press


CMU shooting: Student killed parents in dorm


REI joins NRA boycott, criticizes Vista Outdoor


Snyder signs bill to end hated fees for drivers


East Lansing apologizes for racist past


The Star-Ledger


Murphy reverses Christie on crucial N.J. pension change

Bridgegate defendants fight to stay out of jail


Newark planning board rejects plan for homeless veteran shelter

Murphy will still push millionaires tax, setting up possible showdown with top Democrat

Mayor could face censure over sharing conspiracy aimed at Parkland survivor


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Career criminal ripped off Kent State, Land Bank, attorneys in 'sophisticated' counterfeit check scheme, prosecutors say


Grand jury declines charges in rape investigation of Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Michael Nelson

Trio who settled with Cuyahoga County over overturned murder convictions will also seek money from Ohio


Grafton Correctional inmates prepare 100,000 meals for community (photos)



The Chicago Tribune


EDITORIALS: The case for Toni Preckwinkle


Mom of Quintonio LeGrier, Chicago teen slain by cop, says city went ‘low’ by asking her about prostitution


Ahead of walkouts over gun issues, students and schools wonder: Can kids be punished for protesting?


Jesse Jackson Jr. to judge: Let me sell the home where my wife and kids live


Tracking the ‘Baby Glock’ that killed Cmdr. Bauer: A Wisconsin shop, a gun club and a shadowy sale on the internet


The Washington Post


‘Jared has faded’: Inside the 28 days of tumult that some say could mark the fall of the House of Kushner


Kushner’s concerns include an impending $1.2 billion company debt


White House softens tone on gun-control measures after Trump meets with NRA

After backlash, Mike Huckabee quickly resigns from Country Music Association Foundation


Analysis: How Trump’s campaign may have offloaded spending on polling to a nonprofit

Federal court upholds ruling that cross-shaped monument on public land in Md. is unconstitutional


In a prestigious high school math and science program, alumni say #MeToo

Virginia Supreme Court vacates 40-year-old rape conviction

‘March For Our Lives’ gun-control rally bumped from Mall by ‘talent show’


USA Today


There are hundreds of new state gun laws since Newtown. Most have expanded access to guns.













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