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Today in Black America - May 4

POSTED: May 04, 2016, 9:30 am

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Today in Black History: Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first hospital controlled by Blacks, opened in 1891 on the city's south side
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The New York Times


National


Obama to Visit Flint to Talk About Water Crisis

For Some Living With Flint Water Crisis, Obama Visit Is Overdue

Indiana Primary: Highlights and Analysis


Ted Cruz Suspends His Campaign for President

As States Expand Gun Rights, the Police Object


Lured by Seattle’s Tech Boom, but Being Left Behind

Justice Dept. Takes Steps to Restore Watchdogs’ Access to Records


Los Angeles County Restricts Solitary for Juveniles


Obama May Create Monument to Gay Rights Movement


Local


EDITORIAL: One Jail Term Closer to a Cleaner Albany


Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Gets 12-Year Prison Sentence

Thomas Libous, Powerful New York Senator Felled by Scandal, Dies at 63

New York City Board Could Freeze One-Year Stabilized Leases for Another Year


Studying How Poverty Keeps Hurting Young Minds, and What to Do About It


Brooklyn Teenager Given 12 Years to Life for Killing Bus Passenger


The Christian Science Monitor


Donald Trump's Indiana win raises unsettling questions for GOP

DECODER: The Donald Trump story, revealed in three polling trends (+video)

USA UPDATE: Should Bernie Sanders leave the race? New poll points to 'stay'


The economy is rigged against workers. Or is it?


The Star-Ledger


Ex-cop says evidence led to 'nanny-cam' suspect, but no talk of racial slurs

Wyckoff police chief suspended over racial profiling email

The brutal politics behind the battle over Atlantic City's future

What are the chances of a freshman graduating in 4 years at N.J. colleges?


Parents sue over lead in water at N.J. city's schools


Philly.com


Officer's jaw broken protecting students near Northeast High


Gloucester Twp. police target new 'organized crime' - shoplifting

Her son died in police custody, but this mother can't get any answers

Norcross, Fulop in war of words over Atlantic City


The Detroit Free Press

Teamsters retirees await word on deep pension cuts

Two men charged in Flint water crisis expected back in Flint courtroom

150 gather in Detroit to combat violence against kids

DPS official admits cheating special ed kids out of supplies

Riley: If we won't listen to adults on DPS, listen to a child



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Tamir Rice's mother set to speak at Kent State University's May 4 commemoration

Cleveland Metroparks honored for inner-city work (video)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official says toxic sediment no threat to Cleveland's water supply

Judges drops probation 9 months early for former North Olmsted cop

Akron man paralyzes second shooting victim in four years, prosecutors say



The Chicago Tribune


3 dead, 14 wounded in city shootings


Lucas looking outside Chicago as parks group opposes any lakefront museum sites

Illinois legislators consider more higher education funding

CPS updates guidelines for transgender students and employees


Emanuel makes moves on homelessness; critics still boo


The Washington Post


Ted Cruz drops out of the Republican presidential race

‘Toxic stew of hatred': Elizabeth Warren excoriates Donald Trump

How Bernie Sanders won Indiana, in 60 seconds

Trump promises to obliterate Clinton’s record


Florida has nearly 400 death-row inmates. Will the state overturn all of their death sentences?

Detroit schools back in session after promise teachers will be paid


The White House has some unexpected ideas about reducing crime


Maryland educator who helped spark minority scholars program honored

Guest Post: Justice Dept. to alter its terminology for released convicts, to ease reentry


Virginia’s most endangered places include black cemeteries, a legislative office complex, and a former slave dwelling

D.C. launches lead-testing blitz of water sources at schools, recreation centers


The Los Angeles Times


Sanders wins Indiana, keeping his movement alive

L.A. County severely restricts solitary confinement for juveniles

Secret logs on jail informants are 'distressing,' Orange County D.A.'s office says


Bill to help widows stave off foreclosure passes state Senate committee

Seven Muslim women sue Urth Caffe for discrimination after they were ordered to leave


USA Today


FBI: Suspect in custody in murder of Navajo girl in New Mexico

Sanders wins Indiana, but Clinton looks to November

If Trump destroys GOP, he may take DNC down with him: Jonah Goldberg

John McCain's son bashes critics of Old Navy interracial family ad








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