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Today in Black America - August 5

POSTED: August 05, 2014, 7:30 am

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Today in Black History: The Atlanta Daily World was established as a daily newspaper in 1932 by publisher William Alexander Scott, II, who was murdered in 1934.

The New York Times

Cease-Fire in Gaza Begins as Israel Says It Pulls Troops


U.S. Diplomacy on Gaza Has Little Sway on Israel Policy

Lax Quarantine Undercuts Ebola Fight


Democrats Seize on Social Issues as Attitudes Shift

Washington Meeting of African Leaders Opens to Protests

The 2014 Senate Landscape

A Summer of Extra Reading and Hope for Fourth Grade

Difficult Decisions Ahead in Responding to Police Chokehold Homicide

U.S. Inquiry Finds a ‘Culture of Violence’ Against Teenage Inmates at Rikers Island



The Christian Science Monitor


Toledo water crisis may be over, but toxic algae blooms are in our future


Why the Latino vote matters in 2014 midterms: immigration

Gaza conflict: US zigzag between support, criticism of Israel more pronounced (+video)


With HIV regime-change ruse in Cuba, another black eye for USAID

The Monitor's View: The real leaders at the Obama-African summit


The Star Ledger

Killings of 2 teens are joined by brutality, indifference to life


Newark woman dies mysteriously in East Orange hospital, family finds out 2 weeks later

Hoboken Housing Authority executive director fired at heated meeting


Trenton's 'Complete Streets' initiative is getting mixed reviews


N.J. Supreme Court says rap lyrics are off-limits as evidence in some crime cases


Philly.com

Hundreds mourn kids killed by carjacked SUV


'Gotcha' lets residents report crime in Philly


Newest supermarket service: Mental health screenings


District wants OK to sell high school

Corbett may advance millions to Philly schools



The Detroit Free Press


Recreation center where Joe Louis trained could be demolished


Michigan boy, 12, stabs another child, 9, at playground

Editorial: Time to find a better way on voting


Detroiter who shows love for his block gets love, donations in return

Michigan tells DPS it must craft a new plan for eliminating its deficit

Wafer on porch shooting: 'I didn't want to be a victim in my own house'


2 charged with murder in fatal shooting of 8-year-old in Detroit home



The Washington Post

JAMES S. BRADY 1940-2014:
Survivor of 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan crusaded for gun control


Cohen: Nixon’s racist Republican legacy

Capehart: The GOP and the ‘war on whites’

Has the U.S. labor force stabilized?

New statistics: Pregnancy discrimination claims hit low-wage workers hardest


Candidates losing message control to outside groups


A mystery within the Relisha Rudd mystery

The ‘other’ U.S.-Africa summit


The Chicago Tribune

Wife of Rogers Park slaying victim: 'Kind souls didn't let Wil perish alone'


Surprising plea deal in state Rep. Ford's bank fraud case


Gun charges dropped in FBI home-search case



The Los Angeles Times

Insurance giants creating massive database of patient records


Study: Poor people with diabetes 10 times more likely to lose limb

Gang code of silence compounds a family's heartbreak

Number of AP tests hits all-time high in L.A. Unified


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Summit County Council approves revised sales tax increase, will go to voters in November

Ohio State University announces interim leadership of marching band, following the firing of director Jon Waters

Wife of Cuyahoga County judge charged with felony files for divorce



The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Notice to home burglars: Don’t mess with Hank Aaron


Cobb students return; enrollment higher than expected

Ga. Tech star and wife up for bond in Gwinnett child cruelty case


Low-income families can get six months of free Internet service



USA Today

LinkedIn pays $6M in unpaid wages, damages

World Bank pledges $200 million to fight Ebola


Birds fall from sky amid massive chemical cleanup



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