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Today in Black America - November 3

POSTED: November 03, 2015, 9:30 am

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Today in Black History: Carol Mosely Braun of Illinois becomes the first Black woman elected to the United States Senate in 1992.


The New York Times

National

Editorial: G.O.P.: Save Your Candidates From Themselves

Surprising Jump in Death Rates Seen for Middle-Aged Whites

At the Center of a Rivalry for the Soul of the G.O.P.

Transgender Student Has Locker Room Rights, U.S. Says

Rift Emerges Among Gun Owners Over Concealing Weapons in Schools

Obama Takes Steps to Help Former Inmates Find Jobs and Homes

Delaware Pardons an Underground Railroad ‘Hero’

Supreme Court to Decide if Georgia Went Too Far in Excluding Black Jurors

Obama Chides Republican Field, Saying CNBC Is No Putin

Hillary Clinton Meets With Mothers of Black Men Killed by Police


Local


Entergy to Close Nuclear Plant on Lake Ontario, Angering Cuomo

Jury Selection Begins in Sheldon Silver Corruption Trial


The Christian Science Monitor

Can Episcopal Church's first black leader heal racial divides?

Supreme Court case offers glimpse at role of race in jury selection

How are US cities preparing for next superstorm Sandy?


Philly.com

Fattah Jr. tries to pin blame on lawyer

Ubiñas: New mayor's old worry: violence

'Shut up and vote': Mayor, Council, top judgeships get chosen

A unique way to encourage locals to vote

As city jail deaths rise, will reforms help?


The Star Ledger

Christie blasts N.J.'s top Democrat as 'childish,' sucking up to teachers' union

Can Christie salvage Sandy recovery? | Editorial

Carson leads Trump as Christie ties for 6th place

N.J. taxes second-worst in U.S., Forbes says

Obama tells N.J. inmate's recovery story during Newark stop


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Check out city, school candidates, statewide issues and more in cleveland.com's Voter Guide

Editorial board endorsement roundup


Hillary Clinton meets with Tamir Rice's mother

Cleveland proceeding with gun-offender registry, despite pending lawsuit


The Chicago Sun-Times


Feds: Ex-CPS CEO 'fraudulently' steered $40M contract in Detroit

Citing police racism, African-American man seeks refugee status in Canada

Oklahoma mayor's husband thought KKK party was 'just something to do'


The Detroit Free Press

Judge: Pugh's absence can be issue at sex-grooming trial

Detroit's other blight crisis: Commercial decay

How can classroom assault have nothing to do with race?


The Los Angeles Times

The richest man and the poorest man in Congress are both from California

Hillary Clinton's standing with public rises after Benghazi testimony, poll finds

L.A. City Council to weigh proposals to slash parking fines

Ex-L.A. County sheriff's sergeant sentenced to 8 years in prison in jail visitor beating

Editorial: A fresh challenge to 'peremptory challenges'


The Washington Post

In Colorado Springs, dispatcher brushed off reports of a man with a gun, witness says

Bill Gates spent a fortune to build it. Now a Florida school system is getting rid of it.

Students accuse Yale SAE fraternity brother of saying ‘white girls only’ at party door

Death rates in the U.S. are dropping

After 40 years, a troubled Charleston chooses a new mayor.

The growing problem that has serious implications for the poor

A push to enroll in AP calculus spurs a school to widen its program

Gus Savage, firebrand congressman, dies at 90


USA Today

Rancher killed in shootout with police over injured bull

Obama: Criminal justice reform part of my legacy








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