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Today in Black America - April 7

POSTED: April 07, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Jazz and Blues vocalist Billie "Lady Day" Holiday was born on this date in 1915 in Philadelphia.


The New York Times


National


Panama Papers Leak Casts a Spotlight on a Secretive Firm


Editorial: A Corporate Tax Dodge Gets Harder

Giant Mergers Face Deterrents From U.S.

Facebook Groups Serve as Weapons Bazaars for Militias

Hillary Clinton Again Looks Upstate for Win in New York

Wisconsin Takeaways: Donald Trump Stumbles and Bernie Sanders Soars, for Now

G.O.P. Donors, Eager to Defeat Donald Trump, Learn to Love Ted Cruz


Senator Mark Kirk Urges Republican Colleagues to Meet With Judge Merrick Garland


Garland Fight Overshadows Effort to Overhaul Sentencing Laws

Obama Revisiting Law School to Give a Supreme Court Lecture

Law School Renamed for Antonin Scalia, Again. Blame Acronym.

Fed Still Waving Caution Flag on Resuming Interest Rate Increases


Local


De Blasio Adding Money for Water Tunnel in Brooklyn and Queens


Marginal Role for de Blasio as New York’s Primary Nears


Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Look to Rebound in New York


Long Island High School Student Sweeps All Eight Ivies

Newtown Teacher Charged With Bringing Gun to Middle School


The Christian Science Monitor


Why Trump's foreign policy resonates with Americans – to a point


Behind minimum wage fight, voices of faith

Africa's glimpse at a global transformation on death penalty (+video)

Common Core tests: Why the 'opt-out' movement isn't losing steam



The Star-Ledger


Prieto unveils rival Atlantic City plan; Christie says no

Ranks of N.J. wealthy growing, not shrinking, budget officials say


Former Rutgers football players named in additional indictments


Orange councilman sues mayor over online porn claims


Newark Uber, taxi drivers go head-to-head over proposed ordinance

24 new charter schools proposed in N.J., 8 in Essex County


Teacher, school bus driver among 16 charged in N.J. child porn sweep


Philly.com


Ex-head of police gun unit is found dead before scheduled questioning


Park dedicated to six killed in building collapse


Bernie tells Philly why his revolution isn't just a pipe dream

Feeling the Bern @Philly: Thousands hear Sanders rip Clinton

Politicians, union leaders, and teachers blast school turnaround plans


Phila. Orchestra expands programs that employ music for social impact


A.C. Council approves plan that keeps City Hall open



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Ohio's new online Common Core tests have no glitches - so far

Gov. John Kasich presents Cleveland tutor Margo Hudson with Governor's Courage Award


Has Ohio Gov. John Kasich's tax policy helped or hurt you?


Cleveland daycare worker who beat child gets maximum prison sentence


Former Cuyahoga County official files lawsuit against county, cleveland.com


Akron to bring back the 'joyful culture of voting' for November election



The Detroit Free Press


Racketeering suit targets Gov. Snyder in Flint water crisis

GOP state convention becomes presidential battleground

Madison Heights woman gets life in killing of man met on Craigslist

Man who fatally shot Renisha McBride may be resentenced


3 DPS principals mum at arraignments in kickback scheme


The Chicago Tribune


Emanuel pension bill now in Rauner's court


Hastert says he's 'deeply sorry' for conduct decades ago

New plan for old Cook County hospital: hotel, apartments, shops

Editorial: A costly Pat Quinn anti-violence debacle: The sequel


The Washington Post


The mysterious message that launched the Panama Papers: ‘Hello. This is John Doe.’

Obama moves to agitate big business in his last year in office

#HillarySoQualified: Pro-Clinton hashtag goes wrong fast

Even after Wisconsin win, Ted Cruz struggles to get establishment GOP support

Poll: Hefty slice of Virginia’s GOP will bolt if Trump is nominee

Clinton’s claim that a Wisconsin judge compared birth control to ‘murder’

What's going on in North Carolina's Republican party?

Sanders ticks off ways Clinton not ‘qualified’ to be president

National nurses union backs Rep. Donna Edwards in Md. Democratic Senate primary


Maryland board approves $5.6 billion Purple Line contract


With one change, this school doubled the number of kids eating school breakfast

Leggett trims proposed property tax increase


Sweeping Maryland police reform measure hits stumbling block


The Los Angeles Times

Tanaka convicted on conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges


Loyola Marymount University wall with pro-immigrant slogans is defaced


Judge says L.A. Councilman Mitch Englander can't call himself a police officer on ballot



USA Today


Sanders' campaign manager says NY race could shake confidence in Clinton

Woman shot 4 times in road rage incident


States, cities ban employee travel to Mississippi, N.C.

WikiLeaks criticizes lack of access to Panama Papers


Man jailed for 38 years for killing alleged klansmen dies













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