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Today in Black America - April 13

POSTED: April 13, 2016, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: In 1964 Sidney Poitier becomes the first Black to win an Academy Award for best actor for his role in 1963's "Lillies of the Field."


The New York Times

National


Opinion: Did Blacks Really Endorse the 1994 Crime Bill?

Opinion: Why I’m Supporting Bernie Sanders


Editorial: Clinton Needs to Say More About the Crime Bill

Trump Calls System ‘Rigged’ as Cruz Racks Up Delegates


Victims’ Mothers Are a Force for Clinton

Paul Ryan Rules Out Run for President

Nebraska Legislature Rejects Winner-Take-All Electoral Vote System

North Carolina Governor Tries to Step Back From Bias Law


Hillary Clinton Puts Racially Charged Skit on Bill de Blasio’s Shoulders


As Lead Levels Dip, Flint Residents Are Urged: Run Your Water

Baltimore After Freddie Gray: The ‘Mind-Set Has Changed’

Panel Calls for Major Changes at Texas Jail That Held Sandra Bland



Local


Lawyers Again Question Prosecution’s Conduct in 2003 Murder Case

Conflicting Conclusions Drawn After Officers Enter a Brooklyn Apartment


Gang Member Stoked Violence That Led to His Sister’s Murder, Prosecutor Says

Editorial: Summer Jobs for All City High School Students


The Christian Science Monitor


Want to shrink the wage gap? Help parents care for kids.

Political correctness run amok? De Blasio's 'racist joke' gives left a taste.

Why GOP might be misjudging 'stolen' delegate uproar


The Star-Ledger


Racial profiling debate: 3 questions on policing in N.J.

Rutgers student killed in possible drug robbery had 'bright future'


Opening statements expected tomorrow in trial of Newark man accused of killing boy


N.J. could phase out special aid to some school districts


Cruz: Christie 'in his own private hell' for backing Trump

Mukherji bill to help homeless get free ID approved by Assembly



Philly.com


Phila. wins $3.5M grant to cut inmate numbers

Fattah lawyers launch first attack on evidence

Kenney looks back over 100 days


Toomey still balking on high court vote


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cleveland Councilman defects from Green Party, returns to Dems (video)


Columbus police officer dies from gunshot wound suffered in weekend shooting

John Kasich appoints Angela Stokes' replacement to Cleveland Municipal Court

State to shutter 10 prison farms, sell off land


$61 million for Cuyahoga County projects in Ohio budget: See the list


State Auditor David Yost finds that state charter school sponsor reviews were "noncompliant"

2016 is the second year without executions in Ohio, but death penalty foes won't claim victory yet


The Detroit Free Press


Message to Congress expected to be Flint deserves better

Task force blasts state leaders, EM law for Flint water crisis


Shahid Khan's advice to engineers: 'Make sure you make money'


Detroit to host job fair to help minority demolition contractors

Why was Monica Conyers at Bob Bashara hearing?


The Chicago Tribune


Teen was fatally shot by cop as he was scaling fence, according to police source, witness


Reports address Chicago's under-enrolled high schools

Chicago police must face 'hard truths' about racist past, task force draft report says


Editorial: As a new report slams his department: The big job ahead for Chicago's top cop

Gov. Rauner's interim grade: An epic F


The Washington Post


Bill Clinton grapples with the then and the now

Cruz likely to block Trump on a second ballot at convention


In Kasich’s call for governing experience, some hear another gasp of old GOP

Eric Holder endorses former prosecutor in Md. congressional race


Voter anger is mostly about party, not social class


More than 50 health, religious and labor groups urge Congress to reject TPP trade deal


In 6 graphs, here’s why young women don’t support Hillary Clinton as much as older women do

This study 40 years ago could have reshaped the American diet. But it was never fully published.


D.C. to unveil new crime hotline to connect victims with services

The ugly truth about Confederate memorials


Senator: The Obama administration is trying to skirt new federal education law


The Los Angeles Times


The plan to get every California kid into preschool

Los Angeles poised to adopt environmental protections for polluted communities

L.A. workers would get 6 paid sick days under new proposal

Kobe Bryant has had a lasting bond with L.A., and now he reaches his final game

10 memorable moments from Kobe Bryant's 20-year NBA career



USA Today


Sen. Leahy says 'sleazy' Supreme Court fight will reverberate

'Affluenza' teen to appear in adult court








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