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Poet Countee Cullen wins Phi Beta Kappa honors at New York University on this date in 1925.

Today in Black America - April 6

POSTED: April 06, 2017, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Bobby Hutton, an 18 year-old Black Panther Party leader, is shot and killed by police in Oakland, California on this date in 1968.

The New York Times

National

Sidelined on Security Council, Bannon Sees Role Diminish

EDITORIAL: President Trump’s Most Important Meeting

No Rest for the Wary: First Family’s Needs Strain Secret Service

G.O.P. and Democrats Set to Collide on Filibuster and Supreme Court

As Latest Health Plan Dies, Republicans Can’t Agree on a Culprit


Wall Street and Washington: A New Love Affair

2 Years After Racial Turmoil, Ferguson Re-elects White Mayor

Lolis Elie, Lawyer Who Helped Desegregate New Orleans, Dies at 87

Baltimore Judge Rejects Request to Delay Police Hearing

A Train Derails, and 4 Transit Systems in the Northeast Are Thrown Into Chaos



Local

Track Flaws Are Focus of Penn Station Derailment Inquiry, Official Says


Trump Weighs Infrastructure Bill but Keeps New York Up in the Air

Christie Stays Far From Transit Woes, Though Not in Commuters’ Eyes

Robert Gangi Announces Candidacy for Mayor of New York



The Christian Science Monitor

Does the Gorsuch vote really portend a nuclear winter for governing?

New GOP health plan could raise premiums; no vote scheduled

One unauthorized immigrant's story: more complicated than a sound bite


Philly.com


BLM Philly: Black-only spaces are a gathering place to 'organize, heal'

Black Lives Matter meetings banning whites rankle


Chamber of Commerce to sue city over wage equity law

Baer: An outsider's view from inside Pa.'s legislature


The Chicago Tribune


Emanuel wants to add a CPS graduation requirement: Get an acceptance letter


Tough night for many suburban mayors


Naperville elects first African-American to council

Police believe teen killed four to avenge father's slaying the previous night


'The names won’t be forgotten': Mothers of children killed in police shootings rally in Zion

Boy, 16, killed, 8 wounded in city shootings


Illinois $15 minimum wage clears House committee



The Star-Ledger


N.J. has a $223M budget hole to plug by July, budget experts say

State board OKs up to $3.3M to save troubled education agency

'One too many times': school rallies for more cops after Jersey City murder

How Jersey City cops are tackling gun violence and impact of social media

N.J. woman enraged by 'fancy white people' arrested in hammer attack, officials say


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio ranks 22nd highest for property tax bills; 9th for property tax rates


Ohio's economic recovery lags nation, experts testify

Ohio tax revenues fell 33 percent short of estimates in March


Cleveland's oversight led to improper sentences for numerous people charged with traffic crimes


The Detroit Free Press


State legal fees for Flint: $12M and growing

Superstation 910 AM replaces Monica Conyers with Denny McLain


Wayne County jail contractor's indictment thrown out by appeals court


The Washington Post

Democratic opposition to Gorsuch comes from inside and outside of Washington

The Fix: Gorsuch’s 11th-hour plagiarism scare

Analysis: Your guide to Gorsuch’s confirmation to the Supreme Court

Mitch McConnell: ‘Nuclear’ option helps Senate. John McCain: ‘Whoever says that is a stupid idiot.’


At Trump’s request, House may tweak health-care bill before recess


More than 1 in 5 U.S. adults infected by high-risk HPV, report says

Secret Service agent on Pence’s detail suspended after meeting prostitute

The Republican corporate tax plan is confusing. Here’s how it works.

Arkansas is set to start executing eight people the day after Easter


‘How dare you work on whites’: Professors under fire for research on white mortality


Howard U faculty leaders vote no confidence in university president. But some say vote was flawed.

Jeh Johnson, Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jackson question Morehouse board as leadership struggle intensifies


Pepsi tried cashing in on Black Lives Matter with a Kendall Jenner ad. Here’s how that’s going.

Trump’s EPA moves to dismantle programs that protect kids from lead paint



The Los Angeles Times

'You want to have a screwed up state?' If not, then vote to raise taxes, Brown says


Conspiracy Theorist in Chief

State commission makes no recommendation on L.A. charter schools’ future

With L.A.'s skid row at a tipping point, a divisive vote on local representation


USA Today


Maxine Waters: O'Reilly 'needs to go to jail'; Fox a 'sexual harassment enterprise'


Senate poised to 'go nuclear' for Gorsuch confirmation

Fact check: Trump distorts facts on Obama's stimulus bill








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