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Today in Black America - July 7

POSTED: July 07, 2017, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Baseball legend, Negro League star and Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige was born in 1906 in Mobile, Alabama.

The New York Times


National

Trump Was Right: Only 4 Agencies Said Russia Meddled. Here’s Why That Still Matters.

For Russia, Trump-Putin Meeting Is a Sure Winner


Hundreds Gather to Protest in Hamburg as G-20 Begins

Hackers Target Nuclear Stations, Security Groups Say

Kansas Senator Is an Unlikely Holdout Against Health Bill

‘Auntie Maxine’ Waters Goes After Trump and Goes Viral

Silicon Valley’s Tiny Satellites May Track North Korea Missiles


How the Growth of E-Commerce Is Shifting Retail Jobs


Two Years Later, Illinois Has Budget After Veto Override

Government Ethics Chief Resigns, Casting Uncertainty Over Agency


Local


Cost of Hudson Tunnel Project Could Hit Nearly $13 Billion, Report Says

Police Seek Motive in Bronx Officer’s Shooting, as Killer’s Sister Offers Perspective

Court Affirms New York State Law Governing Anonymous Juries

De Blasio’s Concessions on Charter Schools Are Disclosed


Philly.com

Surviving a violent attack at Temple University just the beginning for one Philly teen

'No agreements' on how to pay for Pa. budget, GOP House leader says


Saturday services set for Alston B. Meade Sr., 87, honorary consul to Jamaica


Philly gets a new, interim, DA in two weeks


The Star-Ledger

12 more Lakewood residents charged in massive welfare fraud sweep

Cost of new Hudson River rail tunnels soars by billions


Christie budget provokes anger despite deal with Democrats

Could 'Beachgate' drive Christie down to single digits in polls?

Mercer County teacher honored with national social justice award


The Washington Post


GOP must bolster Affordable Care Act’s markets if Senate bill dies, McConnell says

Sen. Cruz aligns with Trump in urging ‘clean repeal’ of ACA if Senate talks fail

A town hall meeting in Kansas shines a light on the GOP’s struggles with its health bill

Here’s what’s at stake when Trump, Putin finally meet

Some ‘sanctuary cities’ have ‘boldly asserted’ they won’t comply with U.S. requests, Justice Dept. says


Trump voter commission to store data on White House computers under purview of Pence staff

Rick Perry offered a ‘little economics lesson.’ It didn’t go so well.

Trump administration to name Georgia health official as new CDC director

Slaying of NYPD officer marks increase in line-of-duty deaths of police


Analysis: Would the Trump administration block a merger just to punish CNN?

Analysis: Breaking: The Democratic Party is different now than it was in 1995


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio House passes bill to decriminalize concealed handguns in schools, other gun-free zones


Ohio commission passes on grand jury reform as state lawmakers yank budget

Why I was arrested while asking Sen. Portman to vote against TrumpCare: Roona Ray (Opinion)

Cleveland Clinic leads multicenter trial on obesity, diabetes

First Year Cleveland's promising fight against infant mortality: editorial


The Los Angeles Times

Fox suspends business news host Charles Payne amid sexual harassment allegations

Approved L.A. Unified settlement would send money to district's neediest schools

Crime has leveled off in L.A., police chief says — and he's 'cautiously optimistic' it will drop

A new era begins as pro-charter majority selects Rodriguez to head L.A. school board


Air quality district moves to restrict public comment after protesters disrupt meeting



The Chicago Tribune


Many in Chicago still struggle to find work despite healthy employment figures. Here's why.

Prepare for 10% budget cuts if soda tax stays on hold, Preckwinkle administration says

Wall Street agency looks at CPS finances 'for a potential downgrade'

Humboldt Park shelter to give city's homeless families privacy, 'dignity'


The Detroit Free Press


16 Detroit schools to serve as recreation centers this summer

Student group sues Macomb college over free speech policy

City of Detroit to federal judge: Don't toss Pistons public funding lawsuit

Riley: City Year tucks Detroit kids under their mentors' arms; they gain trust and hope


USA Today

McConnell: If GOP health bill dies, bipartisan fix will be needed

Trump is considering 'severe' options for North Korea. What they might be

Memphis pledges $900K to surviving 1968 sanitation strikers








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