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Today in Black America - December 28

POSTED: December 28, 2017, 7:30 am

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Today in Black History: Jazz great Earl "Fatha" Hines is born in 1905. Today is the third day of Kwanzaa, Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility).

The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Colleagues past and present heartbroken by CBS46 anchor Amanda Davis’ death

The New York Times

National

Editorial: Reforms Rein In Police Harassment; Now More Is Needed


One Sure Thing About Complex Tax Bill: New Loopholes


I.R.S. Warns That Prepaying Property Taxes Is a Risk

What 615 Men Said About How They Conduct Themselves at Work

Roy Moore Asks Court to Block Certification of Vote


E.P.A. Wanted Years to Study Lead Paint Rule. It Got 90 Days.

Singer Files Police Report Claiming Corey Lewandowski Slapped Her on the Buttocks


Local


In Rebuke to Trump, Cuomo Pardons 18 Immigrants

Left Behind by the Nation’s Largest Subway System

Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s

Experiencing Injustice, and Now Prosecuting It, From the Top



Philly.com


Philly's Overdose Epidemic

Former Philly Traffic Court judge - convicted of lying to feds - seeks 'fresh start' in Congress

Armstrong: Hate - and lawn signs - have no home in Doylestown Station

SEPTA consultant and Elon Musk trade punches over future of mass transit


Philly schools no longer distresed, top officials say: Harrisburg signs off on SRC dissolution


The Detroit Free Press

Communities grapple over medical marijuana: Few have decided to let the weed flow

Two Detroit police officers arraigned in excessive force cases

Judge: Conservative group can use Michigan teacher's union info


The Chicago Tribune

Federal prosecutors request Kushner's family real estate company records on $285M Deutsche Bank loan

Property taxpayers in Chicago area scramble to pay bills by end of year before rules change

2017 was hard on Chicago taxpayers. Here's what to expect in 2018, and when.


Rates and tempers rise as towns look to private companies to manage water systems

EDITORIALS: In a year and a half, 50 dead by rifle fire in Chicago



The Star-Ledger


Christie pardons campaign donor who tampered with public records

Christie orders N.J. towns to accept 2018 property tax prepayments

Newark Bay-Hudson Extension bridge eastbound closed due to 'critical structural issue'


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Columbus sets grim record with 140 homicides this year


Ohio EPA awarded $936 million in loans to improve water quality


The Los Angeles Times


Americans' declining economic mobility is reflected yet again in fewer moves into new houses and apartments

Three months after a hurricane devastated Barbuda and everybody left, little is back to normal

Military poised to accept transgender troops, despite Trump tweets, as courts block ban

New UC Irvine dean will be only woman of color to lead a top law school, university says



The Washington Post


Editorial: What a presidential president would have said about his first year

Federal prosecutors in N.Y. requested Kushner Cos. records on $285 million Deutsche Bank loan

Trump team plans to cast Flynn as a liar if he accuses president, aides of wrongdoing

Stirring confusion, IRS sets conditions for people to prepay property taxes

Can you prepay? Should you? Here are key questions, answered.


Roy Moore sues to block Alabama Senate result, citing ‘election integrity’

Ryan’s ‘pro-white’ primary foe denounced by Breitbart after his anti-Semitic tweets


GOP intraparty clash poised to shape U.S. Senate contest in Mississippi

Analysis: Most Americans do not support making cuts to programs for people with low incomes


Baltimore County pilot program aims to reduce number of people in jail before trial

Lawmakers to address shortage of psychiatric beds for jail inmates who need hospitalization



USA Today

Atlanta news reporter Amanda Davis dies after suffering massive stroke at airport









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