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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Secret Service agent found drunk by staff at a Dutch hotel was recalled to the U.S. along with two of his colleagues, the day before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in the Netherlands…
OPINION – Our obsession with her every move is what’s most troubling. Instead of revering hard work, conscience of character, dignity and grace, society celebrates insta-fame through any means..
DALLAS (AP) — Former SMU and NBA basketball player Quinton Ross had to ease the fears of friends and family members after he was erroneously reported dead…
NEW YORK (AP) – She’s the first of several guest judges scheduled this season, including Ricky Martin and Redfoo from the band LMFAO…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A new exhibit at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art shows the vibrant world of Negro League baseball through the eyes of legendary black photographer Teenie Harris…
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge has dismissed an arrest warrant that had been issued for Grammy Award-winning singer Anita Baker…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The star of the television show ‘Judge Joe Brown’ has been arrested and charged with five counts of contempt of court in Tennessee..
theGRIO SLIDESHOW – Over the years, there have been quite a few books featuring black characters which have helped to give children a sense of self…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending military aircraft as well as an increased number of special operations forces to Uganda to assist in the search for fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony…
NEW YORK (AP) — The guys love Aretha Franklin: Denzel Washington helped the Queen of Soul celebrate her 72nd birthday in style, and Andre 3000 and Babyface are working on new music for the icon…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A black student who says his suite mates at a California university put a bike lock around his neck and racially harassed him has filed a $5 million claim against the school…
NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West’s campaign to get fiancee Kim Kardashian on the cover of Vogue magazine has finally paid off. They appear in a photo by Annie Leibovitz on the April issue…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools — even as tiny preschoolers…
theGRIO Q&A – With ‘Afraid of Dark’, documentary filmmaker Mya B. says she hopes to make real the lives of everyday black men onscreen in hopes it could, ‘make them harder to kill’…
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — In a university speech, Republican Sen. Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama and other government leaders over recent surveillance disclosures…
CHICAGO (AP) — Vernita Gray, a gay rights activist who wed her partner in Illinois’ first same-sex marriage, has died at age 65…
JANESVILLE, Wisc. – Paul Ryan’s recent comments regarding inner city men and poverty received a stiff rebuke Wednesday from one of the Republican congressman’s constituents, who accused Ryan of playing the race card…
NEW YORK (AP) — Norm Lewis has been tapped to be Broadway’s next Phantom in the megahit “The Phantom of the Opera,” a move that makes him the first African-American to slip behind the famous mask…