Jay-Z to stream concert on his new YouTube channel
NEW YORK (AP) - Jay-Z is live-streaming the last of his eight concerts at New York City's Barclays Center for the launch of his new YouTube channel...
NYC seeks Ken Burns' footage for Central Park jogger lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for New York City are seeking access to footage gathered by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in research for his movie about the five men exonerated in the Central Park jogger rape case...
Chris Brown spotted leaving Rihanna's hotel
theGRIO REPORT - This Tuesday, Chris Brown, 23, was photographed in sweatpants and a hoodie, sneaking out of the Gansevoort hotel in NYC. According to the New York Daily News this was the same hotel that ex-girlfriend Rihanna, 24, was staying...
Jay-Z opens Barclays Center with Brooklyn love
NEW YORK (AP) - The newly built Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets, and the team's co-owner, Jay-Z, christened the venue Friday night in uniform...
Federal grant to aid effort by inmates to prove innocence
theGRIO REPORT - The NYPD, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and The Innocence Project recently received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institute of Justice to aid individuals who are seeking to prove their innocence...
Morning-after pills available at 13 NYC schools
NEW YORK - The New York City Department of Education is making the morning-after-pill available to high school girls at 13 public schools...
Decades later, Brooklyn has its own pro team again
NEW YORK (AP) - After decades without a professional sports team, New York City's ascendant borough is hitting the major leagues again on Friday when the Brooklyn Nets' new arena opens to the public...
Beyoncé, Oprah to appear at Alicia Keys' annual Black Ball
NEW YORK (AP) - Call it ladies night: Beyonce and Carole King are joining Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys at Keys' annual Black Ball event...
Version of Emancipation Proclamation to be displayed in Harlem
theGRIO REPORT - The only remaining version of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting will begin an eight city tour this week.
Obama: Beyoncé a 'role model' for daughters
theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z have openly supported President Barack Obama since the beginning of his first term, and they continued the show of support by hosting an upscale fundraiser for the president last night at the rapper's hip 40/40 nightclub in New York City...
