US Trade Rep. Ron Kirk to step down
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, who worked to get trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama through Congress, is leaving the Obama administration next month...
'Godmother of Cocaine,' Griselda Blanco, gunned down
NBC NEWS - The convicted Colombian drug smuggler known as the “Godmother of Cocaine,” Griselda Blanco, 69, was gunned down by a motorcycle-riding assassin in Medellin, Colombian national police confirmed late Monday, according to the Miami Herald...
Secret Service must do better by 1st black prez
OPINION - Many in the black community have long held the safety of the president and his family at a higher level of importance than any debate over public policy...
Secret Service prostitution scandal shakes DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - A prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service has grown in scope, with the disclosure that U.S. agents and military personnel had been with at least 20 women in hotel rooms...
Secret Service officials in scandal bragged about Obama
The group partied at a brothel called the 'Pley Club,' where they bragged about working for President Obama and enlisted services from the club's prostitutes....
Military embarrassed by Colombia Secret Service scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top U.S. military officer said the nation's military leaders are embarrassed by allegations of misconduct against military members at a Colombia hotel...
Texas teen wrongfully deported back home
DALLAS (AP) - Jakadrien Turner, a Texas teenager who was deported to Colombia after claiming to be an illegal immigrant, was back in the United States on Friday...
Wrongfully deported teen heading home tonight
theGRIO REPORT - Jakadrien Turner has made national headlines for being wrongfully deported to Colombia by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Now heading home on a plane back from South America...
Missing teen wrongfully deported to Colombia
theGRIO REPORT - Jakadrien was mistakenly deported by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) in April of 2011 after being arrested as a teen runaway...
Judge: Black church rightful owner of KKK store
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - After a lengthy legal battle between a black church and members of the Klu Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold...
