Teen performer at Obama inaugural fatally shot
NBC CHICAGO - A 15-year-old majorette who performed at some of President Barack Obama's recent inauguration festivities has been shot to death in Chicago...
Is the beef with Beyoncé overblown?
NBC NEWS - Beyonce, one of pop music's most beloved stars, is accused of lip-synching and America is fuming...
Celebs, citizens reflect on Obama 2.0
theGRIO REPORT - The sheer excitement of these youths mixed well with the colorful range of emotions various celebrities exhibited in reaction to the start of President Obama 's second term...
First lady's eyeroll becomes viral hit
theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama appeared to be irritated by Speaker of the House John Boehner at the Inauguration Day luncheon yesterday.
Obama takes public oath of office
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is promising to uphold the Constitution in a public swearing in ceremony that signals the beginning of his second term in office...
Clinton, Carter join Obama inaugural gathering
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter joined lawmakers and other dignitaries at the Capitol for President Barack Obama's ceremonial swearing-in Monday to a second term....
Big crowd, high spirits for 2nd Obama swearing-in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring 'our work begins today', President Barack Obama vowed to 'finished what we started' four years ago as hundreds of thousands of inauguration-goers gathered on the historic National Mall...
Georgia man restores MLK's Bible
theGRIO REPORT - Gordon Ponsford, who lives in the Acworth area of Georgia, was commissioned by the King Center to prepare the leather-bound King James Bible for the president’s swearing-in ceremony...
Presidential Inaugural Committee: Why 2013 matters
theGRIO REPORT - Steve Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) spoke to theGrio about why this inaugural is still important for blacks...
Can Obama keep warmer inauguration weather pledge?
WASHINGTON (AP) - It will be the first up or down fact check of a Barack Obama campaign pledge for his second term: Promised warmer Inauguration Day weather. Will he — or Mother Nature — deliver?...
