Relative: Kasandra Perkins brought joy

Jamie Stengle, Associated Press

BLUE RIDGE, Texas (AP) - The slain girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was a loyal friend who brought joy to others with her smiles and laughter, a relative said Thursday at a memorial service for the woman...

Service held for Kasandra Perkins

theGrio

BLUE RIDGE, Texas (AP) - A memorial is being held in North Texas for the slain girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher...

4th man pleads guilty in Mississippi hate crime case

Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - A fourth man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi, and another man admitted he was part of a group of young whites involved in racially motivated attacks against African-Americans....

Suspect in fatal NYC subway push implicates self

Verena Dobnik, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities said a suspect has implicated himself in the death of a New York man who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him — an image that set off an ethical debate after it appeared on the front page of the New York Post....

Scorned Georgia woman who ran over ex-boyfriend sentenced

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Just hours after her former lover ended their relationship, Vanessa Marie Garrett-Rogers, 28, of Hiram, Georgia, drove into her victim, dragged him under her vehicle, and backed over him before fleeing the scene in July 2010...

Defense team releases new bloody Zimmerman photo

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - The defense in the second degree murder case of George Zimmerman has released a color photo showing Zimmerman's face on the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin...

Mother blames rapper Chief Keef for her son's murder

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - Robin Russell, the mother of slain Chicago up-and-coming rapper Lil JoJo, blames rapper Chief Keef for her son's murder...

On Facebook, Belcher and Perkins appear happy

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - If there were problems between Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kassandra Michelle Perkins, they were not obvious on Facebook, where they were the picture of a happy family. Clearly, the reality was different...

Belcher ended his life in front of coach, GM

Dave Skretta, Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season, their general manager and coach at work early to put final touches on this weekend's gameplan. Then they got a call to hurry to the parking lot...

Chiefs owner on Belcher tragedy: 'We lost two members of the Chiefs family'