Young black fencer goes for Olympic gold
Daryl Homer isn’t what you would call your typical successful young black athlete. He doesn’t dominate a sport with a ball or play anything that has to do with a basket...
App lets you report 'stop and frisk' incidents
MSNBC - Believe you are witnessing an unlawful police stop and want to record the moment? There's an app for that, courtesy of the New York Civil Liberties Union...
New York officials, DOJ meet over stop-and-frisk
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York officials are asking the Justice Department to investigate the police department's stop-and-frisk program for overwhelmingly targeting minorities...
Marchella Pierce's mother gets 32 years to life
NEW YORK - The mother of a little girl who was beaten, starved and drugged has been sentenced to 32 years to life in prison...
NY could go easier on pot possession
theGRIO REPORT - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have agreed to work together on legislation to reduce the penalty for carrying 25 grams or less of marijuana in New York...
Female honor student roughed up by NYPD cops
Brittany Rowley, 15, says that she was roughed up by NYPD cops who were not in uniform who thought she matched the description of a shoplifting suspect, according to the Daily News...
Teenage subway dancer is 'lite' on his feet
Dancing machine Andrew Saunders, 18, has added to the long list of New York dance styles with his unique acrobatic dance called 'litefeet'....
Notorious 1980s drug dealer arrested in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as 'the ghost'...
NY man who punched woman for parking spot acquitted
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who punched a woman in the face over a parking spot was convicted Tuesday of a misdemeanor assault charge but cleared of a more serious felony...
Mother denies abuse that led to her toddler's death
NEW YORK - Carlotta Brett-Pierce and her mother, Loretta Brett, are charged with murder in the death of Marchella in September of 2010...
