Waka Flocka to pay over $500,000 for North Carolina shooting
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka has been ordered to pay $501,000 for a North Carolina shooting that happened last year...
Judge overturns 3 death sentences under Racial Justice Act
theGRIO REPORT - A North Carolina judge voided the death sentences of three convicted murderers yesterday, two of whom were African-American, citing that race played a significant role in their trial and sentencing...
Michael Clarke Duncan's last film opens this Friday
theGRIO REPORT - The late actor Michael Clarke Duncan's last performance is featured in a film called In the Hive, which debuts this Friday in select theaters, according to Black America Web...
NC inmates forced to rub hot sauce on their genitals
(AP) - The warden of a North Carolina prison has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that inmates were forced to rub hot sauce on their genitals, officials said Tuesday...
1960s, 70s hit R&B singer Billy Scott dies in NC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rhythm and blues singer Billy Scott has died in North Carolina at age 70...
White supremacist protestors confronted by clowns
theGRIO REPORT - Neo-Nazis and members of the Ku Klu Klan were confronted in Charlotte North Carolina by people dressed as clowns...
Female navy veteran says police attacked her
theGRIO REPORT - A Navy veteran who was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer is claiming she was a victim of police brutality, WTVD reports...
Why black voters are fired up
theGRIO REPORT - On the first day of early voting in North Carolina, the lines to cast ballots snaked down the block at the Hal Marshall Annex in uptown Charlotte...
Why are African-Americans so dominant in early voting?
theGRIO REPORT - It might be too early to know for sure whether African-American turnout will trump 2008 numbers, but there are plenty of signs, days and weeks into early voting, that they are on pace to set another record..
Romney cuts into Obama's early voter advantage
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's campaign is working hard to chip away at President Barack Obama's advantage among early voters, and there are signs the effort is paying off in North Carolina and Florida...
