Obama to speak at Connecticut vigil

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Connecticut, on Sunday to mourn with a town still seeking to comprehend the unimaginable massacre of its children and teachers...

Michael Jackson's children mobbed at late father's candle light vigil

Alexis Garrett Stodghill

SLIDESHOW - Michael Jackson's children were mobbed at candle light vigil in honor of their late father's birthday held yesterday in Gary, Indiana...

Jackson family in Gary to mark pop star's birthday

Associated Press

GARY, Ind. (AP) - Michael Jackson's son and daughter visited their father's hometown of Gary on what would have been the pop star's 54th birthday...

Hundreds gather for prayer vigil at Morris Brown

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - Friends, family and supporters of Morris Brown College converged on the school’s campus over the weekend for a special 'National Day of Prayer'...

Chavis Carter's dad on cop report: 'I don't believe it for one second'

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Charles Douglas, the father of the late Chavis Carter, says police reports of what happened the night his son died don't add up. Carter died from a gunshot wound to his head while handcuffed in the back of a police car...

Coalition of black churches hold prayer vigil against gay marriage

theGrio

A coalition of African-American churches is holding a prayer vigil to highlight its members' opposition to same-sex marriage and urge Marylanders to vote against it...

Hofstra University pays tribute to Trayvon Martin

theGrio

Students in Hempstead, New York at Hofstra University recently honored Trayvon Martin with a candlelight vigil service...

Slideshow: Trayvon Martin's high school pays tribute

Rhyanne Green

SLIDESHOW - Trayvon Martin's high school, Michael M. Krop Senior High, recently paid tribute to him by holding a candlelight vigil service...

NY neighbors plan vigil in memory of torched woman

theGrio

NEW YORK (AP) - Deloris Gillespie was a fun-loving, fast-talking mother of four who helped anyone she could in her Brooklyn neighborhood and at the post office where she worked for years...

Vigils from Georgia to Paris for Troy Davis

theGrio

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - His offer to take a polygraph test was rejected. So was his request for the pardons board to give him one more hearing...

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Obama to speak at Connecticut vigil

Michael Jackson's children mobbed at late father's candle light vigil

Jackson family in Gary to mark pop star's birthday

Hundreds gather for prayer vigil at Morris Brown

Chavis Carter's dad on cop report: 'I don't believe it for one second'

Coalition of black churches hold prayer vigil against gay marriage

Hofstra University pays tribute to Trayvon Martin

Slideshow: Trayvon Martin's high school pays tribute

NY neighbors plan vigil in memory of torched woman

Vigils from Georgia to Paris for Troy Davis

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