North Miami mayoral candidate: 'Endorsed by Jesus Christ'
NBC Miami - Anna Pierre, a registered nurse and one of seven candidates looking to become the city's mayor during Tuesday's election, is claiming she is being endorsed by Jesus Christ...
Zombies: Fun pop fodder with a history steeped in slavery
ESSAY - The zombie, which derives directly from the Haitian Voodoo tradition that was born of slavery, represented what could happen to a slave if he or she committed suicide to escape the terrors of French rule...
Face-eater's girlfriend talks to media
MIAMI - Speaking publicly for the first time, the MacArthur attacker's girlfriend told reporters Wednesday there were no warning signs to her boyfriend's cannibalistic attack on a homeless man...
Family and girlfriend of 'Miami zombie' speak out
theGRIO REPORT - Rudy Eugene's girlfriend, who wished to remain unidentified, told the Miami Herald that he was a sweet, well-mannered man who had never been violent..
Black Christians trade 'hallelujah' for African chants
theGRIO REPORT- More black Christians are exploring and adopting West African-derived faiths - are they abandoning Christianity?
Forest Whitaker, Anthony Mackie starring in voodoo horror film
Forest Whitaker, Anthony Mackie, Mike Epps and Sanaa Lathan are starring in Vipaka, a psychological voodoo horror movie that Philippe Caland is
directing...
NYC mom admits to voodoo fire that burned daughter
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say Lauradin poured the accelerant on her daughter's head and in a circle on the floor as part of a voodoo practice involving a loa, or spirit...
Haitian churches provide refuge, leadership in uncertain times
theGRIO VIDEO - Many Haitians in the capital city who survived the earthquake, have filled halls of worship -- even when the halls were no longer there...
Voodoo killings reportedly rise in Haiti epidemic
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least 45 people have been killed across Haiti due to accusations they are using "black magic" to spread cholera, the director of a Voodoo association said Friday...
Voodooists honor Haiti quake victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hundreds of Voodoo practitioners chanted, prayed and pounded drums Sunday to honor earthquake victims in an unusually public ceremony for a religion most often celebrated in private homes...
