Doctors warn teens: Don't take the cinnamon challenge
CHICAGO (AP) - Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos...
Chicago man sparks anti-violence social media campaign
NBC Chicago - After the murder totals in Chicago started racking up after January of this year, South Side native Bryant Cross decided he'd seen enough...
3 teens charged with murder of 14-year-old over sneakers
theGRIO REPORT - Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of a 14-year-old who was killed over expensive sneakers...
Musical stars come out for kids' inaugural ball
theGRIO REPORT - Some 5,000 military kids, their parents, and local Washington D.C. school children packed into the Washington Convention Center Saturday night for the kids' inaugural ball...
Study: NYC better than LA at cutting kids' obesity
NEW YORK (AP) - From 2003 to 2011, obesity rates for poor children dropped in New York to around 16 percent. But they rose in Los Angeles and ended at about 20 percent...
theGrio’s 100: Earl Phalen, a passion to save children through education
theGRIO's 100 - The Boston native has spent the past 20 years dedicated to developing opportunities for children through learning and academic engagement...
'Who is Mandela?' New generation of South Africans unfamiliar with icon
NBC NEWS - As millions of South Africans reflect on how Nelson Mandela led them away from segregation, many others see the former president as a figure firmly rooted in the past with limited impact on their future...
On lacrosse field, inner city kids dream big
NBC NEWS - Though lacrosse has a reputation as an elite sport, the National Federation of State High School Associations says it’s been the fastest growing team sport in the nation over the past five years...
Williams sisters inspire Nigerian kids
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high...
Study: Black children exposed to more background television
theGRIO REPORT - Several studies have found evidence that too much television is bad for the development of children, even when it is only on in the background...
