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spike lee thegrio.com
June 7, 2019
[griojw id=”Y5Ci4tWQ” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Director Spike Lee is calling for Hollywood production companies to leave Georgia over a law that
Botham Jean thegrio.com
June 6, 2019
Fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger appeared in court Thursday, her first time before the judge who will oversee her…
June 6, 2019
Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry ordered that the documents, which would give the first glimpse of the prosecution's evidence…
June 6, 2019
[griojw id=”C0tT4vS7″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Tayari Jones won the Women’s Prize for fiction on Wednesday with “An American Marriage,” her story
R. Kelly
June 6, 2019
Thursday's hearing in Chicago comes a week after prosecutors announced the new counts, including four aggravated criminal sexual assault ones.…
Jussie Smollett
June 6, 2019
Recordings of the calls following the January 29 incident were obtained by The Associated Press and other outlets Wednesday evening.…
June 6, 2019
It was the most massive amphibious invasion the world has ever seen, with tens of thousands of Allied troops spread…
New Hampshire TheGrio
June 5, 2019
The video streaming company says it has already made it more difficult to find such videos, but it's now removing…
Pauletta Washinton, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington attend Moet & Chandon at The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Moet & Chandon)
June 5, 2019
Spike Lee will honor Denzel Washington's career by presenting his friend and collaborator with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement…
Prince thegrio.com
June 5, 2019
Former Prince protege and longtime friend Apollonia Kotero said the Purple One had major plans for her before his untimely…
June 5, 2019
Comedian Tracy Morgan was involved in a minor traffic crash while driving his 2019 Bugatti in midtown Manhattan. Police say…
Central Park Five The Exonerated Five thegrio.com
June 5, 2019
A former prosecutor in the Central Park Five case has resigned from at least two nonprofit boards as backlash intensified…
In this Aug. 12, 2017 file photo, white nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. Three alleged members of a white supremacist group accused of inciting violence at California political rallies were cleared of federal charges after a judge found their actions amounted to constitutionally protected free speech. The judge in Los Angeles on Monday, June 3, 2019 threw out charges of conspiracy to commit rioting and travel or use of commerce with intent to riot against the men. Prosecutors were disappointed with the ruling and reviewing grounds for appeal. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
June 5, 2019
Federal charges against three alleged members of a violent white supremacist group accused of inciting violence at California political rallies…
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre attend The 64th Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on November 18, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
June 4, 2019
Idris Elba and model Sabrina Dhowre made it official and tied the knot in Morocco in April dashing the hopes of women…
Barry Jenkins thegrio.com
June 4, 2019
A spokesperson for Fox Searchlight on Monday confirmed that the studio is developing the project, with the "Moonlight" filmmaker directing.…
Cyril Ramaphosa AP thegrio.com
June 3, 2019
A former South African police officer will face trial over the 1971 killing of an anti-apartheid activist after a court…
Adobe Stock
June 3, 2019
Emmanuel Aranda showed little emotion and said almost nothing as he was sentenced Monday in Minneapolis. The 24-year-old Minneapolis man…
kidnapping
June 3, 2019
Authorities say the remains found in Arkansas last week have been identified as those of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl.The…
Cory Booker thegrio.com
June 3, 2019
Democratic White House hopeful Cory Booker is rolling out his Iowa steering committee, a team of activists and operatives that…
In this Aug. 24, 2016 file photo, burn victim Anthony Gooden gets help with his injured hand during a break in the trial for Martin Blackwell in Atlanta. Blackwell, who was convicted of throwing scalding water on a Gooden and his boyfriend while they slept, told one of them to “get out of my house with all that gay,” a victim testified, but he couldn’t be charged with a hate crime because the state has no such law. Georgia is one of only four states - along with South Carolina, Wyoming and Arkansas - without an official hate crimes law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
June 3, 2019
A Georgia man convicted of throwing scalding water on a sleeping same-sex couple told one of them to "get out…