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R. Kelly theGrio.com
February 28, 2020
R. Kelly has defaulted on a civil lawsuit filed by a woman who claims to have had a sexual relationship with the singer that started when she was 16.
Catherine Pugh theGrio.com
February 28, 2020
Catherine Pugh was sentenced to three years in prison on federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges centered on her self-published children’s book series.
Barack Obama Joe Biden theGrio.com
February 28, 2020
Obama’s lawyers to file a cease-and-desist letter to stop a pro-Trump group from releasing an ad that slams Joe Biden using the president’s words.
Mississippi State Prison
February 28, 2020
Jay-Z and Yo Gotti have filed a second lawsuit this week against the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ Parchman prison.
Skai Jackson theGrio.com
February 28, 2020
Skai Jackson was granted a temporary restraining order against Danielle “Bhad Bhabie” Bregoli, over death threats on social media.
Eric S. McGill
February 27, 2020
A Pennsylvania inmate has spent more than a year in solitary confinement because he refuses to cut his dreadlocks.
Ramona Hood
February 27, 2020
Ramona Hood is the first Black woman to become CEO in FedEx’s history after starting out as a 19 year old receptionist in 1991
Chicago Police Department theGrio.com
February 27, 2020
Jaya Beemon’s mother said she was overwhelmed with grief while viewing her dead daughter’s body when Chicago police arrested her.
Ava DuVernay theGrio.com
February 27, 2020
Ava DuVernay is partnering with Amazon and Macro Television Studios to bring Octavia E. Butler’s sci-fi novel Dawn to the small screen.
Dylann Roof theGrio.com
February 27, 2020
Dylann Roof told the Associated Press that he went on a hunger strike to protest how he is being treated by a Bureau of Prisons disciplinary hearing officer.
Emmett Till thegrio.com
February 27, 2020
Lynching grew one step closer to becoming a federal crime yesterday after the House passed the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act.
racism_thegrio.com
February 27, 2020
A white, Louisiana district court judge admitted that she used a racial slur in a text message to describe a Black sheriff’s deputy and Black law clerk.
First Wives Club
February 26, 2020
First Wives Club is returning for a second season on BET+ and showrunner Tracy Oliver could not be more excited about it.
teens charged
February 26, 2020
Five teenagers have been charged with capital murder after they allegedly killed a 16-year-old girl in her Biloxi, Mississippi home
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. theGrio.com
February 26, 2020
More than one thousand members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. swarmed Capitol Hill on Tuesday, meeting with congressional leaders and staffers.
Oprah Winfrey thegrio.com
February 26, 2020
If you have been missing the show ever since it last aired on May 25, 2011, you are in luck. The Oprah Winfrey Show The Podcast starts streaming on March 3.
Kobe Bryant theGrio.com
February 26, 2020
Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey from his first NBA All-Star season is among his paraphernalia to be auctioned off tomorrow.
jail thegrio.com
February 26, 2020
The mother of a man serving life in prison has filed a lawsuit claiming officers brutally beat her son so mercilessly, it caused him to kill himself.
Trinity Love Jones thegrio
February 26, 2020
New evidence including text messages between the mother and boyfriend show that the little girl stuffed inside a duffel bag had been abused for months.
Kai Rolle theGrio.com
February 26, 2020
On Monday, February 24, a body camera video was released that showed the last year’s arrest of a 6-year-old Black girl by Orlando police.