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Sheraton Atlanta thegrio.com
Eleven people have contracted Legionnaires’ disease after staying at the Sheraton Atlanta hotel in Georgia.
Tacko Fall thegrio.com
The Boston Celtics team has signed Tacko Fall, a 7-foot-7 center from Dakar, Senegal who wowed the organization during the NBA summer league.
Emmett Till thegrio.com
The Emmett Till Memorial Commission plans to replace the current 50-pound marker of the place the young man’s body was found with a 500-pound reinforced steel memorial
Equifax thegrio.com
Many Americans may qualify for compensation as a result of a $700 million settlement Equifax reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week for its 2017 data breach.
Cynthia Bailey thegrio.com
Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Cynthia Bailey, and her beau of fourteen months, Mike Hill, are getting married.
Court
July 24, 2019
Shawn Pratt didn’t mince words when a white man went free after appearing in court on gun charges, while his nephew did a whole year
Meek Mill
A panel of three judges in Pennsylvania Superior Court threw out Meek Mill’s 2008 gun conviction today and granted the Philadelphia rapper a new trial before a new judge.
Taser
July 24, 2019
A 15-year-old tried to run from cops who were investigating a rash of burglaries, but when they caught the innocent boy, they chose to shock him as well
Ava DuVernay thegrio.com
July 24, 2019
Ava DuVernay’s four-part drama chronicling the ordeal of the Central Park Five will get major honors among the organization of Black film critics
Georgia State Rep Erica Thomas holds press conference about Eric Sparkes' verbal assault at Publix. (WSB-TV)
July 24, 2019
Rep. Erica Thomas says she was verbally attacked by Eric Sparkes, but authorities did not feel it was a criminal act and he will not face punishment
July 22, 2019
An ex-judge in Ohio who was convicted of violating confidentiality rules collapsed in court when her sentence was handed down
July 22, 2019
The Lakers and Golden State come in just behind the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Knicks as two of the biggest moneymakers in sports, according to Forbes magazine
July 22, 2019
A school board is coming under scrutiny after letters were sent to parents threatening them with removing their children if they don’t pay up their meal debts
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 12, 2019, before Trump boards Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 22, 2019
President Trump seems to have people behind him guiding his vitriolic rhetoric toward for congresswomen that he has attacked on Twitter
July 22, 2019
Stern, while speaking to the sister of one of the people OJ Simspon was accused of killing, said he should be thrown off because of the grief he caused her
July 22, 2019
The nation’s health ministry is warning consumers about drinking certain alcohol brands that may be poisoned with high levels of methanol
Former U.S. President Barack thegrio.com
July 14, 2019
Rapid City, South Dakota honored our forever POTUS, Barack Obama, with a life-sized bronze statute of him and his daughter, Sasha.
African American money thegrio.com
According to reports, the median wealth of Black Americans will plummet to zero by 2053, if things remain as they currently are.
Donald Trump thegrio.com
July 14, 2019
President Donald Trump took to twitter writing offensive posts about four congresswomen of color, telling them to go back to the countries they come from.
July 14, 2019
Cardi B and Offset threw a “lit” birthday bash for one-year-old Kulture in NYC, when lights went completely black after the city experienced a Blackout.