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October 6, 2014
Top government health officials say they are opposed to placing a ban on travelers from Ebola-infected countries, warning that shutting…
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October 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - It seems the beef has been squashed between Paula Deen and the entire black community -- that's…
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October 4, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say a naked man who was acting erratically at an Atlanta airport gate was shocked with…
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October 4, 2014
GRETNA, La. (AP) — A teenager’s boasts to fellow students about having group sex with two teachers led to two…
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October 3, 2014
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Rapper Too Short has been cited at a Southern California airport a day after fleeing a…
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October 3, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — When inmates at a notorious Alabama women’s prison came forward to complain of sexual abuse and harassment,…
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October 2, 2014
In 1994, Frank Darabont directed “Shawshank Redemption,” a surprisingly uplifting prison drama starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. This critically…
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October 2, 2014
NORTH AUGUSTA, South Carolina (AP) — Ernest Satterwhite was a laid-back former mechanic with a habit of ignoring police officers…
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October 2, 2014
FRACKVILLE, Pennsylvania (AP) — A man serving life in prison for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 has been…
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October 1, 2014
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation after…
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October 1, 2014
(AP) - Health officials on Tuesday announced the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States — a man…
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September 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama rode an elevator this month with an armed security contractor who had three criminal…
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September 30, 2014
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s justice minister says legislation has been drafted to decriminalize marijuana on the Caribbean island where…
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September 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Communications Commission says the agency will consider a petition to ban the…
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September 26, 2014
Back in the “Must See TV” days, Thursday nights were king. Friends, Cheers, Seinfeld, and of course The Cosby Show,…
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September 24, 2014
OPINION - Lately I can't seem to avoid the recent and polarizing discussions of domestic violence on the news and…
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September 23, 2014
According to the Chicago Tribune, today Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked Illinois lawmakers to reform sentencing for low-level drug offenses, which…
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September 23, 2014
It appears that decades of skewed representations have left many black and Latino consumers weary of the mainstream media. According…
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September 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Since I’m a one-woman kind of guy, I have no problems with iOS8, the new phones or…
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September 20, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Just six days after 14-year-old Lamar Hawkins III committed suicide in his middle school bathroom after being…