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DeMarcus Cousins attends the 2014 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)
August 27, 2019
While DeMarcus Cousins celebrates marital bliss after tying the knot this past weekend in a lavish Atlanta ceremony, the mother of his child says he threatened to put a “bullet in [her] f*cking head” if their son didn’t come to his wedding.
gorilla thegrio.com
August 27, 2019
A white Oklahoma City news anchor found herself in hot water after making a racist comment about her Black colleague comparing him to an ape on-air.
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 26: Singer Shawn Mendes attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jim Spellman/FilmMagic)
August 27, 2019
The latest celebrity potentially facing cancel culture is singer Shawn Mendes, who found himself at the center of a social media controversy.Mendes has issued an apology for racist tweets that included use of the n-word and other insensitive remarks about Black people.
Police Car thegrio.com
August 27, 2019
Kazeem Oyeneyin, 31, said he was embarrassed after he was hauled out of his home shirtless and in his underwear, moments after he talked to his security company to inform them that it was a false alarm that had gone off.
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 03: Adut Akech walks the runway during the Valentino Fall/Winter 2019 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 03, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Peter White/Getty Images) thegrio.com
August 27, 2019
A Sudanese model is outraged and called out a magazine for “unintentional racism” for mistakenly featuring a picture of another Black model under her name.
Eddie Murphy thegrio.com
August 27, 2019
After 35 years, legendary comedian Eddie Murphy is making his way back to the Saturday Night Live stage where he first made a name for himself in the 80s.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: Serena Williams attends the "Queens of Tennis" experience hosted by Nike at William F. Passannante Ballfield on August 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) thegrio.com
August 27, 2019
Serena Williams’ was back in her element playing like a champ and she beat Maria Sharapova handily during the first round of the US Open on Monday.
Future thegrio.com
August 26, 2019
A Florida woman says the pappy of her newborn baby is Future and she’s slapped the rapper with a paternity case.
Police bodycam footage shows Officer Christopher Martinez brutally beating 17-year-old London Wallace. (ABC7)
August 26, 2019
An internal affairs investigation is underway after a teen’s family filed a lawsuit against the Fresno, California Police Department after body cameras appeared to show cops repeatedly beating the high schooler.
August 26, 2019
One thing is certain, from the looks of Barack Obama’s summer music list, he’s got a lot of juice.Our forever President put his thang down when he jotted down his favorite jams that he and Michelle have been enjoying, probably while living their best life and chilling their expansive Martha Vineyard vacation pad.
Hospital room
August 26, 2019
A Florida-based doctor is accused of having bogus academic credentials after a 35-year-old  Kentucky woman almost died after a plastic surgery procedure went wrong.
Houston
August 26, 2019
Three California parents are charged with a hate crime for allegedly tying up a Black teen, assaulting, kidnapping and threatening him with racial slurs after he was found hidden in their daughter’s bedroom closet.
DeMarcus Cousins attends the 2014 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)
August 26, 2019
Los Angeles Lakers’ star DeMarcus Cousins and his longtime girlfriend Morgan Lang tied the knot in a lavish wedding ceremony […]
April Ryan
August 26, 2019
April Ryan has finally spoken out about her bodyguard being accused of assaulting a fellow journalist, saying she regrets his actions but insists that she didn’t order him to throw the man out of an event where she was a guest speaker.
Eric Garner thegrio.com
August 26, 2019
A heckler took NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s to task on live TV Sunday pressing the presidential contender about consequences for the other cops who were on hand when Eric Garner was choked to death by Daniel Panteleo.
August 23, 2019
The student threatened to use his father’s legal team to “shut down” Harbee Liquors & Tavern for not treating “a white boy with respect” after his was kicked out last weekend.“Lol I didn’t know Pilzen was so ghetto that you didn’t realize you should treat a white boy with respect,” the student wrote Sunday.
New Hampshire TheGrio
August 23, 2019
There’s more controversy brewing after additional videos have emerged of Pacifica High School students throwing up a Sieg Heil Nazi salutes.
Patrick Chung at the Lenny Zakim Fund's 9th Annual Casino Night to raise money to support more than 60 grass roots organizations that enable and empower under-resourced people and communities to address social and economic injustice, on March 3, 2018 in Boston, MA. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images for The Lenny Zakim Fund) thegrio.com
August 23, 2019
New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung was indicted on cocaine possession charges stemming from a June 25 incident.
Garcelle Beauvais
August 23, 2019
There’s been some big names added to the Coming 2 America and now South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha has joined the cast as well as Garcelle Beauvais who served in the original movie as a rose petal priestess.
Michael Jackson thegrio.com
August 23, 2019
n Thursday, Raymone Bain, held a press conference saying the late singer’s will is gone and she doesn’t have a copy that outlines all his last wishes.“I don’t have it, I don’t know where it is,” she said. “I have wished, I have hoped and I have prayed that Michael Jackson’s will — dated Oct. 6, 2006 — would be found, revealed, discovered, dropped from the sky. Because in it, he painstakingly outlined how he wanted his legacy to be preserved and maintained.”