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McGlockton slaying thegrio.com
July 23, 2018
No charges after Markeis McGlockton was shot and killed by Michael Drejka in a dispute over a parking spot.
Robert Stanzler
July 22, 2018
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged 50-year-old Robert Stanzler, owner of Detroit Mercantile Co., with misdemeanor assault and battery for spitting on…
Darryl Fulton thegrio.com
July 22, 2018
A Chase Bank branch on Chicago’s South Side refused to deposit a settlement check from a man who had been…
Saquon Barkley thegrio.com
July 22, 2018
Saquon Barkley just signed a rookie NFL contract with the NY Giants that is so generous it surpasses those of…
Eric Garner protest thegrio.com
July 22, 2018
The New York Police Department finally has filed departmental charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner…
Maurice Rucker thegrio.com
July 22, 2018
Home Depot offers to rehire Maurice Rucker, whom the company initially fired after he stood up to a customer yelling…
Lucy McBath thegrio.com
July 22, 2018
Lucy McBath, gun control activist and the mother of slain teen Jordan Davis, is set for a runoff election this…
Tiger Woods thegrio.com
July 22, 2018
For the first time in five years, Tiger Woods was in position to win a major tournament before collapsing in…
Anthony Anderson
July 22, 2018
Black-ish star Anthony Anderson is being investigated by authorities in Los Angeles in connection with an alleged sexual assault.
July 22, 2018
The city of Minneapolis flipped the script on a wannabe #PermitPatty by helping a 13-year-old black boy start a hot…
Houston
July 9, 2018
Hundreds remembered Devonte Ortiz, shot on the Fourth of July in a dispute about fireworks.
brick racist attack thegrio.com
July 9, 2018
A 92-year-old grandfather is in the hospital after a brick-wielding woman and her crew assaulted the man in a brutal…
Serena Williams thegrio.com
July 8, 2018
Even though Serena Williams was out being magical and ruling like a queen on the tennis court, she felt down in the
Hotel desk bell thegrio.com
July 8, 2018
A black CEO and his son were targeted by racists after staying at a ritzy Florida hotel while on vacation…
Bill and Darla Shine thegrio.com
July 8, 2018
As former Fox News co-president Bill Shine settles into his new gig as the White House communications chief, Mediaite shook the trees and out dropped…
Alexandra Shipp thegrio.com
July 8, 2018
In an interview with Glamour, Alexandra Shipp clapped back at critics who took aim at her light complexion for the role…
Pusha T thegrio.com
July 8, 2018
Rapper Pusha T has taken aim at President Donald Trump and made it clear that his views are a world away from those of…
theGrio featured stories
July 8, 2018
The white teen driver who hit and killed a black man with his truck and joked about it on Snapchat,…
Dan Ryan Shutdown thegrio.com
July 8, 2018
Thousands of gun violence protesters crammed onto the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago and shut it down. After a brief, tense…
Tyler Honeycutt thegrio.com
July 8, 2018
Police say that former Sacramento Kings basketball player Tyler Honeycutt shot and killed himself following a standoff with police, reports…