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September 30, 2023
The shooting deaths of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas and Biggie Smalls in Los Angeles six months later have always been culturally inseparable
September 30, 2023
The iHeartRadio 2023 Jingle Ball tour to hit 11-cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Boston and Washington.
Michael Oher, theGrio.com
September 29, 2023
Oher, who signed the agreement when he was 18, is the subject of the 2009 film “The Blind Side.”
September 29, 2023
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested early Friday, although the exact charge or charges were not immediately clear, two officials said.
September 29, 2023
Competing for Suriname, Nesty was the first Black male swimmer to win Olympic gold when he upset Matt Biondi in Seoul.
September 29, 2023
The Metropolitan Police’s top officer said the “senseless murder of a 15-year-old girl on her way to school is impossible to comprehend.”
September 29, 2023
Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman,” has died at 90.
September 29, 2023
A man with ties to the “boogaloo” extremist movement was convicted of murder and attempted murder by a federal jury Tuesday in the 2020 killing of a federal security officer in Northern California during protests against police brutality.
September 29, 2023
An American soldier who sprinted into North Koreaand was held there for two months before being returned to the U.S. is set to undergo medical testing and extensive questioning about his time in the isolated country before potentially facing charges under the military justice system.
September 29, 2023
A monument was unveiled Thursday in Detroit to commemorate a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, along with the Black friend who helped raise her children following her death.
Judge Wooden gavel on the table of judge with american flag and black chair
September 29, 2023
A federal judge’s plan to hold hearings next week to draw up congressional boundary lines giving Louisiana a second majority-Black district was blocked Thursday by a divided appeals court panel.
September 28, 2023
“We feel like our lives are on the chopping block here in the city of Jackson,” said Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign’s Danyelle Holmes.
Letitia James, theGrio.com
September 28, 2023
Here’s a look at Letitia James’ political background and some of her biggest cases.
September 28, 2023
In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative depictions and a lack of effort to cover broad segments of their community.
September 28, 2023
Deion Sanders has turned the Boulder campus into an unexpected cultural phenomenon, where the vivacity and early success of the team has forced the attention of even those who don’t watch college football, with a lot of support coming from the Black community.
September 28, 2023
Michigan State fired Mel Tucker on Wednesday, saying the suspended football coach failed to present adequate reasons why he should not be fired for cause after having what he described as consensual phone sex with an activist and rape survivor.
September 28, 2023
The U.S. has secured the release of a U.S. soldier who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Koreamore than two months ago, and he is on his way back to America, officials announced Wednesday. U.S. ally Sweden and rival China helped with the transfer.
Judge Tanya Chutkan, and former President Donald Trump -- Trump indictments Washington
September 28, 2023
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won’t recuse herself from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president’s claims that her past comments raise doubts about whether she can be fair.
September 27, 2023
The announcement of Pvt. Travis King’s release surprised observers who had expected the North to drag out his detention.
September 27, 2023
A federal trial opened in Florida in which lawyers say Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates.