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March 31, 2015

Political correctness, not bigotry, to blame for Trevor Noah's Twitter critics

OPINION - Trevor Noah, the biracial South African comedian who was recently tapped to replace Jon Stewart on The Daily…
March 31, 2015

50-year-old woman stabs boyfriend for 'eating all of the salsa'

TheGrio REPORT - Phyllis Jefferson, a 50-year-old Ohio woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend after reportedly complaining that he had been…
March 31, 2015

Mother allegedly killed 20-month-old son in Midtown restaurant bathroom

theGRIO REPORT - A 35-year-old mother has been charged with murder after she allegedly took her 20-month-old son into a…
March 31, 2015

Russell Crowe says Michael Jackson prank called him for years, the two never met

theGRIO REPORT - Russell Crowe says that, for years, he would get prank calls from Michael Jackson, even though the…
March 31, 2015

Funeral procession keeps going after body falls from coffin

theGRIO REPORT - A video was uploaded to LiveLeak on Sunday and has since been uploaded to YouTube showing the…
March 31, 2015

Lawyer: Mumia Abu-Jamal hospitalized for unknown reason

POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been hospitalized, but his lawyer says prison officials won't…
March 30, 2015

Woman could face 70 years in prison after reporting miscarriage

theGrio REPORT - 33-year-old Purvi Patel was arrested in 2013 after she went to the emergency room and admitted to…
March 30, 2015

'Yellow Fever' short film challenges beauty standards

theGrio REPORT - In a powerful short film titled "Yellow Fever," Ng’endo Mukii, a Kenyan artist and filmmaker, sets out…
March 30, 2015

Connecticut college cancels classes over ‘No N*****s’ warning scrawled in bathroom

theGrio REPORT - Connecticut College in New London cancelled classes on Monday in the face of mounting racial controversy.
March 30, 2015

7-Eleven employee pulled from news interview because he was late to work

theGRIO REPORT - A newly-hired employee talked to reporters outside of the store later that morning, expressing shock and disbelief…
March 30, 2015

Michael Jordan's still talking trash at 52, plays pick-up in Bahamas

theGRIO REPORT - Trash talk has no age limit. Just ask Michael Jordan. The NBA's all-time-all-time was in the Bahamas…
March 30, 2015

Jamie Foxx ripped for 'transphobic' joke about Bruce Jenner

theGRIO REPORT - Jamie Foxx is in trouble on social media for "transphobic" comments made during this year's iHeartRadio music…
March 30, 2015

Cop who killed Eric Garner being sued for car crash that resulted in 'severe' injuries

Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold last summer, is being sued … again. The
March 30, 2015

Comedian Trevor Noah will replace Jon Stewart as host of 'Daily Show'

NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central has named Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa, as Jon Stewart's replacement…
March 28, 2015

San Francisco prison allegedly forced inmates into combat fighting ‘like something right out of ‘Game of Thrones’ for their amusement

theGrio REPORT - Since at least the beginning of March, inmates in San Francisco's local County Jail No. 4 have…
March 28, 2015

Teen handcuffed, threatened with arrest for using pin to hold glasses together

theGrio REPORT - Parents and students have rallied outside a high school in support of a senior who was handcuffed…
March 28, 2015

South African comedian Trevor Noah reportedly considered to replace Jon Stewart

theGrio REPORT - Trevor Noah, the most recent addition to "The Daily Show," could end up headlining the Comedy Central…
March 28, 2015

Question about Michael Brown leads to beating on St. Louis train

A man who sat down next to another man on a St. Louis train began to assault the second man
March 28, 2015

Two children found dead in a freezer, mother allegedly 'beat them to death with extension cord and hot iron'

theGrio REPORT - The two surviving siblings of two children found dead in a freezer have come forward to tell…
March 28, 2015

Study shows murder is the leading cause of death for rappers

theGrio REPORT - A new study by the University of Sydney has found that murder is the leading cause of…