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Jahmal Lightfoot thegrio.com
April 4, 2018
A former inmate at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Correctional Center has won a multi-million dollar settlement after enduring a vicious beating by a corrections chief, a captain and other corrections officers.
traveling thegrio.com
April 4, 2018
We asked a group of savvy entrepreneurs to share personal lessons from managing a business and tips on how they’ve expertly navigated the world of business travel.
Kiara Brown thegrio.com
April 4, 2018
A 19-year-old man is charged with the homicide in the Milwaukee shooting death of an 18-year-old woman that family members told Fox 6 was an ex-girlfriend.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Alabama thegrio.com
April 4, 2018
If we are going to honor King, we have to do better at putting ourselves into the shoes of the students entering our classrooms.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
April 4, 2018
Lawmakers in New York State just announced groundbreaking legislation to ban firearms from domestic abusers.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
April 3, 2018
Wu-Tang’s RZA says he tried to buy back an ultra rare album after learning that convicted hedge fun manager Martin Shkreli bought it for $2 million.
April 3, 2018
A frustrated Phoenix mom has been arrested after using a stun gun to wake her snoozing teen son who would not get up on Easter morning
crime scene thegrio.com
April 3, 2018
Minutes before he was fatally gunned down near his home on Easter evening, a New York City father had a chat with his 5-year-old daughter.
Winnie Harlow thegrio.com
April 3, 2018
Model Winnie Harlow of America’s Next Top Model fame graces the cover of the May issue of Elle magazine, furthering her mission of being received as a just a model as opposed to a model with vitiligo.
Jay-Z Gloria Carter thegrio.com
April 3, 2018
During a segment for late-night broadcast vet David Letterman’s Netflix special, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” rap mogul and husband of Beyonce, Jay-Z went into further detail about his feelings regarding his mother living life as a gay woman.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
April 3, 2018
Rapper Meek Mill will remain in jail for now because the judge in the case turned down his bid for release.
chicago thegrio.com
April 3, 2018
In March, the city logged its 13th straight month of reduction in gun violence.
Jourdan Dunn thegrio.com
April 3, 2018
Jourdan Dunn took to Instagram last week to explain her travails with anxiety and depression.
April 3, 2018
Denmark, not a country frequently noted for its diversity, is celebrating what the country says is its first monument to a Black woman.
April 2, 2018
Hundreds of Muslims gathered in Baltimore’s McKeldin Square Sunday to protest the March 18 police shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark.
Ethan Couch thegrio.com
April 2, 2018
The Texas man whose defense blamed “affluenza” for the reason behind his drunken driving accident that killed four was released Monday from prison.
Tim Scott thegrio.com
April 2, 2018
Sen. Tim Scott appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday to talk about our country’s issues with race, the proposed border wall and his new book on racial healing.
Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell thegrio.com
April 2, 2018
The pastor of a Houston megachurch and former spiritual adviser to both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will turn himself in Monday on charges of taking millions from investors in a bond scheme
The Rock Dwayne Johnson thegrio.com
April 2, 2018
The Rock, an actor, comedian and former WWE champion wrestler says the darkness descended on him after his mother attempted suicide when he was just 15, according to The Express, a U.K.-based publication.
Arike Ogunbowale thegrio.com
April 2, 2018
With a measly .1 seconds left in the game, junior Arike Ogunbowale landed a three-point shot, carrying Notre Dame women’s basketball to a second basketball title and a comeback win over Mississippi State.