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Mercury’s Skylar Diggins-Smith says team won’t let her use practice facility

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Michigan Supreme Court suspends judge accused of covering up her son’s abuse of her grandsons

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Person in connection with dancer’s stabbing death at Brooklyn gas station is in custody, police say

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Streaming sensation Kai Cenat giveaway sparks chaotic scene in New York’s Union Square

A crowd of thousands that packed Manhattan’s Union Square for a popular livestreamer’s hyped giveaway got out of hand Friday…
/ August 5, 2023

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

Harvard Law professor and civil rights scholar Charles J. Ogletree Jr. died after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
/ August 5, 2023

UFC’s Themba Gorimbo was sleeping on a couch, so Dwayne Johnson bought him a home

Dwayne Johnson gifted UFC fighter Themba Gorimbo a new home after hearing he had only $7.49 in his bank account…
/ August 4, 2023

Video contradicts reports that dancer O’Shae Sibley stabbed while ‘voguing’

NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a gay man after a confrontation between a group of friends who…
/ August 4, 2023

Tory Lanez gets sentenced Monday for Megan Thee Stallion shooting. Here’s what you need to know

Tory Lanez is scheduled to be sentenced, following his December conviction on three felony charges related to shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
/ August 4, 2023

‘The Upshaws’ part 4: Jenifer Lewis, Marsha Warfield guest star

The popular sitcom returns to Netflix this month, with Mike Epps, Kim Fields and Wanda Sykes. Jenifer Lewis and Marsha…
/ August 4, 2023

NBA legend Shaq is jacked, flaunts his 51-year-old muscles

Shaquille O'Neal hit up his Instagram account Thursday to flaunt his bodybuilder physique in a video shared with fans.
/ August 4, 2023

Trooper hit Aaron Bowman 18 times with flashlight and broke his jaw; the jury acquitted the officer

A federal jury in Louisiana acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman, a…
/ August 4, 2023
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The line may be gone, but migrants in NYC are still in crisis

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says over 95,000 asylum seekers have come to the city since the Spring of…
/ August 4, 2023
Black parents medical mistreatment

More Black parents say they face unfair medical treatment due to race, report says

Black parents and their children are reportedly more likely to receive unfair medical treatment because of their race.
/ August 4, 2023

Reflecting on President Obama’s legacy for his 62nd birthday

President Barack Obama, who many anticipate will play a key role in the 2024 elections, set the blueprint for the…
/ August 4, 2023
Vivian Ayers Allen, Debbie Allen, Phylicia Rashad, Andrew Arthur Allen Jr., Vivian Ayers Allen turns 100, Black writers, Black famous mothers, theGrio.com

Poet Vivian Ayers Allen, mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, turns 100

Vivian Ayers Allen’s famous daughters and family celebrate the Pulitzer Prize nominee's 100th birthday.
/ August 4, 2023