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America's Got Talent

America’s Got Talent gets a taste of Blackness as Gabrielle Union, Terry Crews join as judge, host

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Chris brown thegrio.com

LAPD pays Chris Brown a ‘welfare check’ amid online feud with Offset

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Baton Rouge police department finds itself explaining its own blackface controversy

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Ilhan Omar AP thegrio.com

Rep. Omar apologizes after critics call ‘Benjamins’ comment anti-Semitic

After a Twitter post about AIPAC was criticized as anti-semitic, Rep. Ilhan Omar issued an apology, saying she did not mean to offend anyone
/ February 12, 2019
Corey Maggette thegrio.com

Second woman who claims she was raped by Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax says ex-NBA star Corey Maggette raped her at Duke too

The second woman to come forward with sexual assault allegations against Virginia’s Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax says that she was also raped by a former Duke and NBA basketball player Corey Maggette while they were undergrads at the school.
/ February 12, 2019
Police Car thegrio.com

Two men who beat Black construction worker charged with hate crime

Two men who brutally attacked a Hell’s Kitchen construction worker on Saturday and spewed hateful rhetoric, have been charged with a hate crime.
/ February 12, 2019
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Jussie Smollett finally gives phone records to cops

Two weeks after police launched an investigation into the attack on Jussie Smollett has provided his phone records to the Chicago Police Department.
/ February 11, 2019
Kamala Harris thegrio.com

Kamala Harris says she’s ‘absolutely in favor of legalizing marijuana’

Sen. Kamala Harris 2020 presidential hopeful revealed on Monday that not only has she smoked marijuana she also supports the legalization of the drug.
/ February 11, 2019
Kareem Hunt thegrio.com

Browns sign Kareem Hunt but he still faces discipline for violent off-field drama

The Cleveland Browns have signed Kareem Hunt, who was released by the Kansas City Chiefs in November after video showed him shoving and kicking a student.
/ February 11, 2019
Michigan owes money thegrio

​Michigan officials short on cash, can’t pay back wrongfully convicted prisoners who already served time

Michigan is supposed to pay wrongfully convicted citizens to make up for jail time, but the problem is the state does not have the money.
/ February 11, 2019