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May 21, 2014

Obama: 'I will not stand for' Veterans Affairs hospitals misconduct

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans' health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that…
May 20, 2014

Police commissioner resigns over Obama slur

WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (AP) — The police commissioner of a small U.S. town has resigned after he admitted using a…
May 17, 2014

President Obama hosts Brown v. Board families and lawyers

(AP) - Obama met Friday in the White House East Room with families of the plaintiffs, lead attorneys Jack Greenberg…
May 16, 2014

New Hampshire official refuses to apologize for Obama racial slur

WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) — A police commissioner in a predominantly white New Hampshire town says he won't apologize for calling…
May 15, 2014

9/11 Museum dedicated ahead of official opening

VIDEO - The National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City will open to the public for the first…
May 15, 2014

President Obama honors 9/11 victims at Ground Zero ceremony

VIDEO - Dignitaries, survivors and families of the victim's of 9/11 gathered today at Ground Zero for the dedication of…
May 12, 2014

Obama congratulates first openly gay NFL draftee

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has sent his congratulations to Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by…
May 10, 2014

Michelle Obama 'Heartbroken' over kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls

NBC News -- First lady Michelle Obama made a rare appearance on her husband’s weekly address on Saturday to express…
May 7, 2014

President Obama: US will do everything it can to help Nigeria find kidnapped girls

(AP) - President Barack Obama says the U.S. will do everything it can to help Nigeria find nearly 300 teenage…
May 6, 2014

Obama unveils major climate change report

MSNBC -- The White House unveiled a sweeping report on the effects of global warming in the United States and…
May 5, 2014

Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson fired by Oregon State

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State has fired Craig Robinson after six seasons without making the NCAA tournament.
May 5, 2014

Obama's missing White House Correspondents' dinner joke revealed

TODAY -- President Obama once again proved his comedic chops at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner over the…
May 1, 2014

More than 16 percent of Obamacare enrollees were black, data shows

theGRIO REPORT - More than 16 percent of people who enrolled in Obamacare and stated their race in their application…
May 1, 2014

President Obama continues push to raise the minimum wage

VIDEO - President Obama vowed to continue his push for a higher minimum wage Wednesday after Senate Republicans blocked a…
April 28, 2014

Obama administration starts phrase two of enrollment

With the official enrollment period now over, Obama administration officials are shifting their focus to getting people signed up for…
April 28, 2014

Society's reaction to Donald Sterling's alleged comments prove the racists are losing

The good news is the universal condemnation that both men have received. Republican politicians who had allied themselves with Bundy…
April 27, 2014

President Obama: Reported comments by Clippers team owner Donald Sterling 'racist'

(AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday described comments reportedly made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers "incredibly…
April 27, 2014

President Obama: ‘I regret not having spent more time with my mother’

MSNBC - President Obama told students at a town hall at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur that he…
April 24, 2014

Chicago to name high school after President Obama

CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama's hometown of Chicago plans to name a high school after him...
April 24, 2014

Beyoncé covers Time's '100 Most Influential People of 2014'

theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé is on the cover of Time Magazine's '100 Most Influential People of 2014.'