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October 24, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - A 34-year-old woman, Zurana Horton, who had hovered over students to protect them as shots were…
October 20, 2011
NEW YORK - A scarecrow with dreadlocks that was hung from a Brooklyn tree by a noose was removed Wednesday…
October 4, 2011
Charles Stinney, speaks about his brother who at 14, was the youngest person executed in the 20th century.
October 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - After this trip students and teachers return to the classroom with a better relationship with each other…
September 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Brooklyn-native is said to personify the American rags-to-riches story and with his latest venture, he's right…
September 26, 2011
NEW YORK - The Brooklyn-born rapper, who has never before linked his powerful brand with the team he partly owns,…
September 21, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Tim Okamura is a critically acclaimed veteran painter who hails from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, who specializes in…
September 9, 2011
NEW YORK - Newly released surveillance video shows the shootout between police and the suspect, but Gay is not pictured...
September 9, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - TheGrio's Todd Johnson watched Pres. Obama's jobs speech in Brooklyn with a small group of African-American voters...
September 6, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Bullet fragments hit one police officer in the left arm and chest, and he was hospitalized…
September 6, 2011
NEW YORK - The National Action Network is calling for disciplinary action against the officers who detained a city councilman…
September 6, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The gunshots rang out just after 9 p.m. Monday in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood after the…
August 26, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered an evacuation by 5 p.m. Saturday for low-lying areas that house about…
August 19, 2011
NEW YORK - Mary Lee Ward, 82, has lived inside the home at 320 Tompkins Avenue for more than four…
August 19, 2011
OPINION - Two competing narratives have been employed to explain what transpired in this Brooklyn neighborhood in 1991...
August 4, 2011
NEW YORK - Aretha Franklin will perform at a free concert in New York City's Coney Island...
August 1, 2011
The principal of a Brooklyn high school for new immigrants had five students do hard labor moving furniture for her…
July 31, 2011
NEW YORK - "That was like her," said Diane Jordan, a relative. "She always looked out for others. I'm going…
July 15, 2011
NEW YORK - Lakeshia Seymour, 18, was beaten to death with a hammer following an ongoing dispute with her stepfather,…
July 5, 2011
The 26-year-old hip-hop star announced on Twitter that her "precious cousin" was murdered Sunday evening...