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Antonio Litman
January 29, 2020
A homeless man has been charged with murder and arson in connection with the death of Brooklyn philanthropist L. Antonio…
Antonio Litman
January 22, 2020
Police ruled Antonio Litman's death a homicide after discovering stab wounds to his neck and chest when firefighters put out…
Jenna Hospedales theGrio.com
January 15, 2020
Five days after 14-year-old Brooklyn girl Jenna Hospedales went missing, she was found safe and has returned home to her…
50 Cent theGrio.com
January 13, 2020
The mom of teenager Davian Fraser says her son was bullied in school because he knows rapper 50 Cent and has…
Tekashi 6ix9ine thegrio.com
December 18, 2019
Tekashi 6ix9ine, once riding high on the fame of hip-hop glory and street violence, stood in front of the judge,…
December 14, 2019
Eric L. Adams visits Africa to support the importance of advancing a sense of community through cultural ties and economic…
MTA Bus theGrio.com
November 1, 2019
A white man in Brooklyn called an MTA bus driver a n-word, and spit at him after the bus driver…
Naire-McCormick
September 18, 2019
A murder-suicide has rocked a Brooklyn community. An NYPD school safety officer and mother was reportedly shot to death by…
September 4, 2019
Addy Fahi would be the picture perfect tenant for any landlord, but this is rapidly changing Brooklyn, which she says…
MTA 7 subway train, thegrio.com
August 22, 2019
A Brooklyn man has been charged with attempted murder and a hate crime after unprovoked stabbing attack on a Black…
crime scene thegrio.com
August 22, 2019
After a Black woman said NYPD hit her in the head and knocked her down at the Marcy Houses Family…
August 8, 2019
Guy Bryant explains that his work with youth transitioning out of foster care is what powers his work with kids…
July 29, 2019
Police say a shooting at a Brownsville, Brooklyn neighborhood celebration that killed on man and injured 11 others was the…
July 19, 2019
NYC’s annual Afro-Latino Festival has emerged to give people who descend from throughout Latin America a chance to learn and…
June 11, 2019
In honor of its 30th anniversary, Spike Lee's classic film, "Do the Right Thing" will get spruced up for a…
June 11, 2019
[griojw id=”zl9RifFX” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A New York City street has been named for rapper Notorious B.I.G. Community members and elected
Classroom thegrio.com
March 4, 2019
Students at Mary McDowell Friends School in Brooklyn Heights staged a protest in February in an effort to fight against
Jameek Lowery
February 21, 2019
[griojw id=”emYuFLB6″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Brooklyn residents are upset and believe that cops are sitting on their block deliberately provoking gang
Langston
February 19, 2019
For years a safe haven for the Black LGBTQ community in New York, as well as an amazing party space,…
February 7, 2019
Students at Brooklyn’s Poly Prep Country Day School say don’t lump them into one big ball of bigots and clapped