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February 2, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape could learn…
January 31, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago music legend Mavis Staples will headline the Chicago Blues Fest this summer...
January 31, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Bonita Carr, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Lighthouse Youth Center in Chicago's South Side neighborhood…
January 30, 2012
CHICAGO - The man accused of binding his 1-year-old daughter's hands, feet and mouth with tape, then posting a photo…
January 27, 2012
VIDEO - An influx of unclaimed bodies at Chicago's morque will likely result in a staff shake-up...
January 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A 17-year-old African-American teen was the victim of a hate crime in Chicago in late December 2011,…
January 26, 2012
CHICAGO - A Chicago mother wants the public to know that a photo showing her daughter bound with painters tape…
January 25, 2012
Since 2008, more than 530 youth have been killed in Chicago with nearly 80 percent of the homicides occurring in…
January 13, 2012
SLIDESHOW - As one of the most successful rapper/actors around, Latifah has more than made her mark on the big…
January 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Changing demographics throughout the nation, combined with retiring lawmakers and redistricting, have members of the Congressional Black…
January 4, 2012
CHICAGO - A 34-year-old Chicago man walked completely naked in front of the audience, a witness told police...
December 28, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - For six decades, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells was woven into the fabric of Chicago's South…
December 21, 2011
CHICAGO - A 21-year-old Chicago man was charged Tuesday with aggravated domestic battery after he posted a photo of his…
December 20, 2011
CHICAGO - Thousands of Chicago children may not get a toy this Christmas because of a real live Grinch...
December 12, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan started a five-day trip to Haiti on Sunday, arriving just…
December 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., however, his troubles in connection with Blagojevich are just beginning...
December 6, 2011
Chicago Tribune - On Monday, Darius Parish, 20, a graduate of Whitney Young Magnet High School who studied at St.…
December 5, 2011
Global Grind - It is far too often that we forget that aside from being a lyrical genius, Kanye West…
December 5, 2011
Radar Online - At 12,000 square-feet, Hudson's new 6-bedroom, 7-bathroom castle-like home was built in 2007 and features a heated…
December 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Cook County Sheriff's Deputies have served the suburban Chicago woman who was the first to bring sexual…