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February 3, 2014
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — To hear Natasha Stewart tell it, she was just trying to help an insecure woman when…
February 2, 2014
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Boosted by a drop in the city's murder rate and an endorsement from President Barack Obama,…
January 31, 2014
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gunfire one Mardi Gras weekend on boozy Bourbon Street, a mass shooting at a neighborhood jazz…
January 30, 2014
EAST LIBERTY, Pa. — A 26-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after police said undercover agents purchased heroin from the woman…
January 29, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Nebraska, known for its large agricultural industry, has surprisingly claimed the top spot as the state with…
January 23, 2014
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Michigan police say the father of multi-platinum-selling singer Mary J. Blige was stabbed and critically…
January 23, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative scholar and author known recently for his critical works on President Barack Obama was…
January 16, 2014
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Boston police have been investigating whether jailed former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez may have been…
January 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - On Tuesday, 61-year-old Howard Morgan will go before an Illinois appeals court, seeking the reversal of his…
January 6, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A new study released today by the journal Crime & Delinquency has found that 49 percent of…
January 3, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Two Houston women are accused of robbing a man of his Jay Z concert tickets and then…
December 30, 2013
OPINION - We are demonstrably unable to come to terms with the societal pathologies that fuel violence in our culture...
December 29, 2013
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has denied bail for a white Houston-area man charged with a federal hate crime for…
December 27, 2013
HOUSTON (AP) — A white man has been arrested on federal hate crimes charges for allegedly shooting video of himself…
December 26, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark officials say two teenagers have been shot and killed and a third is in critical…
December 18, 2013
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Texas prosecutors are trying a second time to imprison a teen who was sentenced last…
December 16, 2013
OPINION - Last week, convicted on multiple counts of manslaughter and assault, 16-year-old Ethan Couch walked out of a Texas…
December 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - New data shows that, in a number of areas -- teen pregnancy, violent crime and increasing gradation…
December 12, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend the memorial honoring Nelson…
December 3, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans said he expected to seat a jury on Tuesday to…