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Chris Parham and Laquanda Brown, Heaven Bound Crematorium, Black families, Black babies, Black parents, crime, theGrio.com
May 7, 2025
Chris Parham and Laquanda Brown are suing Heaven Bound Crematorium in Maryland after it failed to cremate their infant son. 
Excenia Mette, Harlem grandmother killed, Harlem shooting, crime, theGrio.com
April 24, 2025
Excenia Mette was killed on Tuesday, April 22, while attempting to defuse an argument in Harlem, New York.
Karmelo Anthony, Karmelo Anthony's mother, Karmelo Anthony case, theGrio.com
April 17, 2025
The 17-year-old is accused of stabbing a sports rival during an intense encounter at a track meet in Frisco, Texas,…
Rapper Tay-K, Tay-K case, Tay-K trial, rap on trial, theGrio.com
April 16, 2025
Taymor McIntyre, better known as Tay-K, was found guilty of the 2017 murder of photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar.
Karmelo Anthony, Austin Metcalf, Texas, Karmelo Anthony case, theGrio.com
April 15, 2025
17-year-old Karmelo Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf during a track meet on April 2 in Frisco, Texas.  
Rapper Tay-K, Tay-K case, Tay-K trial, rap on trial, theGrio.com
April 15, 2025
Taymor McIntyre faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the killing of 23-year-old Mark Anthony…
Tania Vanessa Corpuz Thomas, Stephanie Dowells, theGrio.com
March 27, 2025
In November 2024, Stephanie Dowells was killed during a conjugal visit with her husband; she was the second woman to…
thegrio, Ronnie Smith, Lil Ronnie, Texas, fatal shooting
March 7, 2025
The double murder of G$ Lil Ronnie and his daughter in Forest Hills, Tex., came a day after celebrating the…
Cedric Warren, theGrio.com
December 12, 2024
Two men's convictions were overturned in a double homicide whose investigation overseen by a discredited white Kansas City detective.
Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr., theGrio.com
December 12, 2024
A judge declared a mistrial in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmy “Jay” Lee,…
Sean "Diddy" Combs
March 27, 2024
Diddy wasn't detained and spoke to authorities, and neither he nor any family members were arrested, nor has their travel…
March 2, 2024
Isaac Goodlow III died at a hospital after he was shot by officers Feb. 3 in Carol Stream, Illinois, as…
February 17, 2024
Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight, who has been suspended since November, allegedly shot her estranged boyfriend in the head.
February 16, 2024
Anti-crime measures in the Secure D.C. Act being considered raise concerns about its impact on Blacks living in the District…
January 20, 2024
FBG Duck was shot 16 times outside the luxury clothing store Dolce & Gabbana in Chicago’s upscale Gold Coast neighborhood…
Hannah Payne trial
December 13, 2023
It took jurors only two hours to find Hannah Payne guilty of all charges, including felony murder, in the shooting…
December 5, 2023
Detroit leaders made it a priority to reduce a felony gun case backlog from 4,000 at the beginning of 2022,…
Michigan business owner shoots at Black man -- Anthony Mangiapane
November 22, 2023
Michigan jurors convicted Anthony Mangiapane of ethnic intimidation and other charges after he shot at a Black pedestrian.
November 15, 2023
The parents of Northwestern State University football player Ronnie Caldwell Jr. filed a wrongful death lawsuit early this month.
October 29, 2023
Tracy Cole, the grandson of Freddy Cole, one of Nat King Cole’s three brothers, was stabbed to death in Atlanta…