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July 29, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry, one of the longest-serving women lawmakers in the nation and a powerful…
July 24, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Hearing the screams of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till from inside a Mississippi barn left a teenage…
July 23, 2013
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 76-year-old Milwaukee man who fatally shot his unarmed teenage neighbor was sentenced to life in prison…
July 23, 2013
(AP) - Emile Griffith, the elegant world champion whose career was overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave Bennie Paret…
July 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history…
July 14, 2013
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Monteith, who played the character Finn Hudson on the Fox TV series about a high…
July 2, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. William H. Gray III, who rose to influential positions in Congress and was the…
June 25, 2013
SLIDESHOW - Michael Jackson's untimely death at the age of 50 shocked fans everywhere and sparked immediate memorials and tributes…
June 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Bland was known as the 'Sinatra of the Blues' because of his super-suave persona and his flawless…
June 20, 2013
OPINION - While the 51-year-old Gandolfini was admired for his many film and television roles across many different demographics, he…
June 19, 2013
NBC NEWS - James Gandolfini, who rose to fame as mob boss Tony Soprano on the hit HBO drama 'The…
June 5, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago blues piano player Piano C. Red, who performed with Muddy Waters, B.B King, Fats Domino and…
June 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - With Christie handpicking his 2014 opponent, he can no longer pretend he doesn't have a stake in…
June 3, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and liberal who was called out of retirement…
May 29, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clarence Burke Jr., lead singer of the group the Five Stairsteps that sang the 1970 hit…
May 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Malcolm Shabazz, the 27-year-old grandson of the late Malcolm X, is dead, the Amsterdam News reported Thursday...
May 7, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to…
May 2, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine…
May 2, 2013
LA TIMES - Dupri's vision was simple: a kid rap group. But it was the execution of 'Jump,' and most…
April 26, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leo Branton Jr., a lawyer who helped successfully defend radical Angela Davis in a sensational 1972…