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December 14, 2013
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (AP) — Bells tolled 26 times to honor the children and educators killed one year ago in a…
December 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s remarks at the end of the 1964 'Rivonia' trial that led to his 27-year…
October 31, 2013
TERRELL, Texas (AP) — Fear and confusion gripped a rural North Texas community for several hours until an early-morning arrest…
October 4, 2013
NEWS -- Many are struggling to understand what could have led Miriam Carey, a 34 year old dental hygienist from…
July 11, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say the U.S. homicide rate for older children and young adults has hit its lowest…
May 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, was buried in New York on Tuesday, and now, theGrio has…
May 11, 2013
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute…
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 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Millions of OxyContin prescriptions are written each year and is an oft-abused medication. But, OxyContin is not…
December 28, 2012
(AP) - The last time the city reached the 500-homicide mark was in 2008, when the year ended with 512…
December 27, 2012
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - As we look ahead to 2013, we remember the black icons lost in 2012 and remember them…
December 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - If there were problems between Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kassandra Michelle Perkins,…
December 2, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season,…
December 1, 2012
KANSAS CITY, MO - Police says NFL player Jovan Belcher killed himself Saturday morning in an apparent suicide at Arrowhead…
October 30, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the U.S. East Coast awoke Tuesday without power…
October 14, 2012
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress,…
August 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The FBI will 'monitor' the investigation into Chavis Carter's death, the police chief of Jonesboro, Arkansas has…
June 17, 2012
Twitter reactions to the death of Rodney King at age 47.
June 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating shook the world in 1991, is dead at age 47, NBC News…
June 7, 2012
CLUTCH - Trinidadian writer Rosa Guy, who was best known for her unflinching young adult fiction, has died in Manhattan…