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August 5, 2016
A Georgia father of twin 16-month-old girls has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after the girls died from heat-related causes. WAFB
January 11, 2016
Hall of fame rhythm and blues artist Otis Clay, known as much for his big heart and charitable work in
December 4, 2015
Melvin Williams, the former drug kingpin who inspired the show The Wire and even went on to act in it,…
September 22, 2015
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Willie Mae Seaton, a chef recognized for her classic American food and whose neighborhood restaurant helped…
September 10, 2015
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dr. William Grier, a psychiatrist who co-authored the groundbreaking 1968 book, "Black Rage," has died at…
September 8, 2015
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) — Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, has died. She was…
August 27, 2015
NBA legend Darryl Dawkins has died at the age of 58.
August 18, 2015
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan (AP) — A woman who was believed to be the oldest U.S. veteran at 110 has died,…
November 17, 2014
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone died Monday while being treated in…
September 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A South Florida community is mourning the loss of a 10th grade student after he collapsed on…
April 26, 2013
TODAY - Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, who gained fame as the bassist for the George Clinton-fronted Parliament-Funkadelic group, died of liver…
April 12, 2013
NBC Philadelphia - A 17-year-old student died after being shot at a playground on Thursday across the street from his…
March 29, 2013
VIDEO - A longtime member of the WNBC family has died. Bob Teague was one of New York City's first…
March 26, 2013
BELLINGHAM, Washington (AP) — Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards has died at a hospice at age 68.
February 21, 2013
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Actor Lou Myers, best known for his role as ornery restaurant owner Mr. Gaines on the…
February 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Al Anderson, Detroit Consortium's boys basketball coach died following their victory over Dayton Dunbar...
February 11, 2013
DOVER, Delaware (AP) — Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950's, died Feb. 4 in Delaware,…
July 25, 2012
(AP) - John Atta Mills' election victory secured Ghana's reputation as one of the most mature democracies in West Africa...
July 2, 2012
Leontine T.C. Kelly, the first African-American woman elected as a bishop by the United Methodist Church, passed away on June…
March 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Ada Sharpton, the 87-year-old mother of the Reverand Al Sharpton passed away early this Thursday morning in…