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June 11, 2014

Alabama woman catfishes her niece, finds out niece wants to kill her

theGRIO REPORT - Nineteen-year-old Marissa Williams was arrested after she unknowingly told her aunt via Facebook that she wanted to…
June 4, 2014

President Obama gets in ‘unscheduled’ workout session in Poland

VIDEO - It's not everyday you get to workout next to President Barack Obama. But that's exactly what happened for…
May 22, 2014

Watch: 3 strangers come together for surprise jam session

theGRIO VIDEO - Jaime Tatos Maldanado's video of the three strangers now has more than 10 million views on YouTube.…
March 15, 2014

Mom finds daughter, long-feared dead, via Facebook search

NBC News - Until recently, Amira Ali thought her daughter Tina, her sister and her mother had all died in…
February 13, 2014

New gender options for Facebook users

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — You don't have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore...
February 10, 2014

Beyoncé shows love for ‘Drunk In Love’ cover on the violin

VIDEO - Beyoncé's 'Drunk In Love' duet with her husband Jay Z has quickly become the highlight of her self-titled…
February 4, 2014

Facebook turns 10: African-Americans uniquely affected by social media site

theGRIO REPORT - Facebook officially turns 10 today, which marks the tenth anniversary of the day thefacebook.com opened to users…
January 31, 2014

Is Vin Diesel’s Beyoncé tribute a ‘guy code’ violation?

OPINION - Vin Diesel is more than an action star. A recent video suggests he might also be a KatyCat…
January 30, 2014

Prince drops $22 million lawsuit against Facebook bootleggers

theGRIO REPORT - Funk legend Prince had been planning to sue Facebook fans who had illegally posted his music videos,…
January 28, 2014

Prince sues Facebook fans for posting bootleg videos

theGRIO REPORT - The iconic rock star Prince is infamous for cracking down on illegal distribution of his music...
January 25, 2014

Iowa GOP posts flowchart to ID racism

MSNBC -- If a post on the Iowa Republican Party’s Facebook page is any indication, the right’s efforts to appeal…
January 21, 2014

Sarah Palin tells President Obama to stop playing ‘race card’ on MLK Day

theGRIO REPORT - The former Alaska governor offered this unsolicited advice in a post on her Facebook page...
December 29, 2013

Robin Roberts acknowledges same-sex relationship in Facebook message

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robin Roberts thanked her longtime girlfriend, Amber Laign, in a year-end post published Sunday on the…
December 10, 2013

Reality star Tila Tequila reportedly aligns herself with Nazis

theGRIO REPORT - Tila Tequila, the former star of a MTV dating reality show, has extended her 15 minutes of…
December 6, 2013

Ted Cruz trashed for paying tribute to Nelson Mandela on Facebook

OPINION - The Mandela bashing is a moment that should go down in history as the moment the tea party…
November 20, 2013

Fla. woman sues BET over 'The Game' Facebook page

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida woman is suing the Black Entertainment Television network in a dispute over a Facebook…
October 31, 2013

Photo emerges that resembles missing autistic boy

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating whether a photo of a boy riding a subway train…
October 9, 2013

Arizona lawmaker compares Obama to Hitler, calls him ‘De Fuhrer’ in Facebook post

theGRIO REPORT - It seems like every month another arch-conservative compares President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler...
October 2, 2013

Stop being so stupid, voters tweet to Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — The roiling debate over the U.S. government shutdown is extending to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as fed-up…
September 3, 2013

Wild Wings Café apologizes after patron posts discrimination complaint to Facebook

theGRIO REPORT - Nearly a month after the incident at Wild Wings Café, the complaints on Facebook started to garner…