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December 9, 2024

Literacy materials dropped by many schools face new pressure from struggling readers’ parents

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December 9, 2024

How ‘Mufasa’ rose with Aaron Pierre and Blue Ivy’s voices along with new Lin-Manuel Miranda music

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December 9, 2024

The Apollo Theater earns a Kennedy Center honor

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December 9, 2024

President of Tyler Perry Studios dies when plane he was piloting crashes in Florida

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December 8, 2024

Sweet news: Dark chocolate may be the secret to lowering the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

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December 8, 2024

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

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Austin Davis, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor, theGrio.com
December 7, 2024

Pennsylvania LG Austin Davis says Democrats must ‘listen’ before writing ‘policy prescription for everything’

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December 7, 2024

TikTok’s future uncertain after appeals court rejects its bid to overturn possible US ban

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December 7, 2024

Jury awards $310M to parents of Tyre Sampson, killed in fall from Orlando amusement park ride

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December 7, 2024

Jury will consider lesser charge in NYC subway chokehold case, judge dismisses manslaughter charge

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December 6, 2024

Why Michelle Obama’s ‘Later Daters’ is the most bingeworthy show on Netflix

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December 6, 2024

LL Cool J said he’s the most important rapper that ever existed. Sure, I’ll buy that 

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December 6, 2024

Snoop Dogg shares a heartwarming video of his grandkids’ reaction to his version of ‘Elf on the Shelf’

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December 6, 2024

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris announces engagement

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December 6, 2024

Trump’s plans for mass deportations and tariffs could severely cost Black households

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December 6, 2024

Am I part of Beyoncé’s Beyhive? According to my Spotify 2024 Wrapped, it appears so

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December 6, 2024

Cynthia Erivo talks Elphaba’s micro braids, long nails and the subtle nuances of her ‘Wicked’ character’s Blackness

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December 6, 2024

Flavor Flav says his ‘spirit is broken’ after NBC made him leave the Backstreet Boys’ dressing room at the Rockefeller Tree Lighting

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December 6, 2024

US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November in bounce-back from October slowdown

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December 6, 2024

Memphis’ mayor pushes back against feds’ calls for major reforms of city’s police force

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