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October 20, 2021
A Florida defense attorney who represented George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case is accused of witness tampering.
Voters Black thegrio.com
October 19, 2021
Florida's Senate Bill 7066 (SB-7066) requires former felons to pay all legal financial obligations before they can vote.
October 12, 2021
Johnson, the Morgan State University professor and MSNBC fave, called West "the zeitgeist of the Republican Party right now."
October 11, 2021
Latosha Clemons, deputy fire chief in Boynton Beach, Fla., aims “to redress the defamatory statement made regarding her race" in…
flyingwhileblack
October 10, 2021
Southwest Airlines said in a statement that it had experienced weather challenges in its Florida airports at the beginning of…
October 10, 2021
A Florida home connected to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his civil rights activism is now going to be…
Ricki’a Jackson
October 9, 2021
Missing Black children are underreported. theGrio has compiled a list of the most recent reports of missing Black children in…
October 1, 2021
CNN host Chris Cuomo joked with brave dad Eugene Bozzi: "An alligator is the least of your problem with seven…
Miya Marcano
October 1, 2021
A person of interest in Miya Marcano's disappearance, Armando Manuel Caballero, was found dead Monday of an apparent suicide.
September 27, 2021
A 21-year-old pregnant woman, due to give birth in just a few weeks, has been found dead in a Florida…
Derremy Jerrell Walker thegrio.com
September 23, 2021
A former janitor at a Florida high school has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for planting a…
September 22, 2021
Joseph Ladapo is a Harvard Medical School-trained doctor who has said he opposes COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.
MSNBC host Joy Reid and Gabby Petito, theGrio.com
September 21, 2021
Joy Reid addressed the media coverage of Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito and called attention to the issue of missing Black women…
Rashaun Jones Bryan Pata thegrio.com
September 19, 2021
Rashaun Jones, a former University of Miami football player, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of killing Bryan Pata…
September 17, 2021
"Black people celebrating 'Black joy' and release from bondage does not automatically equate to a protest," wrote Judge Mark Walker.
September 17, 2021
Florida mom Sherica Dalloo believes her 11-year husband, David, died of COVID-19 last month after they let their kids host…
Dr. Sian Proctor thegrio.com
September 15, 2021
Dr. Sian Proctor is making history as the first Black woman to serve as a pilot of a spacecraft when…
September 14, 2021
A Florida nurse is facing five years in prison after threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris in videotapes she…
Farrah Carter thegrio.com
September 14, 2021
An arrest has finally been made in the case of Florida teen Farrah Carter who was murdered in her own…
ron desantis thegrio.com
September 12, 2021
The 90-page decision by U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee found the recently-enacted law “vague and overbroad."