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Bree Newsome thegrio.com
March 1, 2018
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, returned to classes today. It's been two weeks since suspected…
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - FEBRUARY 15: Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where he allegedly killed 17 people, is seen on a closed circuit television screen during a bond hearing in front of Broward Judge Kim Mollica at the Broward County Courthouse.(Photo by Susan Stocker - Pool/Getty Images) thegrio.com
February 21, 2018
Nikolas Cruz, the suspect in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, is set to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in…
parkland shooting thegrio.com
February 20, 2018
[griojw id=”IVSvBOwI” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] On President’s Day, several teenagers staged a protest to call for better gun reform in the wake
February 16, 2018
Black Panther is the big story the weekend. The highly anticipated film is expected to top the box office.
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February 16, 2018
According to reports, federal prisons are so short on guards that they are drawing on civilian staff like nurses, cooks,…
February 15, 2018
[griojw id=”5f3oekec” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] It’s a sad day in America.  We’re on our 18th school shooting this year and it’s only
Florida Shooting thegrio.com
February 15, 2018
The shooter arrested and charged in the Florida high school shooting that claimed the lives of 17 people has been…
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February 2, 2018
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in his ruling that the First and Fourteenth Amendments had been violated by Florida's process of…
Police Indicted theGrio.com
January 29, 2018
Police officers in Florida are seeking to invoke the controversial Stand Your Ground protection to defend against excessive force claims.
Teacher Misspells Bigger thegrio.com
January 25, 2018
A Florida teacher accidentally hit the letter "n" instead of "b" on her keyboard and sent out an assignment with…
January 24, 2018
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January 23, 2018
A proposed constitutional amendment has reached the 766,200 petition signatures needed to go on the ballot come November. The initiative…
Ted Thornhill thegrio.com
January 10, 2018
A professor at Florida Gulf Coast University started a class about "white racism," and the backlash was so severe that he…
December 16, 2017
A Florida man was arrested for the death of his wife, Makeva Jenkins, one day after she took to social…
October 17, 2017
Richard Spencer, the white nationalist who organized the rallies in Charlottesville, is set to give a speech at the University…
September 8, 2017
As Hurricane Irma heads toward Florida, one father of the bride isn't going to let the life-threatening storm stop his…
August 30, 2017
DELAND, Fla. (AP) — A sophomore from Georgia collapsed and died during football practice at a Florida university...
August 8, 2017
According to witnesses, a Florida man was killed early Sunday because he was standing up for his gay friends against…
July 21, 2017
In what police are calling an “extremely disturbing,” video, teenagers laughed and mocked a disabled Florida man as he drowned…
July 20, 2017
St. Petersburg, Florida, mayoral candidate Paul Congemi claimed that Black people had already gotten reparations because Barack Obama was elected…