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November 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Marissa Alexander is free from jail in time to spend Thanksgiving with family she has not seen…
November 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - An African-American girl could face expulsion from her high school after school officials said her natural hairstyle…
November 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Only 35 percent of African-Americans in Florida support the concept behind 'Stand Your Ground' laws, but 66…
November 21, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The family and attorney of the alleged victim in a sexual assault investigation involving Florida State…
November 20, 2013
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida woman is suing the Black Entertainment Television network in a dispute over a Facebook…
November 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - As part of the conditions of his bail, Zimmerman will have to surrender his firearms, which according…
November 18, 2013
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — The man acquitted of criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin has been charged…
November 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A news release from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office stated that Zimmerman was arrested 'after deputies responded…
November 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - An appeals court threw out the conviction against Alexander in September and the state has set March…
November 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The judge in the case of Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother of three who was sentenced to…
November 13, 2013
NBC Sports - University of Florida lineman Jonotthan Harrison says he was ejected while explaining to a ref that a…
November 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Alexander was denied use of Stand Your Ground and was convicted and sentenced to a mandatory 20…
November 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Lawyers for Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot over…
November 6, 2013
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The police department in the Florida city where Trayvon Martin was killed says that while it…
October 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The new police chief of Sanford is shaking things up nearly 2 years after the shooting death…
October 25, 2013
tbeGRIO REPORT - The 46-day food and wine extravaganza at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida, kicked off on…
October 23, 2013
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A police spokesman says no criminal charges will be filed against George Zimmerman in a dispute…
October 23, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Republicans say a fundraising email sent out by Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida that…
October 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Following one brave teen's plea for an adoptive family, hundreds of responses have poured in for children…
October 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Senator Dwight Bullard of District 39 sent a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder requesting he…