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July 21, 2025
A Long Island man died after a metal chain he wore was pulled into an MRI machine. His wife says…
September 17, 2022
Paulana Lamonier launched Black People Will Swim in 2019 to promote safety skills and “smash” the stereotypes that Black children…
April 20, 2021
A gunman shot three workers inside a manager’s office at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, killing one of them,…
racism thegrio.com
October 2, 2019
A 62-year-old woman said Joseph Magistro of Wantagh, N.Y., who is white, threw a barbell through her window and hurled…
slavery, thegrio.com
September 24, 2019
A Long Island middle school teacher has come under fire are allegedly instructing students to caption photos of slavery with…
South Atlanta high school thegro.com
January 1, 2019
A Black English teacher in Commack, a Long Island claims she endured years of racial discrimination at the workplace from…
just say no thegrio.com
September 11, 2018
Now it seems you can buy crack pipes from vending machines. Well, you can in at least one area of…
Man goes on racist rant on LIRR thegrio.com
May 4, 2018
A white man went on a venomous rant against a Black commuter calling her “monkey” and yelling other obscenities on
January 15, 2016
A 16-year-old high school student’s family is filing court papers, alleging that a Long Island school neglected to step in
December 4, 2015
On Thursday, Jelani Maraj, the older brother of Nicki Minaj, was arraigned and charged with first-degree rape for allegedly raping…
April 21, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A woman and her niece have been arrested after allegedly attacking a teacher at a middle school…
April 9, 2015
ELMONT, New York (AP) — Nigerian-born Elmont High School senior Harold Ekeh had a plan — he would apply to…
June 19, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - New York police are searching for 14-year-old Destiny Jasmine, who disappeared after leaving her house for school…
April 9, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - An 85-year-old woman received a lap dance from a male stripper against her will, states a lawsuit…
April 1, 2014
SHIRLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A 17-year-old Long Island student has applied to and was accepted at all eight Ivy League…
October 12, 2013
NBC New York - A woman who admitted to drowning her three young children in her Long Island bathtub five…
October 5, 2013
NBC New York - A mentally disturbed Long Island woman who drowned her three young children in a bathtub is…
May 2, 2013
NBC New York - Jay-Z is part of a group trying to renovate Nassau Coliseum...
April 17, 2013
OPINION - The greatest hip-hop album ever was made 25 years ago this month. Its title alone speaks volumes: It…
March 20, 2013
NBC New York - A Long Island middle school principal was arrested for allegedly forcing a 16-year-old boy he met…