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October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Customers at Wal-Mart created a frenzy Saturday night when a glitch granted food stamp recipients unlimited funds…
October 2, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 71-year-old Louisiana prisoner who spent 41 years in solitary confinement and is now dying of…
September 30, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The daughter of a Louisiana pastor who was killed at a revival service says that if…
September 23, 2013
DEQUINCY, La. (AP) — When a satirical website reported the small city of DeQuincy, La., had banned twerking, some local…
July 17, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Matthew Flugence, 20, was captured Tuesday night after authorities received tips he had been sighted, said…
July 2, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. William H. Gray III, who rose to influential positions in Congress and was the…
June 25, 2013
WINNFIELD, La. (AP) — Police in north Louisiana say a 36-year-old man accused of killing the 18-year-old rapper known as…
June 22, 2013
WINNFIELD, Louisiana (AP) — Police in north Louisiana say a 36-year-old man is accused of killing the 18-year-old rapper known…
June 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The mother of missing New Orleans teacher Terrilyn Monette received news on Saturday that the vehicle that…
May 17, 2013
NBC NEWS - For Louisiana, the stakes could not be higher: it has the worst gun murder rate in the…
April 25, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If there's a theme to this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, it may be…
April 12, 2013
NBC New York - The Terrebonne Parish Council passed an ordinance that prohibits people from wearing pants that hang below…
April 8, 2013
OPINION - America’s civil rights history evokes a sense of pride and accomplishment, given the hard-fought battles waged in the…
March 6, 2013
VIDEO - Listening to the 4-year-old play his drum set, it's evident he's destined for greatness, carefully playing songs as…
January 24, 2013
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - The governor of Louisiana, seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2016, is calling on…
December 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given annually by the Screen Actors Guild, or SAG,…
November 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Republican Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has become one of the most outspoken critics of his own party…
October 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A shocking alleged assault, in which a 20-year-old Louisiana woman was supposedly set on fire and her…
October 23, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 20-year-old black woman told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote…
October 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A large number of youth in detention centers need psychological treatment rather than the juvenile justice system,…