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Jada McPherson, Queens, Protect Black women, theGrio.com
July 15, 2025
Jada McPherson was attacked on July 7 in Queens, New York, by a trio, including a mother and daughter, over…
thegrio, eric adams, nyc, DOJ, federal corruption charges
February 26, 2025
Adams lawyers claim that his charges for corruption should be dropped due to prosecutorial misconduct, a claim the DA denies.
NYC Bus driver saves 5 year old girl, MTA bus driver saves little girl, Bus driver 5 year old girl reunion, MTA bus driver reunites with 5 year old girl theGrio.com
October 24, 2024
In September, bus driver Luis Jimenez found five-year-old Adaline “Addy” Gonzalez unaccompanied in Harlem after skipping school.
JJ Velazquez, Sing Sing, theGiro.com
October 1, 2024
A Manhattan judge vacated Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez's wrongful conviction in the killing of a retired New York City police officer...
Eric Adams, theGrio.com
September 24, 2024
The first sign that federal authorities were investigating people close to Adams came early last November, when agents searched ...
Sean Combs, Sean Diddy Combs, Sean Combs arrested, theGrio.com
September 12, 2024
Dawn Richard, who appeared on the MTV reality show “Making the Band,” is suing for unspecified damages as well as…
Coco Gauff, 2024 U.S. Open
August 27, 2024
Gauff knew she didn't play great in Toronto or Cincinnati in recent weeks. But she also could tell she was…
July 8, 2024
The heat isn’t just uncomfortable. It’s the top cause of weather-related U.S. fatalities, quietly killing about 350 New Yorkers annually.
June 26, 2024
Bowman's defeat is a blow to the party’s progressives, a potential cautionary tale for candidates opining on the Israel-Hamas war.
June 25, 2024
Bowman, a former middle school principal, has framed the race in New York as a contest between big-money donors and…
March 30, 2024
New York City Mayor Eric Adams marked Good Friday by receiving a jailhouse baptism from the Rev. Al Sharpton at…
March 2, 2024
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' says growing up at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn molded his leadership.
New York medical debt laws
January 22, 2024
New York City officials have teamed up with a local nonprofit to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for…
January 21, 2024
Steven Ruffin’s conviction is the latest of dozens that Brooklyn prosecutors have disavowed after reinvestigations over the last decade.
New York medical debt laws
January 21, 2024
New York Mayor Eric Adams said the bills would make jails more dangerous and bog down police officers in paperwork.
Eric Adams, New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted, theGrio.com
December 24, 2023
New York City’s teachers union is suing to block planned cuts to the city’s public schools proposed by Mayor Eric…
December 24, 2023
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for people to challenge their convictions.
December 16, 2023
Personal tragedy led the Jets' Solomon Thomas and his parents, Martha and Chris, creating The Defensive Line in 2021.
November 26, 2023
A woman alleged in a lawsuit that Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her at a New York bar in 2015, an incident…
November 18, 2023
A lawsuit by Cassie alleging Sean “Diddy” Combs abused her has been settled, the artists announced Friday.