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Kehlani, Kehlani concert cancelled, Kehlani activism, Kehlani pro Palestine, Black celebrities, theGrio.com
May 8, 2025
R&B singer Kehlani’s upcoming show in New York during Pride month is cancelled following her vocal support of Palestine.
thegrio, FAA, NYC chopper crash
April 14, 2025
The FAA said it would launch an immediate review of New York Helicopter Tours' operating license and safety record.
thegrio, eric adams, nyc, criminal probe, bribery, financial crimes
February 13, 2025
The resignation came after a senior Justice Department official directed New York prosecutors to drop the case against Adams.
apollo theater, apollo theater CEO, jonelle Procope and theGrio.com
June 12, 2023
Procope will be succeeded this summer by former Essence Communications executive Michelle Ebanks.
June 6, 2023
A new initiative to combat gun violence in NYC has resulted in "unconstitutional policing," according to a court-appointed federal monitor.
2018 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Junket
June 3, 2023
A vast archive of works produced over the near-50-year career of legendary playwright George C. Wolfe has been acquired by…
June 1, 2023
On the new theGrio series, "Unheard," Mualimm-ak, executive director of Incarcerated Nation Network, talks about his time confined.
Bellevue hospital woman, Sarah Jane Comrie, Citi Bike Karen, theGrio.com
May 26, 2023
Two weeks after her “Citi Bike Karen” incident was caught on video, the white woman at the center could do…
May 22, 2023
The City Council unanimously approved a “Homeless Bill of Rights” last month that would make New York the first big…
May 19, 2023
The Jordan Neely funeral at Mount Neboh Baptist Church included a eulogy from the Rev. Al Sharpton Friday in Manhattan.
May 15, 2023
Around Manhattan and elsewhere in the city, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto…
May 9, 2023
Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival, has died.
May 8, 2023
Jordan Neely's death by chokehold shines a light on New York’s law that governs the use of force by civilians…
May 5, 2023
The choking death of a man at the hands of another New York subway rider was setting off powerful reactions Thursday, with…
EJeanCarrollTrumpRapeAccuser, theGrio.com
April 26, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — A writer suing Donald Trump took the stand Wednesday to tell jurors that the then-future president raped her
March 29, 2023
Dr. Sandra Scott, executive director of the Brookdale Hospital Campus of One Brooklyn Health, is breaking barriers.
March 26, 2023
A jurisdiction of Episcopal churches in New York is taking action and apologizing for its role in the transatlantic slave…
Photo lineup wrongful conviction - Sheldon Thomas
March 10, 2023
Sheldon Thomas is a free man after spending 18 years in prison following a wrongful conviction for a 14-year-old boy's…
March 2, 2023
NYC said it will pay $21,500 to each of at least 200 protesters who were detained, arrested or met with…
2019 NYWIFT Muse Awards
February 28, 2023
Wendy Williams is ready to make her television return following the cancellation of her beloved daytime talk show last year.