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June 7, 2014
(AP) - Family, friends and famous admirers including first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey plan…
April 30, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A building on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus is currently named after a former Ku…
April 23, 2014
VIDEO - Thousands of students apply to Ivy League schools, but very few are accepted. Wilmington, North Carolina native Patrick…
March 21, 2014
VIDEO - An 11-year-old boy has died after witnesses say he jumped into a southwest Charlotte creek to save his…
March 21, 2014
VIDEO - Police have charged a man who they say was caught on surveillance video sucking a woman's toes at…
March 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Soul singer and North Carolina native Anthony Hamilton is widely respected for his rich voice and vivid…
March 5, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say deputies of a North Carolina sheriff accused of illegally targeting Latino drivers shared…
February 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Thousands of people are planning to protest the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce's "Evening of Champions" because…
January 29, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police in a North Carolina town are searching for a man who sprayed a church playground…
January 28, 2014
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Charlotte police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting…
January 23, 2014
NBC News - A North Carolina grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Charlotte police officer who killed an unarmed…
January 21, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Barber took Scott to task for backing Tea Party policies he believes are detrimental to people of…
January 15, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama is keeping the heat on lawmakers to renew jobless benefits for the long-term…
January 15, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The Republican, who considers the late, controversial Sen. Jesse Helms an inspiration, calling the program -- which…
December 5, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge has found North Carolina NAACP President William Barber and 11 others guilty of second-degree…
November 24, 2013
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape was convicted of second-degree…
November 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - More than 47 million American saw their benefits go down, a cut of $5 billion in the…
November 3, 2013
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A shooting on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University left a 21-year-old man wounded…
October 30, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a North Carolina prison Tuesday to begin serving a…
October 29, 2013
NBC NEWS - Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., reported to one of the cushiest federal prisons Monday to begin…