Paterson

PATERSON, New Jersey (AP) — “Trap Queen” rapper Fetty Wap has received three summonses after he was injured in a motorcycle crash in his northern New Jersey hometown.

theGRIO REPORT – A Paterson, NJ freshman has been suspended from school and criminally charged with assaulting his teacher during an effort to get his cell phone back…

theGRIO REPORT – The 3-year-old’s parents told New York’s WNBC they were “terrified” to learn their daughter Madison left school with a stranger…

theGRIO REPORT – From the Grand Canyon in Arizona to Shenandoah in Virginia, there are 58 National Parks in the United States. However, surveys indicate that African-Americans are the least likely ethnic group to visit the National Park system…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Obama said while the hurricane didn’t do as much damage as feared, people shouldn’t “underestimate the heartache” that places like Paterson are going through…

theGRIO REPORT – Paterson residents reported that when the flood waters recede Hurricane Irene is likely to be remembered as one of many set backs that the resilient community has taken in stride…

An award-winning video director was unmasked Thursday as a brutal, bizarre serial breeder who repeatedly raped his daughters to create a “pure” bloodline…

OPINION – Amid all the sound and fury generated by banking bonuses, left unspoken are the external benefits that those amounts provide to large states.

OPINION – Political observers have been treated to the recent rollicking spectacle of a sitting president defenestrating an incumbent governor…

President Barack Obama hasn’t been shy about choosing sides to prevent Democratic Party primaries…

Beleaguered Gov. David Paterson is getting some support from a home town NAACP…

The axiom says keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but President Obama might consider just keeping his pals as far the heck away as possible.