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January 24, 2022
When Larry Miller was a 16-year-old gang member in West Philadelphia, he shot and killed young father Edward White.
January 19, 2022
The charges went from third-degree murder to manslaughter because authorities found no evidence of malice.
January 17, 2022
Twelve members of a Philadelphia family were buried in a public funeral today after they poerished in a rowhouse fire.
January 10, 2022
The fire started in a portable electric heater in a bedroom of the Bronx high-rise, the city's fire commissioner said.
January 7, 2022
A 5-year-old boy who escaped the deadly fire reportedly told a neighbor, a paramedic, a firefighter and hospital staff how…
January 6, 2022
One man’s false testimony was the only thing that linked Willie Stokes to a 1984 murder in Philadelphia, leading to…
January 6, 2022
The fire occurred before 6:30 a.m. in a public housing unit where 18 people were living. Mayor Jim Kenney asked…
January 5, 2022
A large fire tore through a two-unit house early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 13 people, including seven children.
Nandi Fitzgerald and her son Denzel Nolan thegrio.com
January 4, 2022
A Philadelphia mother and her teen son were fatally shot in their home and their deaths come months after the…
Meek Mill thegrio.com
December 13, 2021
Meek Mill to donate 500K worth of gifts to Philadelphia families, supported by owners of Philadelphia 76ers and New England…
November 30, 2021
The survey tracked over 25,000 interactions with fictitious renters using names more often associated with white, Black and LatinX identities.
Sykea Patton thegrio.com
November 24, 2021
Sykea Patton's ex-boyfriend, Donavan Crawford, is accused of fatally shooting in front of her twin sons in Philadelphia.
November 21, 2021
The unnamed 32-year-old victim was shot multiple times in her head and stomach around 8:30 p.m., police told theGrio on…
November 20, 2021
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office charged the suspects, ages 13 to 16, with aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation.
October 31, 2021
Philadelphia will soon become the first major city to ban police from stopping motorists for low-level traffic violations.
October 27, 2021
SEPTA Police's Thomas J. Nestel III said last week "people were holding their phone up in the direction of this…
October 24, 2021
Philadelphia rapper Freeway on Sunday shared via social media that his daughter, Harmony, died of cancer at age 21.
Hurricane Sandy Bears Down On U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coastline
October 22, 2021
A Pennsylvania prosecutor has shot down reports that commuters on a train did nothing to stop a woman from being…
October 20, 2021
"What we want everyone to be is angry, disgusted," said SEPTA's police chief Thomas Nestel III, that no fellow rider…
October 13, 2021
Reviewers have called "Expensive Pain" one of Mill's best works. It's the LP's colorful cover, by a Black woman, getting…