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May 27, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to turn the page on more than a decade of war, announced plans…
May 21, 2014
NBC News - That seems to be the message from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in an apparent response to the…
May 21, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans' health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that…
May 17, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP rights group announced Saturday that lawyer and activist Cornell William Brooks would become its new…
May 12, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has sent his congratulations to Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by…
May 10, 2014
NBC News -- First lady Michelle Obama made a rare appearance on her husband’s weekly address on Saturday to express…
May 8, 2014
NBC News - Nigeria’s president vowed Thursday to defeat terrorism in his country, suggesting that the kidnapping of nearly 300…
May 6, 2014
MSNBC -- The White House unveiled a sweeping report on the effects of global warming in the United States and…
March 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Hot off her supporting turn in the Oscar-winning '12 Years a Slave', actress Alfre Woodard has been…
March 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama has teamed up with Miami Heat star LeBron James to help promote the Affordable…
February 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - According to Politico, the 57-year-old Democrat is considering mounting a campaign, in which his likely opponent would…
February 6, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Controversial rocker Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama 'an avowed racist' for sympathizing with the parents of…
February 6, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting Haitian President Michel Martelly for talks on Haiti's economic and political future...
January 31, 2014
theGRIO'S 100 - Cheryl Boone Isaacs became the first president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in…
January 16, 2014
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped disorderly conduct, trespassing and resisting arrest charges against South Carolina NAACP Lonnie Randolph…
January 12, 2014
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Prominent Republicans leapt to GOP Gov. Chris Christie's defense on Sunday, insisting that an ongoing traffic…
January 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Following over a year with no permanent leader, Florida A&M University will be interviewing six candidates for…
December 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Alexis Wilkinson was elected as The Harvard Lampoon's first African-American and the first female president.
December 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama nominated Navy Vice Adm. Michelle Howard for the appointment to the rank of admiral, making…
December 14, 2013
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (AP) — Bells tolled 26 times to honor the children and educators killed one year ago in a…