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March 16, 2023
Crews at Orlando's ICON park started to dismantle the 430-foot-tall Orlando FreeFall tower and ride this week.
February 11, 2023
That lawsuit alleged police were not trained and screened to prevent them from engaging in excessive or deadly force.
October 23, 2022
A trio of real estate companies will pay $10 million for illegally discriminating against renters using housing vouchers in Washington,…
October 23, 2022
The city of Minneapolis will pay more than $700,000 to resolve complaints over excessive force by police during protests in…
September 24, 2022
The 10-person jury reached its verdict Thursday evening in Tampa federal court in the case of Black 14-year-old Andrew Joseph…
September 24, 2022
Fort Worth, Texas settled a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Jacqueline Craig over her and her daughter's arrests in…
August 14, 2022
The plaintiff in the lawsuit is G. Marie Newby, the mother of Terry Childress, who died in February 2021 after…
Michael Jackson Announces Plans For Summer Residency At The O2 Arena
August 11, 2022
Sony Music and the Michael Jackson estate have reached a settlement in a lawsuit accusing them of releasing songs not…
judge gavel court thegrio.com
July 23, 2022
Former Sgt. Tony Reeves arrested Michael Fesser of Portland on a bogus theft charge at the behest of then-Police Chief…
De’Von Bailey thegrio.com
February 9, 2022
The family of De'Von Bailey who was fatally shot in the back while running from police in Colorado Springs, Colo.…
Anjanette Young
December 14, 2021
The City Council's Finance Committee unanimously approved a settlement for Young over a wrongful police raid that left her naked…
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November 7, 2021
Michigan agreed to pay the former director of the drinking water division after using her as a "public scapegoat" in…
November 6, 2021
Boston police officers wrongfully arrested a Black man for drunk driving while he was having a stroke — leading to…
Charlottesville protests thegrio.com
July 24, 2021
The terms of the agreement include extensive revisions to police directives, including a ban on the use of CS tear…
July 17, 2021
Ongoing disputes over James Brown's will and estate are finally resolved nearly 15 years after the music legend's death.
Monica Cromartie thegrio.com
July 14, 2021
A jury in Virginia has awarded a Black woman $300,000 after she sued a police officer for excessive force and…
June 6, 2021
A memorial to Gabriel Taye, an 8-year-old boy who killed himself after being bullied, will be placed at Carson School,…
May 15, 2021
The NFL has insisted on using a scoring algorithm on the dementia testing that assumes Black men start with lower…
May 9, 2021
A San Diego sheriff’s department employee who sued the county and a former assistant sheriff over sexual harassment was awarded…
April 24, 2021
Stockbridge Mayor Anthony Ford and council members LaKeisha Gantt and John Blount all say that Elton Alexander should step down.