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July 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wal-Mart says it won't build three stores it had planned for the District of Columbia if lawmakers…
July 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indianapolis Colts safety Joe Lefeged was arrested early Saturday after officers found a semi-automatic pistol in the…
June 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 150 years of African-American history from slavery to civil rights and contemporary suburban life are…
June 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wearing gold-sequined Uggs, a bright smile and flawless brown skin that belies her 82 years, Faith Ringgold…
June 20, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday used a tribute to 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass to renew the…
June 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading…
June 19, 2013
ANALYSIS - The debate about women and minorities in the Cabinet illustrated a important dynamic in the debate over affirmative…
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint against a conservative judge…
June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will…
June 5, 2013
NBC NEWS - Michelle Obama confronted a gay-rights protester who heckled her at a Democratic fundraiser in Washington on Tuesday...
May 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama said Wednesday that stories of toil and sweat by slaves once held at a historic…
May 13, 2013
NBC Washington - DC Central Kitchen, located in Washington D.C., employs adults who are unemployed, recently released from prison, or…
April 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - One-time slave quarters will be recreated at former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's home...
April 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service expanded its security perimeter at the White House on Monday following the explosions at…
April 1, 2013
VIDEO - The White House participated in some April Fool’s Day humor by publishing a comical video on their official…
March 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will unleash his inner funnyman when he joins political leaders and foes, journalists who
February 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the dedication in the Capitol of a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama will speak Wednesday at a ceremony unveiling a statue at the Capitol honoring civil rights…
February 14, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - A longtime crisis communications consultant in Washington, Judy Smith became a huge star last year because of…
February 5, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Ken Strickland's ascension to become NBC's Washington DC bureau chief could not have come at a more…