MLK invoked as Ohio union fight moves to cities
By theGrio
2:16 PM on 04/01/2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The AFL-CIO is planning 20 protest rallies in 14 Ohio cities. The union umbrella group notes in promotional materials that April marks the anniversary of King's assassination...
Pedaling gunman arrested for bicycle drive-by
By theGrio
1:09 PM on 04/01/2011
VIDEO - Diron Percy Andrew couldn't pedal fast enough to get away from the law and was arrested Thursday for allegedly firing the gun that injured a mom and her 8-year-old son...
Man allegedly carves warning in girlfriend's chest
By theGrio
12:43 PM on 04/01/2011
VIDEO - When deputies arrived they found Simon's girlfriend with the words "Do Not Resuscitate" carved into her chest...
Upstate NY man convicted in shooting that killed 4
By theGrio
11:23 AM on 04/01/2011
BUFFALO, New York (AP) - Riccardo McCray, 24, showed no visible emotion as an Erie County jury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder...
Shakira helps rebuild historic Haiti school
By theGrio
10:12 AM on 04/01/2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Her Barefoot Foundation, which helps child victims of violence and disasters, and the Inter-American Development Bank each donated $400,000...
Domino's deliveryman killed for food, not money
By theGrio
10:05 AM on 04/01/2011
WASHINGTON - A Domino's deliveryman killed Sunday night was shot for pizza and chicken wings -- not money, sources told NBC Washington...
Man rapes, robs woman at Philly coffee shop
By theGrio
9:52 AM on 04/01/2011
VIDEO - Philadelphia police are looking for a man who allegedly raped a woman after robbing a Bella Vista coffee shop early Thursday morning...
Young woman goes from Chicago projects to Yale
9:19 AM on 04/01/2011
VIDEO - Only 3 years old when her mother became sick, she and her siblings were left at her grandmother's apartment in Chicago's Leclaire Courts projects...
Rally aims to sway Barbour on pardon for sisters
By theGrio
9:09 AM on 04/01/2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An attorney says he hopes a rally Friday will put public pressure on Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour to pardon two sisters..
Beautyshop Buzz: Do black women have it worse in the workplace?
8:17 AM on 04/01/2011
VIDEO - Are African-American women more prone to discrimination in the work place than women of other ethnic groups?...
