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NEW YORK — The father of the children who were driven into the Hudson River by their mother, LaShanda Armstrong,  is suing New York City for $40 million. Black News 2 reports: Pierre, Armstrong’s 26-year-old estranged boyfriend, says there should have been proper barriers erected to keep vehicles from going into the river. He also […]

Despite high rates of unemployment and an uncertain economy Black barbershops and hair salons are booming, according to BlackNews2. The Census Bureau recently noted their jump in an otherwise glum report about mom-and-pop businesses, stating that the number of hairdressers and barbers and the shops that employ them grew by about 8 percent from 2008 […]

PORTLAND-According to witnesses, Robert Vietze peed on an 11-year-old child while intoxicated during a flight from Portland, Oregon to New York City. The New York Post reports: “I was drunk, and I did not realize I was pissing on her leg,” the 6-foot-4, 195-pound Vietze said, according to law-enforcement sources. He later claimed to have […]

Street gangs are quickly migrating from America’s inner city to its suburbs and small towns says a new National Gang Center study. According to the report, 55 percent of all gang activity occurs in big cities, while 41 percent occurs in outlying suburbs in our smaller cities. In Houston, Tex., officers say kids as young […]

WASHINGTON–The 2012 presidential election is slowly catching steam as candidates prepare their plans of attack. President Obama has reportedly set his sights on the former Republican governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. According to reports, the Obama camapign is actively planning its “Kill Romney” plan, an effort to destroy Romney’s reputation with ferocious personal assaults. Romney, who is […]

Past research suggested that Black patients on dialysis survive longer than whites, but a new study finds that this does not hold true for young Black patients. In fact, young African-Americans are twice as likely to die while on dialysis. TheGrio.com reports: Doctors aren’t sure why young African American dialysis patients have such a large […]

With the recent controversy surrounding the recently released movie “The Help,” TheGrio decided to take a deeper look at the lives of minority maids across the country — and the struggles they face on a daily basis. From TheGrio: Some things never change. The story of domestic workers in the 1960s that fuels the newly released […]

Black journalist Mara Schiavocampo is quickly amassing an impressive portfolio and numerous accolades. Already called the “Journalist of the Future” by NBC Senior Vice President Alexandra Wallace, Schiavocampo was awarded two National Association of Black Journalist “Salute to Excellence” Awards last week in Philidelphia during the organization’s annual conference. Schiavocampo was honored for her work reporting on […]

Rev. Al Sharpton struck back at radio host Rush Limbaugh last night after the conservative commentator made fun of Sharpton’s teleprompter flub on MSNBC this past Tuesday. Sharpton had trouble pronouncing the words “we must resist” before immediately moving on to his fellow host Ed Schultz. Conservative commentators crowed about the gaffe, but none more […]

The white Mississippi teens caught on surveillance video killing a Black man may be responsible for other attacks on homeless Black men in the area, the head of the state’s NAACP told ABCNews.com. James Craig Anderson, 49, was beaten and mowed over by a group of white teen’s pickup-truck. Surveillance video aided in the prosecution […]