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  As most of us know the Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown is currently resting and has cancelled a few engagements.  Today sadly enough, there were twitterers tweeting that Chuck had passed. However Chuck Browns manager immediately released a press release putting the rumors to rest. Although he has been resting for a few weeks, […]

(New Bern, NC)  —  A North Carolina father is using public humiliation as a form of punishment.  Donnell Bryant told WCTI-12 that his daughter had become a “mean girl” and been suspended from school for being disrespectful.  Bryant made the ninth grader walk along a highway while carrying a sign that read, “I have a […]

(Prince George’s Co., MD)  —  Trial is underway for the alleged mastermind of a 2010 acid attack on a mother and her young daughter.  Katrina Watts and her three-year-old daughter were burned when an acid-like substance was thrown on them in Prince George’s County.  Tamara Jackson is accused of planning the attack carried out by […]

(Chevy Chase, MD)  —  About 20 families are displaced and two firefighters are injured after a three-alarm fire at a Chevy Chase apartment complex.  Montgomery County Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham says the fire started around 2:15 yesterday afternoon at the Round Hill Apartments in the 28-hundred block of Terrace Drive. Graham says the two […]

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  9yr old Malaki gets the chance of a lifetime as he sings on the british version of American Idol “Britians got Talent”. During his performance he is overcome with emotional fear. Watch how he brings it back and is successful. Warning: a definite tear jerker!!! http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshhBGwSLxOm1U9D6oiF

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  Drones are “certainly” coming to the skies over the Beltway in the next few years. The use of drones in the D.C. area became public information last week, after the Federal Aviation Administration released a list of agencies currently or previously permitted to use the unmanned aerial vehicles. The use of drones over U.S. soil has some […]

Join Praise 104.1’s Award Winning News Director Sheila Stewart  on Praise In The City this coming Saturday, April 27th, 2012. Guests include Chonya Johnson, founder of The Executive Youth Leadership & Policy Summit and student participants of the program!  Sheila will also talk with the editor of The Washington Afro, Edgar Brookins, as the publication […]

This week, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) was chosen as one of two school districts across the country to receive a new multi-million dollar grant from Target to help improve literacy. The grant will be split among six DCPS elementary schools. The elementary schools – Amidon-Bowen, Bancroft, Davis, Garrison, Orr and Simon – have […]

Francis Scott Key Middle School has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Green Ribbon School Award. The Silver Spring school is among a total of 78 winning schools from 29 states. The Green Ribbon Schools award program, established in 2011, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and recognizes schools that save […]

If you are interested in participating, send  minority health-related questions to Dr. Ty.  You can Tweet your questions to @theGrio http://twitter.com/thegrio  with the hashtag #MinorityHealth  or email askdoctorty@gmail.com. Check this page today to watch the live stream of the White House Minority Health Blogger Town Hall.   What: Minority Health Blogger Town Hall When: Tuesday, […]

LARGO, Md.—Noor Tagouri (Bowie, Md.), 18 years old, is the youngest graduate to deliver the student address at Prince George’s Community College’s 53rd Commencement Exercises, Thursday, May 24, 7 p.m. at The Showplace Arena and Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Md. Tagouri has a 4.0 GPA and will receive an associate of arts degree in […]