Columbus, OH –  Ohio State sophomore forward Jared Sullinger has decided to enter the 2012 NBA Draft. Sullinger averaged 17.6 points and 9.3 rebounds this past season, helping Ohio State reach the Final Four. A two-time consensus first-team All-American, Sullinger scored 1,282 points (17.3 ppg) and grabbed 717 rebounds (9.7 rpg) in 74 career games […]

Several YouTube clips showing presidential hopeful Rick Santorum speaking at an event in Wisconsin in which the outspoken Catholic appears to nearly utter a racial slur in reference to President Barack Obama has sparked an online debate about what the GOP candidate might have actually said. Santorum’s campaign denied accusations that he uttered the n-word, […]

Mattel, the maker of Barbie, will produce a bald fashion doll for children who have lost their hair because of illness or cancer, the company…

Wave after wave of storms battered North Texas Tuesday afternoon, smashing homes and apartment complexes, toppling trees, tossing vehicles and forcing thousands of students to seek shelter inside their schools.   The National Weather Service reported at least a dozen tornadoes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area — including two in Dallas and as many as […]

In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Sybrina Fulton said her son, Trayvon Martin, was a ‘praying teen,’ and was active in his church. Fulton pushed back on the negative impressions of her son in the media, saying he was always “respectable,” but was also a typical teenager. “Since the age of seventeen, he was still […]

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests. SEE…

Zachery Tim’s mysterious death last summer still reverberates through ministry. It has led to more intrigue than one can imagine. Before Christmas we heard the…

  Oakland is reeling after a gun rampage at a small religious college left seven people dead. Six months ago, eight people died in a shooting in Seal Beach, California. And just over a year ago, an attack targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona left six dead and 13 injured. Each mass killing provokes a […]

From Identity Fraud to Cruelty to Animals — an Akron woman is facing 33 charges. Police say Brandi Tomko wrote prescriptions and even performed surgery on animals, but she is not listed as a licensed veterinarian or vet tech. Tomko was working as an office clerk at C&A Animal Hospital in Akron when she committed the crimes. Brandi […]