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Dearborn Heights Councilman Mo Baydoun hosts second annual Iftar dinner with the Dearborn Heights Fire Department
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn Heights Councilman Mo Baydoun is hosting the second annual Iftar dinner with the Dearborn Heights Fire Department on the first day of Ramadan this Thursday, March 23. The Dearborn Heights Fire Department is planning...
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Local hospitals saw 50 percent spike in alcohol-related liver disease during COVID pandemic
So many new patients, and they seem so young, Dr. Humberto Gonzalez kept thinking as he made his rounds at Henry Ford Health System in Metro Detroit. It was the summer of 2020, just a few months into the COVID-19 lockdown. And Gonzalez, a...
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UIC report examines experiences, racial justice for Chicagoland’s Arab Americans
According to U.S. Census data, more than 100,000 Arab Americans reside in the Chicago metropolitan area, representing about 90 percent of all Arab Americans in Illinois. Many scholars and community leaders contend this is an undercount due to Arab...
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Scientists find “missing link” in search for where our water came from
Scientists have found what they say is the “missing link” in the search for where the water in our solar system came from. Gaseous water was seen around a distant star, in the planet-forming disc that surrounds it. That observation helps...
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Dingell, colleagues introduce legislation to make home care coverage mandatory under Medicaid
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- Ann Arbor), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (D-NY) introduced the HCBS Access Act to make HCBS a mandatory benefit within Medicaid and ensure eligible older adults...
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House hawks kill bipartisan effort to end the war in Syria
Ahead of a vote on his resolution to force congressional oversight on the continuation of U.S. military operations in Syria, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was feeling bullish. “Hope springs eternal,” he told The Intercept when asked whether the measure...
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Detroit Metropolitan Airport named one of the best airports in the nation
DETROIT — The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) has been named one of the most prominent airports in the United States, according to the 2022 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards. The airport was awarded the ASQ award for the...
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Bill requiring Arab Americans be counted in state data progresses to Illinois House vote
CHICAGO – On Wednesday, a bill that would ensure those who identify themselves as Middle Eastern or North African are counted in state data progressed in the Illinois House of Representatives. The legislation, House Bill 3768, passed the State...
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Survey: 11 percent of Michiganders admit to illegal dumping
Illegal dumping: We’ve all seen it, whether we’re strolling down the sidewalk or driving down the highway. The sight of abandoned furniture, old mattresses and washing machines just waiting to become someone else’s problem. But while we can...Health
Local hospitals saw 50 percent spike in alcohol-related liver disease during COVID pandemic

Dingell, colleagues introduce legislation to make home care coverage mandatory under Medicaid

Gov. Whitmer appoints Angela Khater to Michigan Board of Behavior Analysts

Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter names Madiha Tariq as deputy executive to oversee health, housing and criminal justice

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Scientists find “missing link” in search for where our water came from

House hawks kill bipartisan effort to end the war in Syria

U.S. rights groups call on the Biden administration to ban Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country

Syria condemns U.S. top general’s “illegal” visit to American army base
