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State sues Flint over failing to approve long-term water deal
June 28th, 20170 FLINT- Michigan sued the city of Flint on Wednesday in federal court over its failure to approve a long-term drinking water source for residents. Flint switched its water supply in 2014, sparking a crisis that was linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and at least 12 deaths, as well as exposure of residents to dangerously...Israel vs. the United Nations: The Nikki Haley doctrine
June 28th, 20170 The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not merely emotive nor tailored to fit the need of a specific occasion. Rather, her words are resolute, consistent and are matched by a clear plan of action. Along with...Suspect in Michigan airport stabbing to make court appearance
June 28th, 20170 FLINT- A man charged with stabbing an airport police officer in an attack federal investigators are probing as an act of terrorism is expected to appear in a Michigan federal court on Wednesday. Amor Ftouhi, 49, of Quebec, Canada, was charged in federal court with violence at an international airport for stabbing officer Jeff Neville...Dearborn police looking for truck thief
June 27th, 20170 DEARBORN— According to police, a suspect exited a maroon colored mini-van in the contractor parking lot located at 4001 Miller at Gate 2 and stole a Ford F-250 truck at approximately 1:55 p.m. The suspect was able to enter the victim’s vehicle and steal the F-250. The mini-van and the stolen vehicle were seen leaving the parking lot...Customer helps Dearborn police catch bank robbery suspect
June 27th, 20170 DEARBORN- Police in Dearborn said they are grateful that a bank customer followed a bank robbery suspect and helped them make an arrest. According to a press release, China Wells, 24, of Southfield entered a bank near Schaefer and Warren Avenue in Dearborn at noon on Friday. She "implied she had a weapon” and gave the teller a note...U.S. judge halts deportation of Iraqis nationwide
June 27th, 20170 DETROIT- A federal judge halted late on Monday the deportation of all Iraqi nationals detained during immigration sweeps across the United States this month until at least July 10, expanding a stay he imposed last week. The stay had initially only protected 114 detainees from the Detroit area. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith...Supreme Court revives travel ban
June 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― The Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Trump by reviving parts of his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees and agreeing to decide its legality later this year in a major test of presidential powers. The justices narrowed the scope of lower court rulings that had...Saudi Arabia’s King Salman elevates son to crown prince
June 25th, 20170 RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's King Salman made his son next in line to the throne on Wednesday, handing the 31-year-old sweeping powers as the kingdom seeks a radical overhaul of its oil-dependent economy and faces mounting tensions with regional rival Iran. Although Mohammed bin Salman's promotion to crown prince had long been expected...Flint stabber is Tunisian from Canada
June 25th, 20170 FLINT — Bishop International Airport was evacuated on Wednesday after Lieutenant Jeff Neville of the airport Department of Public Safety was stabbed in the neck in what a government official familiar with the situation said was being investigated as a possible act of terrorism. According to David Gelios, special agent in charge of...Texas man charged with hate crime for January mosque fire
June 25th, 20170 VICTORIA, TX —A federal grand jury in Victoria, Texas, has charged Marq Perez, 25, with a hate crime on suspicion of setting fire to a mosque there on Jan. 28, the Justice Department said on Thursday. If convicted, Perez faces up to 20 years in federal prison, 10 years for possessing an unregistered destructive device and another 10...The conspiracy theory and the Dearborn Board of Education appointment process
June 23rd, 20171 Much has been said and written about the Dearborn Board of Education candidates and the process to appoint a successor to now Judge Mariam Bazzi. Most of the rants on social media centered around a couple of themes: Adel Mozip should get Bazzi's former seat because he received 11,000 votes during the last election, which he lost anyway;...Detroit City Council approves $34.5 million for Pistons move
June 23rd, 20170 DETROIT— The Detroit City Council has approved $34.5 million in public funding bonds toward modification of the Little Caesars Arena that would permit the Detroit Pistons to play there in the fall, despite pleas from residents to abandon the deal or reconsider. The 7-2 measure passed after six months of negotiations between the city...Six people now charged in female genital mutilation case
June 22nd, 20170 METRO DETROIT— Two Oakland county mothers have been charged in the federal government’s prosecution of female genital mutilation. The mothers have been charged with subjecting their daughters to the banned ritual, which brings the number of identified victims total to six girls. The identified victims include two from Minnesota......
Trump: No tape conversations with former FBI head Comey
June 22nd, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Trump said on Thursday he did not make and does not possess any tapes of his conversations with James Comey, after suggesting last month that he might have recordings that could damage the former FBI director. "With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking...Video of killing released after Minnesota officer acquitted of manslaughter
June 22nd, 20170 Video footage of the fatal shooting of a black motorist by a Minnesota police officer released on Tuesday showed how quickly the incident unfolded but shed no light on whether the victim had reached for the gun he told the officer he was carrying. The video footage is from the dashboard camera of the police cruiser of St. Anthony......
FBI investigating Flint airport stabbing as terror attack, suspect shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
June 21st, 20170 FLINT ― The FBI is investigating an attack at a Flint airport Wednesday as an "act of terror," after a man stabbed a police officer in the neck while he shouted "Allahu Akbar." The suspect, identified as Canadian resident Amor Ftouhi, is charged by the U.S. District Court with committing a violent act in an airport after allegedly...Officer stabbed at Flint airport
June 21st, 20170 FLINT ― Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, was evacuated on Wednesday after a police officer was stabbed in the neck in what a government official familiar with the situation said was being investigated as a possible act of terrorism. All passengers were safe, the airport said in a brief statement on its Facebook page....Memorial for Nabra Hassanen burned in Virginia
June 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON-A memorial for slain teen Nabra Hassanen has been burned down where it had been erected in the DuPont Circle on Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, D.C. The DC Fire department responded to the scene at about 8:30 AM on Wednesday. Additionally, the remains from the memorial of 17-year-old Hassanen were found on fire at the...Van rams Muslim worshipers in London
June 19th, 20170 LONDON ― A van plowed into worshipers near a London mosque in the early hours of Monday, injuring 10 people, two of them seriously, in what Prime Minister Theresa May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims. The vehicle swerved into a group of mainly North and West African people shortly after midnight as they left......
Journalism, history and war: Sit, type and bleed
June 19th, 20170 The typical newsroom set-up, where journalists chase after news headlines dictated by some centralized news gathering agency — often based in some Western capital — does not suffice any more. In the case of the Middle East, the news narrative has been defined by others and dictated to Arab journalists and audiences for far too...Kids born through fertility treatment show normal mental development
June 19th, 20170 Despite concerns that children born through Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) may develop differently from other kids, a U.K. study finds they have normal mental skills until at least age 11. In fact, at ages 3 and 5 years, kids born as a result of these techniques had greater verbal cognitive ability than those born through......
Premature babies often catch up to peers in school
June 19th, 20170 A study following more than 1.3 million premature babies born in Florida found that two-thirds of those born at only 23 or 24 weeks were ready for kindergarten on time, and almost 2 percent of those infants later achieved gifted status in school. Such very prematurely born babies did score lower on standardized tests than full-term...Iraqi forces to enclose on ISIS in Mosul’s Old City
June 19th, 20170 ERBIL, IRAQ — Iraqi forces said they were about to complete the encirclement of ISIS's stronghold in the Old City of Mosul, after taking control of a neighboring district on Thursday. Iraq's military said it had captured Bab Sinjar, north of the historic, densely-populated district where the militants launched their cross-border......