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Kid Rock hints online he will run for U.S. Senate
July 13th, 20170 DETROIT- Recording star Kid Rock, an outspoken supporter of Republican President Donald Trump, hinted in website and social media messages on Wednesday that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate in 2018, promising a "major announcement" to come soon. The 46-year-old Michigan native drew attention on Twitter and his Facebook page to a...
Official in northern Michigan shares Facebook posts that call to kill all Muslims
July 13th, 20170 KALKASKA, Mich. — A village president of Kalkaska, about 230 miles northwest of Detroit, shared Facebook posts that condemned Islam and called for the murder of “every last Muslim." He declined to apologize. The Record-Eagle of Traverse City reported that president Jeff Sieting said on Monday that he’s not obligated to apologize...
After passenger dragged, Chicago says police will handle airport incidents
July 12th, 20170 CHICAGO- Months after an online video of a United Airlines passenger being dragged from a plane went viral and sparked global outrage, Chicago aviation officials on Wednesday said future airport disturbances will be handled by city police, not aviation security officers. The forced removal of a passenger on April 9 to make room for...
Iranian cancer researcher sent home after detained at Boston airport
July 12th, 20170 BOSTON- An Iranian cancer researcher who had been headed to a prominent Boston hospital to work as a scholar was sent back to his country on Tuesday, a day after U.S. immigration officials detained him and his family, media said. Mohsen Dehnavi, his wife and three children were put on a return flight at about 9 p.m. after being detained...
Syrian Observatory: ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is dead
July 11th, 20170 BEIRUT ― The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. The report came just days after the Iraqi army recaptured the last sectors of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which Baghdadi's forces overran almost exactly three years...
U.S. judge halts deportation of Iraqi immigrants
July 11th, 20170 DETROIT- On Tuesday, a U.S. judge ruled that the government cannot immediately deport nearly 200 Iraqi immigrants arrested last month who argued they would face persecution if they were removed from the country. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith in Michigan said he had the authority to order the government to keep the Iraqis in the...
Trump Jr. email chain cites Russian support for his father
July 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON- Presidential candidate Donald Trump's eldest son eagerly agreed last year to meet a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who might have information incriminating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as part of Russian government support for his father, according to an email chain released on Tuesday. The email...
Obituary: Jack Shaheen, who fought against Arab stereotyping
July 11th, 20170 Charleston, S.C.—Renowned scholar Jack Shaheen, who spent his life breaking stereotypes of Arab Americans and Muslims in the media, died Sunday, July 9 at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was 81. Shaheen was an internationally acclaimed author, lecturer and media critic considered to be a pioneering voice...
Iraqi PM declares victory over ISIS in Mosul
July 10th, 20170 MOSUL/ERBIL, IRAQ - Iraq's prime minister declared victory over Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, three years after the militants seized the city and made it the stronghold of a "caliphate" they said would take over the world. "I announce from here the end and the failure and the collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood and...
Trump’s son says ‘happy’ to work with Senate intelligence panel on Russia
July 10th, 20170 WASHINGTON- On Monday, President Trump's eldest son offered to talk to a Senate committee investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, after he acknowledged meeting a Russian lawyer during the campaign. "Happy to work with the committee to pass on what I know," Donald Trump Jr. wrote on...
Iraqi Prime Minister congratulates armed forces for Mosul ‘victory’
July 9th, 20170 MOSUL, IRAQ- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces for their victory over ISIS after nearly nine months of urban warfare. ISIS's defeat in Mosul three years after taking the city is a major blow for the terrorist group, which is also losing ground in its operational base in...
Flint Islamic center raises $10,000 for Lt. Jeff Neville
July 9th, 20170 FLINT- The Flint Islamic Center raised $10,000 for Lt. Jeff Neville, the victim of the Bishop International Airport stabbing, as he continues to recover from his injury. The Flint Muslim community launched the fundraising campaign right after the attack. Amor Ftouhi, 49, of Montreal, was charged with stabbing officer Neville at...
Dearborn teenager drowned in Cass Lake
July 9th, 20170 WATERFORD, Mich. - Rescuers are searching for Mohammed Wutwut (15), a Dearborn teenage boy who went missing in Cass Lake on July 8. Witnesses say the 15 year-old from Dearborn was swimming in a shallow part of the lake this afternoon. He went underwater and never resurfaced. Dive teams from the Oakland County Sheriff's Department...Dearborn teenager drowned in Cass Lake, recovery efforts continue
July 9th, 20170 WATERFORD, Mich. - Rescuers are searching for Mohammed Wutwut (15), a Dearborn teenage boy who went missing in Cass Lake on July 8. Witnesses say the 15 year-old from Dearborn was swimming in a shallow part of the lake this afternoon. He went underwater and never resurfaced. Dive teams from the Oakland County Sheriff's Department...
Muslim leaders begin European tour to protest against terror
July 8th, 20170 Dozens of religious leaders boarded a bus on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday to kick off a European tour of the sites of recent ISIS attacks to remember the victims and condemn violence. Imams from countries including France, Belgium, Britain and Tunisia were joined by representatives of other religious communities at the spot......
Two armed men who walked into police station found guilty by jury
July 7th, 20171 DEARBORN — Two men who entered the Dearborn Police Station armed with firearms and dressed in tactical vests and masks earlier this year were found guilty with felonies by a jury in the Wayne County Circuit Court on Thursday, July 7. Police first arrested Brandon Vreeland, 40, of Jackson and James Craig Baker, 24, of Leonard on Feb....
Brothers who attacked Mike Sareini charged with assault and battery
July 7th, 20170 DEARBORN — Two men who attacked City Councilman Mike Sareini and his 66-year-old mother in March are facing two counts each of assault and battery. They are set to appear in court on Aug. 4 before Judge Mark Somers in the 19th District Court in a pretrial settlement conference. The conference will result in either a deal with Wayne......
Excessive fireworks put Dearborn residents in a war zone
July 7th, 20170 The Fourth of July has passed, but the community's celebratory faults haven't, as "war zone" sounds persistently reappear over the years. Dearborn's patriotism shines bright on Independence Day. However, community members launch dangerous fireworks in between houses and throughout neighborhoods— disregarding the potential dangers,...
The call to shut down Al Jazeera must be condemned
July 7th, 20170 It has been more than a month since four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia decided to cut off ties with their neighbor, Qatar. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE imposed severe diplomatic and economic sanctions on the tiny Gulf state that heavily depends on imports for its daily consumption of necessary goods. The...
Local food blogger Zee Shami opens culinary studio in Dearborn Heights
July 7th, 20170 By Stephen Martin DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On July 5, local food blogger Zee Shami held the grand opening of her new culinary studio, ZeeTheCook. The studio offers cooking classes, etiquette coaching, unique culinary workshops and birthday parties, as well as fall, spring and summer camps for children. It also offers adults a variety...
Qatar Airways joins major Middle East rivals in lifting laptop ban on U.S. flights
July 6th, 20170 DUBAI- Qatar Airways said on Thursday passengers traveling to the U.S. can now carry their laptops and other large electronics on board, ending a three month in-cabin ban on devices for the Doha-based airline. Qatar Airways joins Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Etihad Airways, which have also announced this week a lifting of the ban on......
Rights group urges Lebanon to probe deaths of Syrians in custody
July 5th, 20170 BEIRUT ― Human Rights Watch on Wednesday demanded an independent inquiry into the deaths of four Syrians who died while in Lebanese army custody and said anyone responsible for wrongdoing should be held to account. The Lebanese army said on Tuesday that the four Syrian men arrested during a raid on a refugee camp on Friday had died...
Suspect in Michigan airport stabbing indicted
July 5th, 20170 FLINT- A Canadian man was charged on Wednesday with stabbing a Michigan airport police officer in an attack federal investigators are probing as an act of terrorism, according to an indictment filed with the federal court in Flint. Amor Ftouhi, 49, of Montreal, was previously charged with stabbing officer Jeff Neville at the Bishop......
Assad appears on Syrian currency for first time
July 4th, 20170 President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the Syrian currency for the first time, his portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote that went into circulation on Sunday. Central bank governor Duraid Durgham said the 2,000-pound note was one of several new notes printed years ago but the decision to put it into circulation was delayed...
Trump administration defends interpretation of travel ban ruling
July 4th, 20170 NEW YORK- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump opposed opening the door to grandparents from six Muslim-majority countries on Monday, arguing in a court filing that the government's interpretation of how to implement its temporary travel ban is based on U.S. immigration law. The U.S. Supreme Court in a ruling last Monday......
