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Special prosecutor investigating business dealings of Trump’s son-in-law
June 19th, 20170 WASHINGTON — The finances and business dealings of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, are being investigated by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is as part of probes into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, officials familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. FBI agents and...Dearborn Heights City Council votes to buy golf course
June 19th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS—The Dearborn Heights City Council voted 6-0 on Tuesday, June 13, to have the city buy the Warren Valley Golf Course for $1.8 million. The decision follows a four month long standoff between residents and county officials who wanted to sell the land to developers to build a subdivision of luxury homes on the...Dearborn launches downtown bike share program
June 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, the city launched a new bikeshare program in partnership with Beaumont Health and Zagster Inc. — a provider of bike-sharing systems countrywide— installing 50 bikes across 10 stations in the city's east and west downtown areas. "Bike sharing is another great way for visitors to experience Dearborn, either...Virginia teen murdered, thrown in pond while walking back to prayer
June 19th, 20171 HERNDON, VA-A body found Sunday afternoon in a pond in the 21500 block of Ridgetop Circle in Sterling, Virginia, is 17-year-old girl Nabra Hussein from Reston, Virginia, who was reported missing in the area hours earlier. Police discovered a female body in the pond about 3 p.m. The pond is 2 to 3 miles away from the original...Anti-sharia law rallies in Michigan draw counter-protests
LANSING — Around 100 people gathered in south Lansing and about 200 rallied in Southfield on Saturday morning as part of the national protest planned by ACT for America called the "March Against Sharia." However, not all in attendance came for that reason. In Lansing, police placed a partition between two groups of protesters as...Students’ art on display at local gallery
June 18th, 20170 By Stephen Martin The Arab American News intern DEARBORN — Artwork from local students, ranging from kindergarten to high school, are on display alongside art from the Artists Society of Dearborn at the Padzieski Art Gallery throughout the month of June. The students' artwork is chosen from the annual Dearborn Public Schools...Dearborn native to become Navy commander
June 18th, 20171 By Adeeje Chamas CHESAPEAKE, VA — Lieutenant Commander Houssain "Sam" Sareini of the U.S. Navy has been selected to command his own ship by the year 2020. Born and raised in Dearborn to Lebanese parents, Sareini graduated from Fordson high school in 1993 and decided to join the Navy a year later at 18-years-old. He said he was...Saudi air strikes kill dozens at Yemen market
June 18th, 20170 SAADA — At least 25 Yemenis were killed when Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck a market in the northern Saada province, a local health official said on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in the 27-month-old conflict. Yemen has been torn by a civil war in which the exiled government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour...ACLU files a lawsuit to stop the deportation of Iraqis
June 16th, 20170 DETROIT — On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit to stop federal immigration officials from deporting more than 100 Iraqis from Detroit. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court states that it’s illegal to deport the detainees without giving them a chance to prove that they would be...Too much at stake for Dearborn Board of Education to remain divided
June 16th, 20170 The inability of the Dearborn Board of Education to reach an agreement and appoint a new trustee to fill the seat vacated by former trustee and now Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Mariam Bazzi disappointed many in the city. Three Board members, Fadwa Hammoud, Mary Lane and Michael Meade, selected local businesswoman Celia Nasser....Six Michigan officials charged with manslaughter in Flint water crisis
June 14th, 20170 FLINT ― Six current and former Michigan and Flint officials were criminally charged on Wednesday for their roles in the city's water crisis that was linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that caused at least 12 deaths, the state's attorney general said. Five of the officials, including Michigan Health and Human Services...Top Republican among wounded as gunman fires on U.S. lawmakers
June 14th, 20170 A gunman opened fire on Wednesday on Republican U.S. lawmakers practicing near Washington for a charity baseball game, wounding senior Republican leader Steve Scalise and several others before being fatally shot by police. The shooter fired repeatedly with a rifle at the baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, before being wounded in...Minnesota man sentenced to 39 years in prison for hate crime
June 13th, 20170 DINKYTOWN-Anthony Sawina, the Minnesota man who shot at a group of Somali-American men in a car on their way to prayers in Dinkytown in June of 2016 Sawina's hate crime, wounding two, earned him a sentencing of nearly 4o years in prison on Monday. The sentence, issued by Hennepin County District Judge Kathryn Quaintance, was longer......
COVFEFE Act would preserve Trump’s tweets as official statements
June 13th, 20170 From the incomprehensible "covfefe" to a post labeling fired FBI director James Comey a "leaker," President Donald Trump's tweets would be preserved as presidential records if a Democratic lawmaker's proposed COVFEFE Act becomes law. Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois introduced on Monday the "Communications Over Various Feeds...Two killed in motorcycle crash in Dearborn
June 12th, 20170 DEARBORN- Dearborn police are investigating a motorcycle accident that claimed the lives of two people early Sunday. The accident happened on Ford Road near Wyoming at about 1 a.m. According to police, the 22-year-old motorcycle driver, Muhammed Al-Dairawi, crashed into a Ford F-150 on Ford Road as the vehicle exited the Ford......
Chronic pain tied to quick memory decline in old age
June 12th, 20170 Older people who suffer from persistent pain may experience a faster deterioration of memory and a greater risk of dementia as they age compared to peers who are not in chronic pain, a recent study suggests. For the study, researchers examined data from more than a decade of regular surveys of cognitive abilities and pain levels among...With eyes on Libya, France cements security ties with Egypt
June 12th, 20170 CAIRO — France's foreign minister said on Thursday he had firmed up security ties with Egypt, which was the "central element" to ensuring regional stability as the two countries seek to break the political impasse in neighboring Libya. Paris and Cairo have nurtured closer economic and military ties in recent years, and with the rise...Qatar vows no surrender as Gulf crisis deepens
June 12th, 20170 DOHA —Qatar vowed on Thursday to ride out the isolation imposed on it by fellowArab states over its alleged support for terrorism and said it would not compromise its sovereignty over foreign policy to resolve the region's biggest diplomatic crisis in years. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt severed...US-backed forces move cautiously into ISIS-held Raqqa
June 12th, 20170 RAQQA —At Raqqa's eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by foot and car, all the while relaying their coordinates to the U.S.-led coalition so they don't fall victim to friendly fire. This is their only way into al-Mishlab, the first district the Kurdish and Arab militias have swept into, in what the coalition......
Iranian attackers fought for ISIS in Syria, Iraq
June 12th, 20170 ANKARA — Iran said on Thursday that gunmen and bombers who attacked Tehran were Iranian members of ISIS who had fought in the militants' strongholds in Syria and Iraq - deepening the regional ramifications of the assaults. The five attackers raided Iran's parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum on Wednesday morning, in a rare...Israel advances plans for additional 1,500 settler homes
June 12th, 20170 JERUSALEM — Israel has advanced plans for a further 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Peace Now, an Israeli non-profit organization advocating for a two-state solution, said on Thursday, the second such announcement in a week. More than 3,000 units have been advanced this week, a spokeswoman for the group......
UN: Yemen cholera passes 100,000 cases
June 12th, 20171 GENEVA — The number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has risen to more than 100,000 since an outbreak began on April 27, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The rapid spread of the disease through 19 of Yemen's 23 governorates highlighted a humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen after two years of civil war that...U.S. intelligence contractor pleads not guilty to leaking charge
June 12th, 20171 AUGUSTA, GA.- A U.S. intelligence contractor accused of illegally leaking a classified report on Russian interference in U.S. elections to a media outlet pleaded not guilty on Thursday to an espionage offense, and a federal judge denied her request for bail. Reality Leigh Winner, 25, is accused of passing the top secret National......