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White supremacist rally stopped in Virginia after factions clash
August 12th, 20170 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - White supremacists clashed with counter-demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, prompting the governor to declare an emergency and stop a rally to protest the planned removal of a Confederate general from a public park. Fighting broke out in the city's downtown before noon when hundreds of...
Dearborn Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko meets with secretary of education
August 11th, 20170 DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko was one of 20 superintendents from Michigan invited to meet with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. "I was honored to have been one of the superintendents selected to attend," Maleyko said in a press release. "I believe the size of our district, the challenges we face...
Detroit primary election results
August 11th, 20170 DETROIT — Incumbents in Detroit proved their favorability among residents. Mayor Mike Duggan received 67 percent (43,488 votes) of the total votes cast, while State Sen. Coleman Young II received 27 percent (17,155 votes). The two will compete in the November 7 general election. "Thank you, Detroit," Duggan said at his election...
More than half a million children in Libya need help: UNICEF
August 10th, 20170 UNITED NATIONS - On Wednesday, the United Nations children agency UNICEF warned that more than half a million children in Libya need help and called on warring parties to end the violence and negotiate a political solution to the crisis. Libya has spiraled into turmoil after a civil war ousted longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011....
UN study: Foreign fighters in Syria ‘lack basic understanding of Islam’
August 10th, 20170 Young men who leave their homes to fight for terrorist groups in Syria mainly come from disadvantaged backgrounds, have low levels of education and “lack any basic understanding of the true meaning of jihad or even the Islamic faith”, according to a study for the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism. The report, which was...
Trump vows to ‘win’ against opioid epidemic, offers no new steps
August 9th, 20170 BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - President Trump promised to win the fight against a U.S. epidemic of opioid drug use, but offered no new steps to do so and did not act on a recommendation made by a presidential commission that he declare a national emergency. Trump spoke at an event he had billed as a "major briefing" on the opioid crisis during a...
Minnesota governor calls mosque bombing ‘act of terrorism’
August 7th, 20170 St. Paul ― Minnesota's governor called the bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis the previous day "an act of terrorism" during a visit to the site on Sunday. Police in Bloomington, Minnesota, were called on Saturday at 5:05 a.m. local time about an explosion at the Dar Al Farooq mosque, after a bomb was thrown through the window of...
Trump declares major disaster in Michigan following severe flooding in June
August 4th, 20170 MICHIGAN — On August 2, President Trump approved a major disaster declaration for Michigan, which makes federal disaster funding available to the areas harmed by severe storms and flooding from June 22 to June 27. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the availability of assistance, which will aid Bay, Gladwin,...
Michigan releases two cities from state oversight
August 4th, 20170 DETROIT — Michigan ended state oversight for Pontiac and Lincoln Park on Tuesday, citing improved financial operations for the Detroit-area cities. For Pontiac, where state intervention began in 2008, a receivership transition advisory board in place since 2013 was dissolved. A similar board created for Lincoln Park in 2015 was also...
Auto sales fall in July as carmakers slash rental fleet sales
August 4th, 20171 DETROIT — U.S. carmakers said on Tuesday they continued to slash low-margin sales to daily rental fleets in July as the overall pace of U.S. car and light truck sales fell for the fifth straight month. The annualized pace of U.S. car and light truck sales in July fell to 16.73 million vehicles, down from 17.8 million vehicles a year...
Two men shot at gas station in Dearborn
August 4th, 20170 DEARBORN — A man with a concealed pistol permit shot two people after an altercation inside a local business located around Tireman St. and Greenfield. At approximately 11 p.m. on August 2, Dearborn police responded to a report of a shooting inside a gas station. At the scene, a man revealed to the police officers that he had a...
Old cinemas find new life in Lebanon as cultural hubs
August 4th, 20170 TRIPOLI, Lebanon — With paint peeling from the ceiling and crumbling plasterwork, renovating an abandoned picture house in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli is more than a dream for Qassem Istanbouli. The 31-year-old has reopened three such cinemas— two in his home city of Tyre in southern Lebanon and another in Nabatiyeh—...
Orville Hubbard statue moved again
August 4th, 20170 DEARBORN — Five months after the city placed the controversial statue of former Mayor Orville Hubbard on the Dearborn Historical Museum's lawn, it has been moved again. The statue had been in front of the building on Brady Street, but now it's on the side of the McFadden Ross house, further away from public sight. According to...
Our endorsements for Dearborn, Hamtramck and Detroit municipal elections
August 4th, 20170 One might think that Dearborn prospers businesswise— mainly as home to Ford Motor Company's world headquarters—yet it doesn't, due to the lack of change in the system and in the administration. Many businesses have moved out after Dearborn established restrictive ordinances. Business owners began setting up shops in nearby cities...
Two men shot at gas station in Dearborn
August 3rd, 20170 DEARBORN- A man with a concealed pistol permit shot two following an altercation inside a local business located around Tireman St. and Greenfield. At approximately 11 p.m. on August 2, Dearborn police responded to a report of a shooting inside a gas station. At the scene, a man approached police officers and revealed he he had a......
New U.S. student loan system to be in place in 2019: Education Department
August 2nd, 20170 WASHINGTON- A whole new student loan servicing and processing system will be up and running in 2019, the U.S. Education Department said on Tuesday, as it formally unveiled its plan to overhaul the current $1.3 trillion program. The department, led by Secretary Betsy DeVos, announced its intention to change student-loan servicing in May...
Clooneys to help 3,000 Syrian refugees go to school in Lebanon
August 2nd, 20170 BEIRUT- George and Amal Clooney said on Monday they would help 3,000 Syrian refugee children go to school this year in Lebanon, where the United Nations says 200,000 children are not receiving an education after fleeing the war in neighboring Syria. The Clooney Foundation for Justice said it has teamed up with Google and HP Inc to help......
Under Trump, more churches offer sanctuary but few seek refuge
August 1st, 20170 NEW YORK - The number of American churches declaring themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants has more than doubled since President Donald Trump was elected, but only a dozen people are known to be taking refuge there to avoid deportation. Since Trump's victory in November, about 400 churches have declared themselves sanctuaries,...
Lebanon-Syria refugee transfer delayed
August 1st, 20170 BEIRUT ― The transfer of thousands of Syrian militants and refugees from a Lebanese border region into rebel territory in Syria stalled for a second day on Tuesday. Lebanese television station al-Mayadeen said Nusra Front militants were demanding the release of a fifth prisoner being held by Beirut and accused of killing Lebanese...
Saudi Arabia seeks to end U.S. lawsuits over Sept. 11 attacks
August 1st, 20170 NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss 25 lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and should pay damages to victims. In a filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Saudi Arabia said the plaintiffs cannot show that the kingdom or any affiliated charities were behind the attacks. It...
Residents, business owners discuss making Dearborn a more cohesive community
July 28th, 20170 DEARBORN— On July 20, members of the community met with business owners and members of the Downtown Dearborn Alliance at Joe’s Top Dog on Michigan Avenue in east Dearborn to discuss ways Dearborn can become a more cohesive community. Downtown Dearborn is “An alliance of partners, including East Dearborn Downtown Development......
Hezbollah: Nearing victory in battle at Lebanon-Syria border
July 28th, 20170 BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday that the group was close to defeating Nusra Front militants in the battle along the Syrian-Lebanese border. "We are in the face of a very big military victory," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech. The militants have "effectively lost" most of the land they...
The Dearborn Heights 2017 primary elections: Our endorsements
July 28th, 20171 As Dearborn Heights' community and economic landscape transforms to reflect its neighboring city of Dearborn, so must the city's government transform to reflect its constituents. Over the years, many Arab Americans have steadily moved from Dearborn to Dearborn Heights, a bedroom community whose obstacle to tremendous ambitions has......
Michigan judge halts deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals
July 27th, 20170 DETROIT - On Monday, a federal judge halted the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the United States, the latest legal victory for the Iraqi nationals facing deportation in a closely watched case. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith granted a preliminary injunction requested by American Civil Liberties Union lawyers,...
Kym Worthy provides summer safety tips after rise in child deaths
July 27th, 20170 DETROIT— Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy decided to put together a list of summer safety tips for parents after seeing a number of avoidable child deaths in the last few years. “Many have risen to the level of criminal behavior,” she said in a press release. “These tips, at first glance, may seem so simplistic. Many of......
