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North Korea fires missile that lands in sea near Russia
May 14th, 20170 SEOUL- North Korea, defying calls to rein in its weapons program, fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia on Sunday, days after a new leader came to power in South Korea pledging to engage Pyongyang in dialogue. The U.S. military's Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile that was fired but it was...To ease fears, U.S. Muslim schools reach out to neighbors
May 14th, 20170 NEW YORK- At a Roman Catholic high school in New York's Long Island suburbs, two dozen visiting Muslim students knelt and prayed while teens in uniform blazers from the host school looked on. The trip's agenda was simple: give students whose schools are just 10 miles (16 km) apart but culturally worlds away a chance to get to know each...LGBTQ Arabs use spaces to transgress misconceptions
May 12th, 20170 DEARBORN — A lack of language for gay identity in religious doctrine reflected the stigmatization and eventual pathologization of it in Western discourse, where homosexuality was recognized as a mental illness from the 19th century until its removal from the DSM in 1973. Ironically, Arabic and Islamic-era words articulating...Firing Comey will haunt Trump’s presidency
May 12th, 20171 In another display of power overreach, Trump played Nixon when he fired FBI director James Comey. Or perhaps he thought he was still on the Apprentice, with "You're fired" as his only misguided attempt at wielding power. Here, in firing Comey, the ends do not justify the means; the Americans are paying attention to the cause of...U.S. airlines meet with Homeland Security on expanding laptop ban
May 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― Homeland Security officials met with major U.S. airlines and a trade group on Thursday to discuss the impact of possibly expanding a ban on large electronic gadgets on planes to flights from some European airports, three sources briefed on the meeting said. The afternoon meeting included high level executives from Delta...Trump to create panel to study voter fraud, suppression: official
May 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON-President Donald Trump plans to create a commission on Thursday to investigate voter fraud and voter suppression, a White House official said, a move that follows Trump's unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump planned to sign an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on...Bronx substitute fired after ripping 8-year-olds hijab off
May 10th, 20170 NEW YORK CITY-A substitute teacher received a scolding by Education Department officials after he ripped a hijab off the head of a Bronx second-grader last Tuesday. Police sources said on 1 p.m. on that day, Oghenetega Edah, 31, demanded that Safa Alzockary, 8 take off her religious scarf around 1 p.m. last Tuesday, cops said. The...U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds fighting ISIS
May 10th, 20170 VILNIUS ― Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, President Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Ankara views the Kurdish YPG militia, fighting within a larger U.S.-backed coalition, as the Syrian...Police catch suspect in Dearborn home invasion
May 9th, 20170 DEARBORN— On May 3, at around 12:00 a.m., Dearborn police officers responded to a report of an attempted home invasion on the 6400 block of Appoline Street. The owner told officers that he heard a noise in the back of his house and then saw a man removing a window screen when he went to check. Once the suspect saw the homeowner, he...U.S. anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016, group says
May 9th, 20170 BOSTON- When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a "vile and filthy people," its members were frightened enough they asked for and got extra police protection. The 42-year-old mosque was far from alone. The letter it received was one of 2,213 anti-Muslim...Muslim shopper harassed at Trader Joe’s
May 8th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― A video of a woman appearing to tell off a Muslim shopper went viral, in which the woman told her, “I wish they didn’t let you in the country." The encounter allegedly took place at a Trader Joe’s in northern Virginia over the weekend, according to a South Carolina-based comedian who posted the video and claimed...Judges hit Trump lawyer with tough questions over revised travel ban
May 8th, 20170 RICHMOND, V.A.-Federal appeals court judges on Monday peppered a U.S. Justice Department lawyer with tough questions about President Donald Trump's temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, with several voicing skepticism that protecting national security was the aim of the policy, not religious bias. Six Democratic...Macron wins French presidency, to sighs of relief in Europe
May 7th, 20171 PARIS- Emmanuel Macron was elected French president on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union. The centrist's emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France’s mainstream parties, will bring......
Trump engages in U.S. healthcare battle, breakthrough possible
WASHINGTON ― In a possible breakthrough for U.S. Republicans' chaotic effort to roll back Obamacare, three moderate lawmakers emerged from a White House meeting with President Trump on Wednesday and said a revised bill might pass. But pitfalls still lay ahead. Keen to score his first major legislative win since taking office in...Auto industry losing steam as vehicle sales for April decline
May 5th, 20170 DETROIT — On Tuesday, May 2, major automakers posted declines in U.S. new vehicle sales for April in a sign the long boom cycle that lifted the American auto industry to record sales last year is losing steam, sending carmaker stocks down. The drop in sales versus April 2016 came on the heels of a disappointing March, which......
Star International Academy principal nominated for charter school administrator of the year
May 5th, 20171 DEARBORN — Ali Bazzi, Hamadeh Educational Services' (HES) assistant superintendent of all four HES schools and principal of Star International Academy (SIA), is one of five finalists nominated for the 2017 Michigan charter school administrator of the year. Awarded by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA), the...West Dearborn’s Post Bar to face hearing regarding liquor license revocation
May 5th, 20170 DEARBORN — A bar in west Dearborn criticized by a city official last week for attracting unruly crowds will face a hearing that could result in the revocation of the business' liquor license. City Council President Pro Tem Tom Tafelski has called Post Bar, located on Michigan Ave., a "public nuisance." The city played a key role in...Ford breaks ground on Wagner Place in Dearborn
May 5th, 20170 DEARBORN — On Wednesday, May 3, Ford Motor Company broke ground on Wagner Place as part of its campus transformation. Ford is reconstructing two blocks of mainly empty buildings in west Dearborn into a 50,000-square-foot development including first-floor retail and restaurants and Ford offices upstairs. One of its vital features...Detroit paramedic reportedly faced discrimination, files complaint
DETROIT — A paramedic in Detroit asserted that he was subjected to discrimination in the workplace. On May 4, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of the paramedic who works for the Detroit Fire......
Two men shot in Inkster after alleged drug deal went bad
INKSTER — Michigan State Police are inspecting a double-shooting following a supposed bad drug deal. State police detectives were called at about 10:20 p.m. May 2 to investigate the shootings, which involved two men. One man was shot twice and is being treated at Beaumont-Dearborn. The other was shot once and is beng treated at...Search continues for kids missing since mother’s 2014 shooting
May 5th, 20170 DETROIT — In June of 2014, 6-year-old Kaylah and 8-month-old Kristian disappeared the same time their mother, Alicia Fox, was found fatally shot in an abandoned Detroit home. It's been three years since their grandmother, Travae Fox, has seen them. "Its a void," Fox told WXYZ TV. Alicia Fox's estranged husband, Erin Justice,......
Arab artist debuts first solo show at Los Angeles museum
May 5th, 20171 LOS ANGELES — The first solo U.S. show by Saudi Arabian artist Abdulnasser Gharem is currently underway at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) through July 2. The artist, who was also a lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army, is known for his political and social artwork that interlaces with his Muslim heritage. The...Trump’s 100 days: A reign of error
May 5th, 20170 President Trump's first 100 days were characterized by attempts to reject every act of President Obama's in his eight years in office. In other words, this is also known as "Whitelash"; a rejection of everything passed by the first Black president by a reactionary reputed bigot. In fact, the entirety of Trump's 100 days in office......