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Blankets of Hope event aids young cancer patients
October 20th, 20170 By Dalia Sukari The Arab American News - intern DEARBORN — On Friday, October 13, the United Network of Islam (U.N.I) hosted a Blankets of Hope event at the Islamic Center of America on Ford Road. The U.N.I's mission is to foster faith, unity and leadership within the community by drawing inspirational lessons from important...
NFL policy on anthem kneeling unchanged, despite Trump rebuke
October 19th, 20170 NEW YORK - National Football League officials weighed the fervor of players protesting racism against President Trump’s anger at their autumn meeting on Tuesday with supporters of the players kneeling outside in solidarity. The NFL did not seek commitments from its players to stop kneeling during pregame renditions of the U.S....
White man charged with hate crime in black Army officer’s murder in Maryland
October 18th, 20170 A white man was indicted on a hate crime charge on Tuesday in the stabbing death of a newly commissioned black U.S. Army officer on the University of Maryland campus in May, a county prosecutor said. Sean Urbanski, 22, of Severna Park, Maryland, had already been indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge for the death of...
Second federal judge blocks Trump’s curbs on travel to U.S.
October 18th, 20170 WASHINGTON - A second U.S. federal judge has blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on people entering the United States from eight countries, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s third bid to impose travel restrictions. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, in a ruling issued...
VIDEO: Kuwaiti delegation kicks Israeli delegation from the International Parliament Summit
October 18th, 20170 SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia – Kuwaiti delegation kicked the Israeli delegation out of the International Parliament Summit held this Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Russia. With crowds cheering for Marzouq Al-Ghanim, the Speaker of the Kuwaiti Parliament, who called them “oppressors” and “children killers.” The Israeli delegation...
Family of dead Muslim recruit sues Marines for $100 million
October 18th, 20170 TAYLOR, MI — The family of a Muslim Marine recruit from Taylor who died in a fall at boot camp last year after allegedly being hazed and abused is suing the government for $100 million for his death, claiming "negligence on multiple levels of command." The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit claims the Marines...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Americans will ‘be begging for four more years of President Trump’
October 18th, 20170 WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that she expects America is going to be “begging” for a second Donald Trump term in about three years. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that the Trump administration is going to have plenty of major achievements by the end of the term Sanders, during an appearance with...
Major study shows mind still works after the body shows no sign of life
October 18th, 20170 When you die you know you're dead: Major study shows mind still works after the body shows no sign of life Death just became even more scary: scientists say people are aware they’re dead because their consciousness continues to work after the body has stopped showing signs of life. That means that, theoretically, someone may even...
Study: Refugees contributed $295M to Michigan’s economy and provided hundreds of jobs in 2016
October 18th, 20170 WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI - Refugees in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties are contributing to the region's economy and helping grow its population, according to a new study released Tuesday. The study by Global Detroit and the University of Michigan's School of Public Policy said, over the past decade, about 21,000 refugees...
Mother cooked two sons alive in oven and sent video to father
October 18th, 20170 ATLANTA - A mother has been accused of murdering her youngest sons by “by placing them in an oven and turning it on”, before sending footage of the aftermath to their father. Lamora Williams allegedly burned her two-year-old son Ke’Younte Penn and one-year-old baby Ja’Karter Williams to death at her home in Atlanta, the city's...
A man faces death penalty for raping and killing a Muslim teenage girl on way to mosque
October 18th, 20170 FAIRFAX, VA - A man is facing the death penalty after he was charged with raping and murdering a Muslim teenager as she was heading to a mosque with friends. Darwin Torres, 22, attacked 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen and a group of her friends in Sterling, Virginia, after they had eaten a meal together following a day-long fast during...
Federal Judge blocks Trump’s third iteration of travel ban
October 17th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON—A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States, which would have taken effect this week. The open-ended ban, announced last month, targeted people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and...
Raqqa, ISIS’s Syrian HQ has fallen
October 17th, 20170 RAQQA, Syria ― U.S.-backed militias in Syria have declared victory over ISIS in its capital Raqqa, a milestone in the fight to roll back the theocratic “caliphate” declared in 2014. The city Sunni militant group ISIS overran Raqqa in January 2014, seizing control from rebel factions opposed to the rule of Syrian President Bashar...
Lebanon president: Syrian refugees should return to homeland’s calmer areas
October 16th, 20170 BEIRUT ― Lebanon can no longer handle vast numbers of Syrian refugees, its president said on Monday, urging world powers to help them return to the calmer parts of their war-torn homeland. More than six years into the Syrian war, 1.5 million refugees who fled the violence now account for a quarter of Lebanon’s population. Lebanese...
Trump hostility set to deepen Iran power struggles
October 15th, 20170 ANKARA - Iranians quickly closed ranks against a hawkish new U.S. approach to Tehran, but Iran’s powerful hardliners are set to exploit the latest dispute with Washington to weaken domestic rivals who are open to the West, analysts and insiders say. President Donald Trump’s warning on Friday that he might ultimately......
WHO report: Child and teen obesity soars tenfold worldwide in 40 years
October 13th, 20170 GENEVA —The number of obese children and adolescents worldwide has jumped tenfold in the past 40 years and the rise is accelerating in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Asia, a major study said on Wednesday. Childhood and teen obesity rates have leveled off in the United States, north-western Europe and other rich...
For some kids, bullying may not leave lasting mental scars
October 13th, 20170 Children who are bullied during their pre-teen years may experience mental health issues like anxiety and depression, but a study of twins suggests that some victims may not experience lasting psychological problems. Researchers examined data on about 11,000 twins born in England and Wales from 1994 to 1996. The youth completed......
Supreme Court tosses one of two travel ban challenges
October 13th, 20170 WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an appeals court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired. In a one-page order, the court acted in one of two cases pending before the nine justices over Trump’s...
U.S. justices question Arab Bank liability in militant attacks
October 13th, 20170 WASHINGTON—Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled concern about allowing companies to be sued under American law for human rights abuses abroad in a case involving allegations that Arab Bank Plc helped finance militant attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice...
Four U.S. ‘sanctuary cities’ may be violating law: U.S. Attorney General
October 13th, 20170 WASHINGTON/NEW YORK—The U.S. Justice Department singled out four cities and a county on Thursday for allegedly having so-called “sanctuary policies” that may violate a federal law that says local governments cannot limit information sharing with U.S. immigration officials. The department said New Orleans, New York City,...
Proposed auto insurance bills seem farfetched
October 13th, 20170 By Farah Harb DEARBORN – The package of auto insurance bills proposed in September to reduce rates by up to 50 percent is in the works, but seems to be farfetched. State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D- Dearborn), said in an interview with The Arab American News that the bill “does not have enough votes to pass.” “My hope is......
There are more reasons to stay in Dearborn than to leave
October 13th, 20171 Arab Americans have been moving out of Dearborn in droves in recent years to nearby cities like Dearborn Heights, Northville, Bloomfield Hills, Livonia or townships like Canton. Dearborn is the eighth largest city in the state. They may have their reasons for leaving, but we believe Dearborn offers more reasons for them to stay and build...
Russia protests to U.S. over ‘shameful’ theft of consulate flags
October 11th, 20170 MOSCOW - Russia protested to the United States on Wednesday after it said Russian flags were stolen from its consulate in San Francisco. Russian staff left the consulate last month after Washington ordered Moscow to vacate some of its diplomatic properties, part of a series of tit-for-tat actions as relations sour between the two......
Michigan to charge state’s top medical official in Flint water deaths
October 10th, 20170 FLINT- Michigan’s top medical official will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for her role in the city of Flint’s water crisis, which was linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that caused at least 12 deaths, state prosecutors said on Monday. Dr. Eden Wells, the state’s chief medical executive who already faced...
California governor signs ‘sanctuary state’ bill
October 8th, 20170 LOS ANGELES—A bill to make California a sanctuary state, by preventing police from inquiring about immigration status and curtailing law enforcement cooperation with immigration officers, was signed into law by the governor on Thursday. The signing of the bill by Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, enacts on a state-wide level......
