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NAACP issues statement against discriminatory Texas voter ID law
April 13th, 20170 Baltimore– In response to a controversial voter ID law struck down by a Texas judge for being discriminatory, NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued statement supporting Judge Nelva Gonzalez Ramos’ ruling that SB 14 intentionally discriminates against African-American and Latinos. The statement held that the law, SB...
U.S. drops largest non-nuclear bomb on ISIS in Afghanistan
April 13th, 20171 The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by ISIS militants, the military said. It was the first time the United States has used this size of bomb in a conflict. It was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft in the...
First woman Muslim U.S. Judge found dead in New York’s Hudson River
April 12th, 20170 NEW YORK - A judge, who became the first Muslim woman in US history to serve on the bench, was found dead Wednesday — washed up on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River, sources said. Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, was discovered floating in the water near 132nd Street and Hudson Parkway at around 1:45 p.m., according to police...
Battered passenger sues United over forceful removal
April 12th, 20170 NEW YORK - Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago filed an emergency request with an Illinois state court on Wednesday to require the carrier to preserve video recordings and other evidence related to the incident. Citing the risk of "serious prejudice" to their client, Dr. David Dao, the lawyers...
Russia vetoes U.N. resolution on Syria alleged “chemical attack”
April 12th, 20170 NEW YORK - Russia blocked a Western effort at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to condemn last week's deadly gas attack in Syria and push Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad to cooperate with international inquiries into the incident. It was the eighth time during Syria's six-year-old civil war that Moscow has used its veto...
Dearborn’s graduation rate rises for fifth year, drop-out rates decrease 72%
April 12th, 20170 DEARBORN- Recent data released by the State of Michigan reveals graduation rates for the Dearborn Public Schools have increased over five years from 76% in 2011 to 93% in 2016, while drop-out rates have decreased 72%. In 2011, there was a total of 113 drop-outs compared to 32 in 2015-16. “This is great news for our community,”...
Spicer says he let Trump down with comments comparing Assad and Hitler
April 12th, 20170 WASHINGTON-White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Wednesday he had let down President Donald Trump with his "inexcusable and reprehensible" comments comparing Syria's president's alleged use of poison gas to Adolf Hitler's atrocities. "I made a mistake. There's no other way to say it. I got into a topic that I shouldn't have and I...
SCAM ALERTS: The FTC won’t offer to fix your computer
April 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON, DC - Some cons send pop-up computer warnings to pitch unnecessary – and sometimes harmful – tech support services. Some make phone calls. Others – like one scammer the FTC just sued – send spam emails that falsely claim the FTC hired them to help remove problem software. In this case, announced today, the court...
California gunman kills wife, self as she teaches class; student also dead
April 10th, 20170 SAN BERNARDINO- A special education teacher and one of her students were fatally shot by her estranged husband when he opened fire with a high-caliber revolver before killing himself in her classroom at a San Bernardino, California, elementary school, police said. A second student was badly wounded by the gunman, who authorities said...
At least two dead, two wounded in Southern California school shooting
April 10th, 20171 SAN BERNARDINO- At least two adults were killed and two persons, possibly students, were struck by gunfire in a classroom shooting on Monday at a Southern California elementary school, police and fire officials said. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said the shooting at Northpark Elementary School in San Bernardino, east of...
Video captures forced removal of United Airlines customer from overbooked flight
April 10th, 20171 CHICAGO ― An overbooked flight from Chicago to Louisville, KY ended in a bloodied uprooting of a customer from his seat and dragged down the aisle towards the entrance of the aircraft. After passengers were seated on the Sunday flight with no seats to spare for a few staff members, the airline announced that it needed to take...
Passenger dragged from United Airlines flight in ‘upsetting event’
April 10th, 20170 NEW YORK- A doctor trying to return home to his patients was dragged by his hands from an overbooked United Airlines (UAL.N) flight, according to social media, embroiling the carrier in its second public relations nightmare in less than a month. The airline was one of the top-trending topics on Twitter as users took to the website to...
Feds hunt gun shop burglar who sent manifesto to Trump
April 10th, 20170 MADISON — Police searching for a Wisconsin man considered armed and dangerous stepped up patrols on Sunday at churches near his home because of anti-religious views expressed in a manifesto he sent to President Trump, officials said. Joseph A. Jakubowski, 32, is wanted for breaking into a gun shop called Armageddon Supplies in his...
ISIS claims responsibilty for the two attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt
April 9th, 20170 CAIRO, Egypt - ISIS has claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks on Coptic Christian churches in Egypt which have killed at least 36 people. “A group that belongs to Islamic State carried out the two attacks on the churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria,” the group’s news agency Amaq said. In the first, a bomb exploded...
Bombing at Egyptian churches kill and injure dozens on Palm Sunday
April 9th, 20170 CAIRO, Egypt - At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamic extremists. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come a week before Coptic Easter and in the same......
Russia and Iran draw a red line in Syria, warn U.S. of retaliation
April 9th, 20170 DAMASCUS, Syria - A joint command center made up of the forces of Russian, Iran and allied militia alliance supporting Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the U.S. strike on a Syrian air base crossed "red lines" and it would now respond to any new aggression and increase their level of support to their ally. "What America waged in...
Pepsi commercial underplays recent protests
April 8th, 20170 Pepsi's new ad featuring Kendall Jenner prompted Twitter users to howl outrage on Wednesday, with civil rights advocates saying it trivialized recent street unrest across the United States. The ad, released late on Tuesday, shows Jenner, a model and reality TV star, in a photo shoot when she notices a protest march passing by her......
Syrian American woman debuts rap video about hijab
April 8th, 20170 FLINT— A Syrian American poet and activist from Flint Township debuted her first rap music video, “Hijabi”, in an effort to shatter stereotypes about hijabis on Muslim Women’s Day. The new hijabi artist, Mona Haydar, 28, filmed it at the Arab American National Museum when she was eight months pregnant. She said that...
LAHC’s 29th annual awards gala celebrates education and success
April 8th, 20170 DEARBORN — Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (formerly the Lebanese American Heritage Club) has a long and deeply rooted history in the local community, but the focus was once again on the future and on shattering stereotypes during the non-profit's 29th annual awards gala on Thursday, April 6. The ceremony, attended by...
Hamtramck whistleblower lawsuit may cost city around $300,000
April 8th, 20170 HAMTRAMCK —A whistleblower lawsuit connected to the city's former director of public services, Steve Shaya, was settled last week for $75,000, but with the addition of attorney fees, the real cost may have surpassed $300,000. The Iraqi-born Chaldean, who was fired in 2014, sued the city, the previous police chief and others for $10...
Police revisit 2006 homicide of Dearborn woman
April 8th, 20170 DEARBORN —Dearborn police are revisiting the 2006 shooting of Aniseh Eljahmi in the hopes of making an arrest. On April 13, 2006 Eljahmi was found dead in front of her home in the 3400 block of Houston, near Outer Drive and Pelham. Eljahmi's 6-year-old daughter witnessed the shooting, but was unharmed. "It appeared she was......
Accused ISIS supporter Abu Rayyan gets five years on firearm charges
April 8th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Thursday, April 6, Khalil Abu Rayyan, a 22-year-old accused of supporting ISIS was sentenced to five years in prison for federal firearm charges. U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh said in sentencing Abu Rayyan he wanted to send a message that the "first steps" toward terrorism or other violent crimes...
Kids with autism struggle to read facial expressions
April 8th, 20170 Children with autism may have a harder time reading emotions on people's faces than other kids, but they also misunderstand the feelings they see in a way that's pretty similar to youth without autism, a small study suggests. "We found that on average, young people with autism are a bit less accurate at recognizing all expressions,......
Parental smoking linked to genetic changes in kids with cancer
April 8th, 20170 Parents who smoke may contribute to genetic changes in their kids that are associated with the most common type of childhood cancer, a recent study suggests. Some previous research has linked parental smoking to an increased risk of childhood leukemia, but with less consistent results for mothers than for fathers. The current study is...
British PM to raise ‘hard issues’ with Saudi Arabia
April 8th, 20170 RIYADH —British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would raise "hard issues" with Saudi Arabia's leaders on a visit to the country, as critics urged her to pressure Riyadh over its air war in Yemen and human rights record. May also said she was appalled by reports of a chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that......
