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Three killed in Fresno, California, shooting spree, suspect arrested
April 18th, 20170 A gunman with an apparent dislike of white people and government killed three people in downtown Fresno, California, on Tuesday, before he was taken into custody while shouting "Allahu Akhbar," police said. The suspect, identified as 39-year-old Kori Ali Muhammad, was also wanted in connection with the fatal shooting last week of an...
Minneapolis Muslims protest ‘sharia’ fanatic
April 18th, 20170 A Georgian man has been reported imposing what he calls "the civil part of the sharia law" in the Minneapolis neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside by dictating to others how they should dress, what or what not to eat or drink, not to use drugs, or even interact with the opposite sex. The man, who has been attempting to recruit others...
Suspect in Facebook video murder kills self in Pennsylvania
April 18th, 20170 The man suspected of killing a Cleveland man and posting a video of the murder on Facebook fatally shot himself after a "brief pursuit" by Pennsylvania State Police officers on Tuesday, police said. Steve Stephens was accused of shooting Robert Godwin Sr., 74, on a sidewalk in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday before fleeing...
United Air removes couple traveling to wedding from plane
April 18th, 20170 An engaged couple were removed from a United Airlines flight to Costa Rica on Saturday, as the airline remained under scrutiny following outrage caused by a video last week of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight. According to the couple, who said they were en route to get married, a federal marshal had escorted them from...
Dr. Stanley Jensen announces his retirement from Henry Ford College presidency
April 17th, 20170 DEARBORN - Dr. Stanley Jensen, President of Henry Ford College announced that he will be retiring from his position comes June 30, 2018. He made the announcement this afternoon in an official statement: "After a great deal of thought, and careful consideration, I have decided to retire from my position as President of Henry Ford College...
More than a thousand Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike
April 17th, 20170 WEST BANK ― Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on Monday in response to a call by prominent prisoner Marwan Barghouti, widely seen as a possible future Palestinian president. Palestinians termed the open-ended strike a protest against poor conditions and an Israeli policy of detention without trial that...
Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack exceeds 125, half of the victims are children
April 16th, 20170 DAMASCUS, Syria - The death toll from a bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached at least 126 in the deadliest such incident in Syria in almost a year, human rights groups reported on Sunday. Human rights groups and United Nations agencies cited reports that more than 60 children were among the...
ISIS attacks IraqI forces in Mosul with chemical weapons
April 16th, 20171 BAGHDAD, Iraq -Â ISIS used chemical weapons against Iraqi forces taking part in the operation to recapture Mosul, injuring some security personnel, the Iraqi military said on Sunday. ISIS has periodically carried out attacks using chemical weapons, but both the toll and the impact on military operations has been minimal and the...
German cabinet agrees to fine social media over hate speech
April 16th, 20170 BERLIN- Germany's cabinet approved a plan on Wednesday to fine social networks up to 50 million euros ($53 million) if they fail to remove hateful postings quickly, prompting concerns the law could limit free expression. Germany has some of the world's toughest laws covering defamation, public incitement to commit crimes and threats of...
Two Illinois men charged with conspiring to aid ISIS
April 16th, 20170 CHICAGO — Two Illinois men were arrested on Wednesday on charges they conspired to help ISIS, with one suspect saying he wanted to see the jihadist group's flag over the White House, the Justice Department said. Joseph Jones and Edward Schimenti, both 35 and from Zion, Illinois, appeared before a federal magistrate in Chicago and...
United apology isn’t enough; corporate arrogance requires scrutiny
April 16th, 20170 Immigrants and people of color, it seems, can't catch a break on holiday. There are the issues with flying while Arab. There are the proven problems with driving while Black. Apparently there's also boarding while Asian. One of the most brutal metaphors for crass capitalism played out Monday as fellow passengers on United Airlines...
We need to safeguard the ‘public’ in public office
April 16th, 20170 For the last few years, I've been keeping a file of clippings about the erosion of transparency and candor in government. I'm sorry to report that it's getting rather full. This is not a good thing. Public officials should feel strongly obliged to do their business in an open and upfront manner. When you hold public office, the...
Protesters to take to streets to demand Trump release tax returns
April 15th, 20170 NEW YORK- Tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across the United States and beyond on Saturday to press President Donald Trump to release his tax returns and to dispute his claim that the public does not care about the issue. The demonstrations, organized by a loose coalition of labor and left-leaning groups...
Sesame Street welcomes first autistic Muppet
April 14th, 20170 Long-running children's television show "Sesame Street" welcomed a new kid to the block — a Muppet with autism called Julia. A redhead who loves to sing and remembers the words to lots of songs, Julia debuted on the show for preschoolers on April 10 after a five-year outreach effort to families and experts on autism, Sesame...
Senate passes anti-hate crime resolution drafted by Muslim group
April 14th, 20173 On Thursday, April 6, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning hate crimes against ethnic and religious groups, and vowed to push for establishing appropriate measures for the reporting and prosecuting of violence against minorities. Amid rising attacks on individuals and places of worship in Muslim, Sikh, Jewish,......
Lawsuit claims Schuette and staff used personal emails for state business
April 14th, 20170 LANSING— The progressive group Progress Michigan filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in the Michigan Court of Claims regarding Attorney General Bill Schuette and his staff’s use of personal emails to conduct state business. However, Schuette’s office denied knowing anything about the matter, according to a Progress Michigan press...
Lavrov: Moscow and Washington agree U.S. strikes on Syria should not be repeated
April 14th, 20170 MOSCOW - Moscow and Washington have reached an understanding that further US strikes similar to the one carried out against Syria's Shayrat Air Base "should not occur again," the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Lavrov emphasized that this issue was raised during his discussions with the US Secretary of State on......
Detroit doctor charged with female genital mutilation of seven-year-olds
April 13th, 20170 DETROIT- U.S. authorities have charged a Detroit doctor with performing genital mutilation on 7-year-old girls in what is believed to be the first case brought under a law prohibiting the procedure. Jumana Nagarwala, an emergency room physician at a Detroit hospital who performed the procedures at an unnamed medical clinic in the...
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......
