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Florida man kills one, wounds five in ‘horrific’ shooting spree
March 27th, 20170 FORT LAUDERDALE ― A Florida man killed his girlfriend and wounded five others, including her two young sons and a high school student during a shooting spree with an AK-47 rifle on Monday, police said. The shootings started around 6 a.m. inside a home in Sanford, about 30 miles north of Orlando. Police said Allen Cashe, 31, opened...
Woman’s lips injected with non-FDA approved product at Dearborn Heights salon
March 27th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A local woman is suffering from a botched procedure she thought was a temporary cosmetic enhancement "They swell up, canker sores... and it’s just bad,” the woman, named Sue, told WXYZ Detroit. “And it’s just something I have to deal with for the rest of my life." A year ago, Sue, who did not want to go...
Nearly half of the candidates for city positions are Arab Americans
March 24th, 20171 DEARBORN — As the national spotlight on the city intensifies, so have the races for local public office. Last year's election campaigns to replace a Dearborn district court judge and state representative developed into an invigorated engagement among residents, especially as Arab Americans threw their hats in the ring. This year,...
Addressing children’s nutritional health
March 24th, 20170 Nearly 1 in 3 Michigan children are overweight or obese. Unfortunately, a "normal" diet in America has shifted in a direction that permits people of all ages to choose convenience foods and sugary beverages over healthier options. In addition to poor food choices, serving sizes have largely exceeded what the body naturally...
Cooking cuisine at home
March 24th, 20170 The average American dines out between four and five times a week. While restaurants can offer a valuable social experience, regularly choosing convenience foods over meals at home can negatively influence health based on portions, methods of preparation and commercial additives. Fortunately, there are easy ways to serve up a...
Iran steps up support for Houthis in Yemen’s war
March 24th, 20170 ANKARA — Iran is sending advanced weapons and military advisers to Yemen's rebel Houthi movement, stepping up support for its ally in a civil war whose outcome could sway the balance of power in the Middle East, regional and Western sources say. Iran's enemy Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition fighting the Houthis in the...
UN: ‘Worst is yet to come’ with 400,000 trapped in west Mosul
March 24th, 20170 MOSUL — About 400,000 Iraqi civilians are trapped in the ISIS-held Old City of western Mosul, short of food and basic needs, as the battle between the militants and government forces rages around them, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday. Many fear fleeing because of ISIS snipers and landmines. But 157,000 have...
Israeli ban targeting boycott supporters raises alarm abroad
March 24th, 20170 JERUSALEM — A law barring foreigners from entering Israel if they back boycotts against the country is causing alarm among liberal American Jews and others who perceive an attempt to suppress critical political opinion. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government has long campaigned against the Palestinian-led Boycott,...
U.S. embassies ordered to profile demographic groups for special screening
March 24th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C. —Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has recently called upon U.S. diplomatic missions to hunt for "populations warranting increased scrutiny" through heightening screening for visa applicants for them." Tillerson has also called for social media scans for applicants who have had any presence in countries that have...
Using Hollywood celebrities to validate Islam
March 24th, 20170 When Terry Holdbrooks Jr., converted to Islam in 2003, he was inundated with death threats and labeled a "race traitor." If a religious conversion ever deserves to be admired, Holdbrooks' conversion does; not because Islam has "won" yet another convert, but because the new convert was assigned the very rule of subjugating his Muslim...
Khalaf should be commended for UN’s Israel apartheid report
March 24th, 20170 The trepidation journalists, officials, and workers of non governmental organizations (NGOs) have to operate under in reporting on Palestine and Palestinians under occupation is not a phenomenon limited to the United States. Worldwide, Israel's hegemonic hold on an international political narrative leaves officials tasked with defending...
Hispanics shouldn’t over-interpret Trump’s election
March 24th, 20170 It's safe to say that Donald Trump doesn't have many fans in the Hispanic community. The real estate mogul rose to power spewing rhetoric that was openly hostile to Latinos. He's promised to deport more undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the nation's southern border. And who can forget his smear of Mexican immigrants as...
Sales drop to impact Ford first-quarter earnings
March 24th, 20170 DETROIT- Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday it expects lower earnings per share in the first quarter and lower pretax profit in 2017 due to higher spending on commodities, warranties and investments and a drop in sales volumes especially fleet sales. Ford shares were down nearly 1 percent at $11.66 in late morning trading after the...
Dearborn Heights City Council votes against sale of golf course
March 24th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The City Council voted against Wayne County's projected sale of the Warren Valley Golf Course. They voted 5 to 1 in opposition of the $1.8 million sale of the golf course to residential developers. According to the resolution, the development "creates potential infrastructure liabilities, potential for flooding...
Restoration work completed on Jesus’ tomb site in Jerusalem
March 24th, 20170 JERUSALEM— A team of scientists and restorers has completed work on the purported site of Jesus' tomb in Jerusalem's Old City. The tomb was re-opened to the public on Wednesday. Many Christians believe Jesus' body was buried at what became the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The group has worked for the past nine months at......
Destroyed by ISIS, Iraq’s ancient winged bull to rise again in London
March 24th, 20170 LONDON— An ancient Assyrian winged bull sculpture destroyed by ISIS in 2015 is to be remade from empty Iraqi date syrup cans and displayed in Trafalgar Square in London. The work by U.S. artist Michael Rakowitz has won the next commission for the square's unoccupied Fourth Plinth, upon which a series of 11 new artworks have been...
Shirtless man causes chaos at Dearborn Heights’ Mexican Fiesta restaurant
March 24th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – On Tuesday, a shirtless man walked into the Mexican Fiesta restaurant in Dearborn Heights, paced behind a bar, put knives between his fingers and started ordering customers to leave. The 26-year-old man had first jumped into a tub of grease at the IHOP next door before making a scene at Mexican Fiesta. He was......
10-year-old accidentally shoots brother, father in custody
March 24th, 20170 DETROIT— Late Monday, a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot his 14-year-old brother while playing with their father’s loaded firearm on Detroit’s east side, according to police. The father is currently in custody. The boy was shot in the stomach around 7:30 p.m. on the 13700 block of Pfent near East State Fair and Schoenherr at...
DPS students can nominate their favorite teachers for outstanding teacher awards
March 24th, 20170 DEARBORN— Hey kids, what time is it? It’s time for Dearborn Public School students to nominate their favorite teachers for the 2017 Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Award. “Nominating a teacher for this award is an outstanding way for students to show their teachers how much they appreciate and value the job...
Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh accepts plea deal with no jail time
March 23rd, 20170 CHICAGO-Rasmea Odeh, a Chicago based former Michigan resident, recently accepted a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney General's Office, according to Bill Goodman, her local attorney. The agreement involved Rasmea leaving the country in exchange for no jail time. "Rasmieh is 69 years old," Goodman said. "Her trial was grueling and...
U.S.-Israeli teen arrested in Israel over bomb threats to Jewish centers
March 23rd, 20170 JERUSALEM -- An Israeli teen who also holds U.S. citizenship was arrested in Israel on Thursday on suspicion of making dozens of hoax bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States and several other countries. At a court hearing near Tel Aviv, the suspect's defense attorney said the young man has a growth in his......
ISIS claims responsibility for UK parliament attack by British man
March 23rd, 20170 LONDON ― The attacker who killed three people near parliament in London before being shot dead was named on Thursday as British-born Khalid Masood, who was once investigated by MI5 intelligence officers over concerns about violent extremism. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement issued by its Amaq news agency,...
White man who wanted to kill blacks arrested in New York stabbing
March 23rd, 20170 NEW YORK- A white man who police said traveled to New York City to harm black people turned himself in with knives in his pocket at a Manhattan police station on Wednesday, a day after authorities say he fatally stabbed a black man on a city sidewalk. James Harris Jackson, 28, told police he left his home in Baltimore on Friday and......
New Jersey man goes viral for breaking up fight-‘I am a Muslim’
March 23rd, 20171 Atlantic City, NJ-A New Jersey man went viral earlier this week for stopping a fight between two teens, intervening "because it was the right thing to do." 26-year-old Ibn Ali Miller was lauded this week for settling a quarrel between the two young men engaged in a fist fight through an effort that resulted in a reconciliatory...
Police treating London attack as a “terrorist incident”
March 22nd, 20170 LONDON- An assailant stabbed a policeman and was shot by police just outside Britain's parliament building in London on Wednesday in what police described as a "terrorist incident". Amid confusing scenes, it appeared the incident may have unfolded in several locations, including on the nearby Westminster bridge where eyewitnesses said......
