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New bomb threats made against Jewish centers across U.S., Canada
March 8th, 20170 A new round of bomb threats against Jewish community centers across the United States and in Canada forced lockdowns and evacuations on Tuesday, and all 100 U.S. senators asked the federal government to help them enhance security. Threats were phoned in or emailed to JCCs in states including New York, Wisconsin, Illinois and Florida...
High winds cause 600K to lose power in Metro Detroit
March 8th, 20170 DETROIT— According to DTE and Consumers Energy, high winds in Metro Detroit have reached more than 60 mph’ causing 600,000 customers to lose power. DTE Spokeswoman Stephanie Beres told The Detroit News that more than 400,000 DTE Energy customers lost power by Wednesday afternoon, while Consumers Energy Spokeswoman Deb Dodd said...
Women plan to stay off the job, rally in anti-Trump protests
March 8th, 20170 Women in the United States plan to use International Women's Day on Wednesday to stay off the job and stage demonstrations across the country in an effort to seize on the momentum built from the massive marches held a day after President Donald Trump's inauguration. On "A Day Without a Woman," those who are able to do so will stay...
Muhammad Ali’s son detained at airport, questioned about religion
March 7th, 20170 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Muhammad Ali, Jr., the son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, was detained at a Florida airport for four hours in early February. Ali, who was born in Philadelphia in 1972 and holds a U.S. passport, said immigration officials who detained him on Feb. 7 repeatedly asked, "Where did you get your name from?" and...
Trump’s attorney general withdraws from probe about Russia
March 7th, 20170 WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew from any deep examination into suspected Russian interference in the 2016 general election. Sessions asserted that he did no wrong in withholding comment during Senate testimony regarding his meeting with Russia's ambassador last year. Sessions told reporters...
New York City reaches new deal over police surveillance of Muslims
March 6th, 20170 NEW YORK CITY- New York City's police department has agreed to a new settlement in a lawsuit accusing it of illegally targeting Muslims for surveillance, according to court papers filed on Monday, after a federal judge rejected an earlier deal. The new settlement gives additional powers to a civilian representative charged with...
Descendants of slaves, forerunners of justice: American Muslims must stop apologizing
March 6th, 20170 I had recently been asked to give a talk about "being an American Muslim in the United States." Although wary of the uses and abuses of the term, I obliged. Islam is a religion propelled by values, not race. Nor, theoretically, by blind tribal allegiances, I explained. The "American Muslim" identity which has been under constant...
Sterling Heights settlement an opportunity for reconciliation
March 6th, 20170 At the nation's heart is a civil rights struggle that refuses to die. It manifests among varying communities at different times, yet conjures the distinct tones of ignorance and fear that has set the American story apart. While that story regrettably holds true in defining Arab and Muslim American experiences, we can be proud of...
State Department tweets, then deletes congratulations to Iranian Oscar winner
March 6th, 20170 Washington, DC - On Monday, the U.S. State Department issued and then deleted a congratulatory message for an Oscar win by a prominent Iranian director who criticized President Trump's travel ban as "inhumane." The State Department's official Persian-language Twitter account, @USAdarFarsi, tweeted congratulations to the Iranian...
Mahershala Ali makes history as first Muslim actor to win Oscar
March 6th, 20170 Los Angeles - Mahershala Ali made history as the first Muslim actor to win an academy award. He won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for his role as a drug-dealing mentor to an impoverished Black boy in the intimate independent drama "Moonlight." Ali, 43, plays Juan, a drug dealer who takes a young Black boy living in...
Dial down your bills, not your comfort
March 6th, 20170 DETROIT - As temperatures fall, the price of energy bills can climb. While Michigan winters are harsh, the impact on your wallet doesn't have to be. DTE Energy has some tips for how to save energy and keep you comfortable all winter long: • Install a programmable thermostat and set it at 68 degrees or lower – the...
Two armed men who walked into police station hit with felonies
March 6th, 20170 DEARBORN — Two men who entered the Dearborn Police Station armed with firearms and dressed in tactical vests and masks earlier this month were hit with felony charges Feb. 24. Police first arrested Brandon Vreeland, 40, of Jackson and James Craig Baker, 24, of Leonard on Feb. 5 after the pair recorded themselves walking into the...
Dearborn Heights father who murdered his children sentenced to max of 102 years
March 6th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Gregory Green, who killed his two children and two stepchildren in September, was sentenced to 45 to 100 years in jail for second-degree murder by Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway on March 1. According to Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Trisha Gerard, Green plotted the murders of Chadney Allen, 19,...
Rep. Dingell seeks answers about increased ICE activities
March 6th, 20170 ANN ARBOR — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is asking Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for answers about an increase in immigration enforcement activity. Dingell said she is following up on concerns she heard from community representatives, state and local elected officials, law enforcement officers and...
Plymouth clerk resigns amid probe into anti-Muslim remark
March 6th, 20170 PLYMOUTH ― Linda Langmesser, Plymouth's longtime city clerk has suddenly resigned amid an investigation into her alleged anti-Muslim Facebook comment this week. City officials were looking into the comments Langmesser reportedly posted on the Conservative Daily’s Facebook page, referring to a Atlantic article about a Muslim......
Trump signs new travel ban order, Iraq left off
March 6th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said. The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a...
FBI to probe mysterious death of Muslim teen found hanged in woods
March 5th, 20170 WASHINGTON STATE ― The death of a Muslim teen found hanged in the woods near his home in Washington state promoted the FBI to step in after a medical examiner said it might not have been a suicide. Ben Moussa Keita, 18, went missing in late November after leaving his Lake Stevens home with his car, wallet or phone. In January, his......
The right to bear arms should not impede others’ right to live in peace
February 27th, 20170 On Sunday, February 19, five armed demonstrators were spotted walking down Schaefer Road towards Warren Ave. in Dearborn's heavily populated Arab and Muslim part of the city, allegedly in support of open carry gun laws. The incident occurred less than three weeks after two armed fanatics, from communities nowhere near Dearborn, walked...
Open carry and intimidation put community, police on edge
February 27th, 20170 DEARBORN — On Sunday, February 19, a group of five armed individuals were spotted marching along Warren Avenue on Dearborn's east side. The open carry advocates walked down Schaefer towards Warren during peak business hours that morning. A video taken by a Dearborn resident who witnessed the protest accrued thousands of likes on...
ADC-MI in transition, new director to be named
February 27th, 20170 DEARBORN — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) was established in 1980 by former Senator James George Abourezk (D-SD) in response to the growing tide of anti-Arab rhetoric in the United States. Since then, those tides have increased, with the impact felt strongest in Dearborn, home to the U.S.'s most concentrated...
Former Dearborn city clerk charged with seven counts of felonies, embezzlement, larceny and misconduct in office
February 11th, 20170 DEARBORN — Former City Clerk Kathleen Buda has been charged with seven counts of felonies including embezzlement, larceny in a building and misconduct while in office, according to information obtained by The AANews. Buda will be arraigned tomorrow at 1 PM before Judge Mark Somers in the 19th District Court on the above......
Trump’s actions have roots in American political discourse
February 11th, 20170 Donald Trump’s executive orders were no doubt an overt assault on the character and integrity of not only the Arab and Muslim community, but also of the rich framework of immigrants of diverse backgrounds and nationalities that construct the backbone of this nation. His measures against Arabs and Muslims, however, did not occur in...
Courts schooled Trump about America’s greatness
February 11th, 20170 It has been a mere three weeks since real estate mogul Donald Trump took the oath of office as the U.S. president, and the country has already suffered the detrimental effects of poorly-implemented policy. On Friday, Jan. 27, our president exposed seemingly shrouded, but wide-spread insensible and xenophobic sentiments among the powerful......
Trump not to challenge travel ban in Supreme Court
February 11th, 20170 DONALD TRUMP was confident his lawyers would win the argument reinforcing his travel ban before the country’s highest court. But, following three legal losses Thursday and careful against facing yet another setback regarding his executive order banning travel to the US for people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the White House...
State audit finds no fraud in Detroit vote
February 10th, 20170 DETROIT— On Thursday, Feb. 9, the state released a review indicating that “an abundance of human error” caused discrepancies between the number of ballots cast and the number of voters recorded in Detroit. There was no fraud. In a separate audit, the state found at least 31 people voted twice in the fall presidential election......
