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3-year-old killed by collapsed table at Dearborn Heights head start identified
January 26th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS- On Monday, family identified the 3-year-old girl, who died Friday morning when a cafeteria table fell from the gymnasium wall and struck her at a Dearborn Heights head start, as Lilliana Jade Kerr. The Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency, which runs the Head Start program at the school, expressed condolences...
Shattered windows and bacon strips at mosque investigated as hate crime
January 26th, 20170 DAVIS, CA – Early Sunday, a woman vandalized the Islamic Center of Davis--- shattering six window panes, placing uncooked bacon on the door handle and destroying two bikes--- between 3:45 a.m. and 4 a.m. The vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime, police said. According to the Davis Police Department, the woman used an...
Trump expected to sign executive orders on immigration
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive orders on Wednesday restricting immigration from Syria and six other Middle Eastern or African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter. In addition to Syria, Trump's orders are expected to...
Man charged with hate crime after holding gun to Muslim cab driver’s head
January 26th, 20171 NEW YORK- On Monday, New York police confirmed that a man has been charged with a hate crime after holding a gun to the head of a Muslim cab driver. Andrew M. Plachecki, 26, was apparently drunk as he waved to the cab early Sunday morning before threatening the driver with a gun and calling him a “motherf---ing piece of Muslim...
Obama transferred $221 million to Palestinian Authority in his final hours in office
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON — In his last hours in office, the Obama administration transferred $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that despite opposition from GOP members of Congress, officials say. A State Department official and several congressional aides told the Associated Press that the outgoing administration and former Secretary of...
Lebanese security forces foil suicide attack in Beirut’s crowded street
January 21st, 20170 BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese security forces arrested a would-be suicide bomber inside a crowded cafe in one of the busiest neighbourhoods in the capital Beirut on Saturday night, security sources told AFP. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a man wearing an explosive bomb belt had been detained by authorities after...
Egypt court rejects transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
January 21st, 20170 CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian court rejected on Monday a government plan to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in a final ruling that prompted cheers in the courtroom but could deepen tensions with the country's former financial backer, Saudi Arabia. Egypt's government announced during a visit by the Saudi...
Most ISIS leaders in Mosul killed
January 21st, 20170 MOSUL — Most ISIS commanders in Mosul have been killed in battles with Iraqi government forces that raged over the past three months in the eastern side of the city, an Iraqi general said on Thursday. The fight to take the western side of Mosul, which remains under the jihadists' control, should not be more difficult than the...
Can the media hold politicians accountable?
January 21st, 20170 If you watched Donald Trump’s recent press conference, you may have overlooked a telling and worrisome moment. A CNN reporter tried to ask the president-elect about the extent of his ties to Russian officials. “No! Not you. No! Your organization is terrible,” responded Mr. Trump, and moved on to the next question. The fact...
Pew Research Center: Democratic support for Israel plummets
January 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months. Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study. For decades, Democratic support for Israel has...
Executive actions ready to go as Trump takes office
January 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening steps to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and roll back outgoing President Barack Obama's policies. Trump, a Republican elected on Nov. 8 to succeed Democrat Obama,...
Dearborn police identify suspect in series of home invasions
January 20th, 20170 DEARBORN — According to a press release, Dearborn police have identified the suspect involved in a series of home invasions in the northeast end of the city. Shady Karim of Shelby Township was on bail for Home Invasion while committing the crimes, police said. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed charges of 2nd...
Maya Nassar seeks to expand fitness in Lebanon
January 20th, 20171 DEARBORN — Athletic trailblazer Maya Nassar seeks to establish a national platform to expand fitness and bodybuilding in Lebanon. "I've been endorsed more than once by the Lebanese government to represent Lebanon in bodybuilding, recognizing what I do as a sport," Nassar— an entrepreneur, a personal trainer, a wellness...
Pew Research Center: Democratic support for Israel plummets
January 20th, 20170 DEARBORN — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months. Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study. For decades, Democratic support for Israel has been...
Dearborn native offers cooking classes for kids
January 19th, 20170 DEARBORN— At 16-years-old, Zee Shami predicted something huge would change her life forever once she turned 30. She didn’t know what it would be at the time, but in the autumn of 2015, at age 30, she established ZeeTheCook, LLC, offering cooking classes in her kitchen. She recalled reflecting on the irony. “When 30......
Community stands in solidarity with public education
January 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — Many of Donald Trump's cabinet nominees have been met with a wave of sharp criticism; and that holds especially true for Michigan's own Betsy Devos, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education. DeVos was the Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chairwoman of the Michigan...
Texas State Rep. sends letter to Muslims that questions their beliefs
January 19th, 20170 TEXAS - Texas Muslims have taken offense to a letter from a State Rep. that surveys their beliefs and questions if they support radical Islam. Just weeks into office, it appears State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, is concerned about Muslims first and foremost. He sent a letter to mosque leaders and Muslim student......
Assad hopes for ‘reconciliation’ deals with rebels
January 19th, 20170 DAMASCUS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he believed peace talks in Kazakhstan would lead to local "reconciliation" deals with rebels, a sign of his confidence in a process launched by his Russian allies after the opposition's defeat in Aleppo. Assad told a Japanese TV station he hoped the conference would be a platform...
Obama’s legacy: Achievements marred with disappointments
January 19th, 20170 President Obama spent his final hours as president boasting approval ratings nearing 60 percent—comparable to those he had when he entered the White House in 2009. His popularity is a reflection of a legacy of many monumental precedents set by the Harvard Law School graduate and University of Chicago law professor as the first...
Homeless man charged for torching seattle mosque
January 19th, 20170 SEATTLE, WA - A homeless man suspected of setting fire to a Bellevue mosque on Saturday, January 14 was charged with second-degree arson Tuesday by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Bail was set at $1 million. who has an extensive history of mental illness and property damage, was found in a parking lot behind the...
Obesity, diabetes prevalent among Arab Americans
January 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — Six Gulf Community Council (GCC) countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE and Oman—have been identified by Rand Health Advisory services as having populations with the highest rates of diabetes in the world. Much of the Arab world is following in the same trajectory, with the World Health......
Pop star Katy Perry defends Muslims in newly produced video
January 19th, 20170 LOS ANGELES - Pop star Katy Perry is coming to the defense of Muslims in a new Public Service Announcement video she produced. The “Dark Horse” singer produced a new video titled “Is History repeating itself?” a video that draws parallels between the rhetoric that caused the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans and the...
Wife of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested
January 19th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO - The FBI on Monday arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, a massacre that intensified fears about attacks against Americans inspired by Islamic State, officials said. Noor Salman, 30, is being charged with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting by providing......
Delta employees to receive diversity training
January 19th, 20170 ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines will begin diversity training for all of its flight crews after a series of publicized incidents in which passengers, including Muslims and African Americans, said they were discriminated against or treated uncivilly on its flights. Those incidents include a flight attendant appearing reluctant when a Black...
Trump meets with Martin Luther King III
January 19th, 20170 NEW YORK- On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump met with Martin Luther King III to discuss voting rights at Trump Tower after spending the weekend arguing with civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga). Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all the many wonderful things that he stood for. Honor him for the great man that......
