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Wikileaks emails reveals Netanyahu really really likes Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON - The latest batch of Wikileaks revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu really admires Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Netanyahu prefers the stance on Israel of Clinton than that of the current US administration, with one senior Israeli official saying Netanyahu...Wikileaks: Obama sought Muslims for top jobs
WASHINGTON - President Obama and his top aides kept lists of Muslim and Asian candidates for administration positions. The 2008 emails show his team was sent lists of Muslims and Asians to be considered for White House jobs, with Arab Christians excluded or relegated to a separate list. In the email exchange, an aide wrote, "In the...California man charged for making terrorist threats to Islamic center
CALIFORNIA — A California man has been charged with making terrorist threats to the Islamic Center of Southern California. But what’s even more disturbing is what police discovered at his home.The Los Angeles Police Department said Mark Lucian Feigin, 40, was arrested last week on the charge, which is...Spanish School vandalized with Trump rhetoric
WINDSOR, Calif. (AP) — A Spanish-language school in Sonoma County has been vandalized with graffiti criticizing immigrants and referencing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that Cali Calmecac Language Academy Principal Jeanne Acuna says a custodian found the...
Janet Jackson spotted wearing Islamic attire
October 25th, 20160 LONDON - Singer Janet Jackson was this week spotted in public for the first time since announcing her pregnancy - wearing a full Islamic dress. The R&B icon and actress is believed to have become a Muslim after marrying Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Manna, 41, in 2012. Jackson has never confirmed her conversion to the...
Palestinian American YouTuber stars in ‘Madea’ movie
October 24th, 20160 CALIFORNIA - YouTube star Yousef Erakat, better known as “FouseyTube," has nabbed a break on the big screen. The 26-year-old Palestinian-American social media giant can now add ‘actor’ to this resume, as he stars in ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween,’ the latest installment in the Tyler Perry franchise centered around the gun-toting...Islamophobic ads target New Hampshire governor
NEW HAMPSHIRE - The Governor of New Hampshire has been the target of Islamophobic ads during her run for U.S. Senate, and she’s not even Muslim. Governor Maggie Hasan, who is running for the U.S. Senate, was the target of mailers sent by the political advocacy group One Nation, that references "Radical Islamic terrorists" and shows...$10 million lawsuit reveals man was shot by Dearborn officer 9 times
DEARBORN - A lawsuit has revealed that a Dearborn police office shot an unarmed man 9 times last year during a foot pursuit last year that led to a slaying. The Relatives of 35-year-old Kevin Matthew have filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and city. The lawsuit alleges the officer used excessive force and...14-year-old girl leaves threatening note for new refugee neighbors
MARYLAND - A 14-year-old girl has admitted that she wrote a threatening note to her new refugee neighbors in Maryland. The family recently escaped Iraq and settled in Maryland. But they were quickly unsettled when they found an anonymous threatening note on their front steps. Part of the note read, "Terrorist, Leave no one...
Denouncing Trump is not enough to challenge rising Islamophobia
October 21st, 20160 This week, an Arabic billboard with a deep message denouncing Trump appeared on I-94.Donald Trump, “can’t read this, but he is afraid of it,” the large ad says. It is a nice gesture that grabbed headlines around the world. However, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiments run deeper than the Republican...
The battle for Mosul: Relocating terrorists to Raqqa is a dangerous game
October 21st, 20160 American calculations surround the battle for Mosul and its ramifications on the Middle East — the first aim is geopolitical and the second is electoral. Mosul, considered the Iraqi capital of ISIS, is Iraq's second largest city. The first goal is connected to the war in Syria and the international showdown between Moscow and...Local attractions provide kid-friendly Halloween activities
Greenfield VillageDEARBORN — Family-friendly Halloween events can sometimes be a challenge to find when many activities are geared towards teens or young adults, like haunted houses and spine-chilling movies. Fortunately, a number of kid-friendly attractions in Dearborn and surrounding communities provide a safe outlet for...Gov. Snyder appoints Paul Sophiea to Michigan Board of Medicine
LANSING — Gov. Snyder appointed Dearborn resident Paul Sophiea to the Michigan Board of Medicine on Wednesday, Oct 12. Sophiea will serve the remainder of Cindy Pasky's four-year term, ending on Dec. 31, 2017. The board, which is comprised of 10 doctors, one physician's assistant and eight public members, "is responsible for making...Michigan LCV honors two Arab American doctors
(L-R) U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Wozniak.DETROIT — The Michigan League of Conservation Voters' fourth annual Innovation in Conservation Gala honored Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed last Thursday by distinguishing their work in protecting the health of Flint and Detroit families. "Michigan LCV...Michigan GOP: Trump is accurate about election outcome
LANSING — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was right in Wednesday's presidential debate when he refused to say whether he would accept the results of the Nov. 8 election, Michigan Republican Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said. "I will look at it at the time," Trump said, dodging the question posed by moderator Chris......
STDs reach all time high in the U.S.
October 21st, 20160 (CBS NEWS) - Rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States continue to rise, and total combined cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis have reached the highest ever, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The data, released today, shows that in 2015, there were more...Syria government says Aleppo ceasefire started, promises ‘safe exit’
DAMASCUS — The Syrian military said on Thursday a unilateral ceasefire backed by Russia had come into force to allow people to leave besieged eastern Aleppo, a move rejected by rebels who say they are preparing a counter-offensive to break the blockade.State media earlier said the army had opened exit corridors in two......
Iraqi PM: Mosul offensive going faster than planned
The offensive to seize back Mosul from ISIS is going faster than planned, Iraq's prime minister said on Thursday, as Iraqi and Kurdish forces launched a new military operation to clear villages on the city's outskirts.A cloud of black smoke wreathed some frontline villages, probably caused by oil fires, a tactic the militants use...U.S. civil rights groups to fan out on Nov. 8 to fight voter intimidation
Donald Trump supporters who plan to stake out polling sites on Election Day may find their own activities tracked closely by thousands of civil-rights activists who are mounting a nationwide effort to prevent problems at the polls.The Republican presidential candidate, who has repeatedly said that the election...Kansas trio pleads not guilty in plot to bomb apartment, mosque
Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment building in western Kansas where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque pleaded not guilty on Monday but remained in jail, prosecutors said. Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 49, and Patrick Eugene Stein, 47, were each charged on Friday with...Jury begins deliberations in conspiracy trial of Oregon militants
OREGON - A federal court jury began deliberations on Thursday in the trial of six men and a woman charged with conspiracy for their roles in the armed takeover of a U.S. Wildlife center in Oregon earlier this year.U.S. District Judge Anna Brown in Portland instructed members of the 12-member panel late on Wednesday on how to apply the......
Final Presidential debate ends on a “nasty” note
LAS VEGAS - An estimated 71.6 million people watched the final debate between White House contenders Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on TV on Wednesday, below the audience for their first encounter but the third-largest total ever recorded. The data supplied by the Nielsen ratings agency on Thursday covered people who watched...
Local Yemenis protest Saudi-led strikes: “Saudi is ISIS”
October 21st, 20160 Women holding signs depicting slain children from Saudi Arabian air strikes.DEARBORN — The strife in Yemen has been brought to the forefront after a handful of prominent organizations and activists condemned the massacre, by Saudi Arabian forces, of at least 150 mourners and the injury of about 700 more from an airstrike during a......
‘Designated Survivor’ smeared Dearborn and no one cared
October 21st, 20160 DEARBORN — Many local residents fear that a day may soon come where in a Trump world, government officials will "round up all the Muslims" as a preventive measure to stop terrorism. But On ABC's new scripted series "Designated Survivor", that day is already here. During the second episode of the Kiefer Sutherland-led drama,...
Khodr Farhat aims to break barriers with School Board bid
October 21st, 20160 Khodr FarhatDEARBORN — When Khodr Farhat emigrated to the U.S. from Lebanon in 2009, he was blind and didn't know a word of English. But today, the 23-year-old Dearborn School Board candidate is using his disability to bring attention to a challenge often plaguing the community–lack of awareness of special needs. "The......
