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Post Civil war era film shoots at Greenfield Village
August 26th, 20160 DEARBORN — A film production used Greenfield Village's unique and historic scenery as a backdrop for its post Civil War-era plotline. "Akoma", a short film shot around the metro Detroit region with the assistance of local producers, actors and crew-members, recently wrapped its shoot after a summer production that highlighted...Midwest Recycling leads backpack donations across metro Detroit
INKSTER — Midwest Recycling donated hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to the "We Got Your Back" campaign, just days ahead of the start of the new school year. Midwest Recycling donated 200 backpacks filled with school supplies to the “We Got Your Back” campaign.“We are always looking for local companies...
France’s ‘burkini’ ban: Hypocrisy and racism
August 26th, 20161 A protest against France's burkini ban, outside the French Embassy in London (Reuters)If you are a man in France, you can wear a wetsuit that covers your head and entire body. But a Muslim woman who chooses to wear a hijab at the beach will be ticketed and ordered to shed some clothing.The hysteria and hypocrisy surrounding French...Illinois man charged with bomb attempt ruled mentally unfit
A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that a Chicago-area man was mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he tried to set off what he thought was a car bomb outside a bar. The suspect, Adel Daoud of Hillside, Illinois, sincerely believes that his lawyers are Freemasons, U.S. District Judge Sharon...N.Y. police regularly violated rules on probing Muslim groups
NEW YORK - The New York City Police Department routinely violated court-mandated rules on handling investigations of political activity, particularly Muslim groups or individuals, the department's watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday. The 64-page report by the Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD found police...Trump, Clinton feud over minority voters
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump clashed on Thursday over who would make a better U.S. president for minority voters, accusing each other of posing a threat to the interests of blacks and Latinos.Clinton needs to retain support from minority voters to defeat her Republican rival in the Nov. 8 election and was delivering a...Mentally ill man stabs two people, media assumed he was a terrorist
The FBI is investigating a double stabbing by a Virginia man who shouted the Muslim phrase "Allah Akbar," while authorities on Tuesday denied media reports that the attack may have been an attempted beheading. The suspect, Wasil Farooqui, 20, of Roanoke, is charged with randomly attacking a man and woman with...
Gum disease linked to heart disease
August 25th, 20160 A report from The Netherlands adds to the evidence tying chronic gum disease to heart disease and stroke. In a study of more than 60,000 dental patients, those with gum disease were twice as likely to have had a heart attack, stroke or severe chest pain. At the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, the largest dental school in the...
Concerns rise over EpiPen price increase
August 25th, 20160 Members of Congress are demanding more information on why the price for lifesaving EpiPens has skyrocketed. EpiPens are injection devices used to ward off potentially fatal allergic reactions and the price has surged in recent years. A two-dose package cost around $94 nine years ago. The average cost was more than six times that in...Israel’s War on NGOs takes a worrying turn
You deserve to see your loved ones suffer and die. But, maybe, you would be hurt before them," was part of a threatening message received by a staff member at Al-Mezan, a Gaza-based human rights group. The photo attached to the email was of the exterior of the activist's home. The gist of the message: "We are coming for...
Entrapment: Legal experts criticize FBI tactics
August 25th, 20160 Abu-Rayyan/ Hamdan before he was arrested at the airportDETROIT — Over the past two years, the FBI has arrested so many terror suspects that one would think extremists have a foothold on our shores. But a closer look at those cases reveals that the authorities were heavily involved in constructing the plots they pride themselves on...Two sisters killed in Dearborn Heights after colliding with semi
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Dearborn Heights police said two sisters were killed in an accident involving a semi truck on Thursday morning.The accident happened around 9 a.m. near the intersection of Van Born and Beech Daly. Police said 22-year-old Heidi Fox and 19-year-old Samantha Fox were traveling in a Ford Focus on Beech...Kerry tackles Yemen, Syrian conflicts in Saudi Arabia talks
JEDDA — Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi Arabia's King Salman and the country's powerful deputy, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday to discuss ways to end conflict in Yemen and resume peace talks between the warring sides. Kerry arrived in Jeddah late on Wednesday from Nigeria for discussions with Saudi leaders and...Report: Conflicts reduce life expectancy in Arab countries
The Arab Spring uprising and subsequent conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have lowered life expectancy in countries such as Syria, Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt, jeopardizing two decades of health gains, experts said on Wednesday.Between 2010 and 2013, Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt lost some three months of the average person's life...U.N. calls for international probe into Yemen violations
Children at a camp for internally displaced people near Sanaa (Reuters)UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has called for the creation of an independent international body to investigate a series of human violations in the ongoing war in Yemen.Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the U.N. human rights chief, said in a statement on Thursday......
New Hajj & Umrah travel medical kit now available
DEARBORN – With thousands of Muslims in the U.S. gearing up to travel to Hajj in coming weeks, Muslim medical professionals have designed a medical travel kit. Created in coordination with a Mayo Clinic physician, the Hajj & Umrah Travel Medical Kit allows Muslim pilgrims to quickly and...
Man allegedly stalks woman, charged with three counts of breaking and entering
August 24th, 20160 21-year-old Ali AlsoweidiDEARBORN –Ali Alsoweidi, 21, was arrested on July 27 on three counts of breaking and entering, after a female resident contacted police and claimed that she found him in her garage, where he allegedly revealed he had been stalking her.The incident occurred on the 6400 block of Coleman Street, in......
French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach
Nice is the latest French town to ban the burkini. Photo: Vantagenews.comNICE, France — French police confronted a woman on a beach and made her remove some of her clothing as part of a controversial ban on the burkini.Photographs of the incident sparked outrage.Authorities in several French towns have implemented bans on the burkini,...
Turkish troops launch first major push into Syria against ISIS
August 24th, 20160 Turkish army tanks make their way in the Syrian border town of Jarablus (Reuters)ANKARA — Turkish special forces, tanks and jets backed by planes from the U.S.-led coalition launched their first co-ordinated offensive into Syria on Wednesday to try to drive ISIS from the border and prevent further gains by Kurdish militia fighters.A...U.S. judge blocks Obama transgender school bathroom policy
A U.S. judge blocked an Obama administration policy that public schools should allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice, granting a nationwide injunction sought by 13 dissenting states just in time for the new school year.While a setback for transgender advocates, the ruling is only the latest salvo in a larger...Phoenix area Muslims pay for ‘ISIS sucks’ billboard
PHOENIX - A large electronic billboard has a simple message directed at ISIS: "Hey ISIS, you suck." The billboard was paid for by a national Muslim-American non-profit with help from the Muslim community in Arizona. Local Muslims in the state said they want to condemn the terrorist organization in a very public way. They said......
Muslim inmate sues Indiana sheriff’s office over halal diet
LEBANON, Ind. — A Muslim inmate is using Indiana’s religious freedom statute in part to sue a central Indiana sheriff for denying him a diet that follows Islamic dietary laws.The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of Gannon Thomas against the Boone County Sheriff’s Office over its...Clinton’s top aide scrutinized for ties to Saudi magazine
WASHINGTON - The top campaign aide to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is being scrutinized for her ties to a Saudi-sponsored magazine. Huma Abedin, 40, has for years been one of Clinton’s closest confidantes. She began her career as an intern in the White House in 1996, when Hillary Clinton was first lady, and was......
Iraq executes 36 ISIS militants for mass killing of soldiers
A soldier prays at a mass grave for soldiers from Camp Speicher (Reuters)BAGHDAD — Iraq said on Sunday it had hanged 36 ISIS militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of soldiers at a camp north of Baghdad two years ago.It is the highest number of militants executed in one day by the Iraqi government since ISIS...Turkey blames child bomber for attack that killed 51
A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said. The attack was the deadliest in a series of bombings in Turkey this year, and President Tayyip Erdogan said Islamic State was likely behind it. "Initial......