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Google Maps under fire for ‘Palestine’ blunder
GAZA - Google this week was under fire by Palestinian activists for removing the word “Palestine” from Google Maps.However, according to Google, the word was never there to begin with.An online petition from March condemning Google (and insinuating its “two Jewish founders” removed the word “Palestine” because of...
Dearborn Police adds a community voice to the force
August 11th, 20160 Officer Farhat with his wife and two daughters.DEARBORN – Officer Mohamad Farhat was on duty at Dearborn’s Homecoming when a lost child who only spoke Arabic came up to him and asked for assistance. “There were a lot of kids who were lost,” said Farhat, who helped children on three separate occasions...
Clash of civilizations or powerful diversity
August 11th, 20160 RIO — When the Egyptian women's beach volleyball team met with its German counterpart in the Rio Olympics last week, the discrepancy in the players' attire received more attention than the difference in their scores. Egyptian players, sporting a Hijab, were covered from head to toe. German woman, however, wore bikini-style...ASU members repair Dearborn Heights park
ASU members from Crestwood High School repair Van Houten Park.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Summer is still in the air, but that hasn't stopped students in the Arab Student Union (ASU) at Crestwood High School from dedicating their services to the city. Van Houten Park, located on Silvery Lane, had fallen into disrepair in recent years, with...Trump calls Obama, Clinton ‘co-founders’ of ISIS
WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump called U.S. President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton the "co-founders" of Islamic State, ratcheting up his assertion that they are responsible for the rise of the militant group and sparking renewed criticism of his leadership ability. Clinton's campaign called the statements a "false...Saudi-led coalition resumes attacks on Sanaa
SANAA — At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday in the first air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on the Yemeni capital in five months, residents said, as the head of the U.N. expressed concern about the escalation in the fighting. Fighting has intensified since U.N.-sponsored peace talks between the Houthis, backed by forces...Thirteen premature babies killed in Baghdad hospital fire
BAGHDAD — Thirteen prematurely born babies were killed in a fire that broke out early on Wednesday in a maternity ward in a Baghdad hospital and was probably caused by an electrical fault, Iraqi authorities said. Eleven or 12 other babies and 29 women were rescued from the Yarmuk hospital's maternity ward and transferred to other...Putin and Erdogan move toward repairing ties amid tension with West
MOSCOW — Russia and Turkey took a big step toward normalizing relations on Tuesday, with their leaders announcing an acceleration in trade and energy ties at a time when both countries have troubled economies and strains with the West. President Vladimir Putin received his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a Tsarist-era palace...Intensifying fight for Aleppo chokes civilian population
DAMASCUS — An upsurge of intense fighting around Aleppo has killed scores of Syrians in the past weeks, displaced thousands and cut water and power to up to two million people on both sides of the front line, worsening the already dire conditions faced by hundreds of thousands in the city. In a war already marked by a humanitarian...
Tlaib: I protested Trump’s speech for my children
August 11th, 20160 Secret service escort Tlaib out of Trump's speech in Detroit.DETROIT — Donald Trump chose Detroit to announce his economic platform. Given the city's bankruptcy and its struggle with poverty and unemployment, it seemed like the ideal place. But Detroiters do not take well to Confederate flags and racial and religious profiling. At...U.S. DEA denies petition to reclassify marijuana
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday denied requests to loosen the classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use. The decision is the DEA's response to a 2011 petition by two former state governors who had urged federal agencies to re-classify marijuana as...
Muslim center sues Sterling Heights over denying mosque
August 11th, 20160 STERLING HEIGHTS — The Office of Planning had found that the American Islamic Community Center met all the technical requirements for building a mosque that was denied by the City of Sterling Heights last year, a legal complaint revealed. The AICC is suing the city, accusing officials of violating the First Amendment rights of...
Ibtihaj Muhammad makes history, despite early elimination
August 11th, 20160 RIO — Ibtihaj Muhammad made history in her Olympic debut for Team USA becoming the first American to wear a hijab during competition at the Olympics.The New Jersey native viewed her presence as an opportunity to be a part of something bigger than herself."I feel like this is a great opportunity and a great moment for Team USA to even...
Michael Phelps’ purple circles spotlight ‘cupping’ trend
August 11th, 20160 RIO — It wasn't just Michael Phelps' big win on Sunday that had people talking about the U.S. swimming star. It was also the dark purple circles on his shoulders.Phelps, who won the 19th Olympic gold medal of his career on Sunday and helped the U.S. men's team to victory in the 4x100 meters freestyle relay, is one...Study finds Michigan schools lack in special needs services
LANSING - A new study commissioned by the state legislature in 2015 has discovered that Michigan schools need to spend more money helping students with special needs. The findings were presented to the Board of Education this week, the same day the Board discussed a statewide initiative to make Michigan a Top 10......
Woman allegedly told sons to shoot homeless man with BB guns
FLORIDA - A Volusia County woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly encouraging her juvenile sons to target a homeless man during a BB gun drive-by.Amina El-Zayat, 36, of DeLand, was with her three sons in a black SUV out to “scare” homeless people and “bums” away from her car wash.According to sources close to The...
Sterling Heights officials thought mosque petitioners could be terrorists
August 10th, 20160 STERLING HEIGHTS — While the Sterling Heights planning commission denied a mosque project last year because of technicalities, anti-Muslim protesters celebrated the decision as a triumph. Bias was also prevalent inside city government, emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed. Although petitioners for the......
DNC staffer may have been murdered for leaking emails
The whistleblowing organization Wikileaks wants to catch those responsible for the murder of Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich and are now offering a $20,000 reward for information. Rich was fatally shot in the early morning hours of July 10 while walking to his Bloomingdale apartment in Northwest...Orlando shooter’s father attends Clinton rally
Hillary Clinton's campaign responded to criticism that she did not reject the support of Seddique Mateen — the father of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen — who made headlines earlier this week when he was seen sitting in the crowd at a Clinton rally in Kissimmee, Florida. Earlier in the day, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump...
Will Smith speaks out against Trump, Islamophobia
August 9th, 20160 DUBAI — Will Smith was in the Middle East promoting the movie ‘‘Suicide Squad’ in Dubai when he made comments about Donald Trump and rising Islamophobia in the U.S.‘‘In terms of Islamophobia in America, for me that’s why it’s important to show up,’’ he said.He encouraged local film makers and producers to find more...
Trump says ‘Second Amendment people’ can deal with Clinton
August 9th, 20160 TrumpDonald Trump said Tuesday that if Hillary Clinton gets to pick Supreme Court justices, there's "nothing you can do, folks ... although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is."He added: "But I tell you what, that will be a horrible day, if Hillary gets to put her judges in, right now we're tied."Trump's ambiguous comments......
Family of woman fatally shot By Dearborn Police file $10 million lawsuit
DEARBORN – A $10 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the City of Dearborn and an officer who was involved in the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old woman in January. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of Janet Wilson, the 35-year-old who was shot by an officer during a pursuit. Wilson was killed Jan....Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital
An injured man outside the hospital in Quetta, August 8A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.The bomber struck as a crowd of mostly lawyers and......
How soon we forget
Aimee Schoelles, former Dearborn School Board presidentWatching from a distance, it’s quite disheartening the things that have been said over the past few months in Dearborn. An organization and a man are being viciously attacked for asking legitimate questions during a highly contested election. Instead of answering these...Lebanese Olympics team refuses to share bus with Israeli team
RIO - The Lebanese delegation to the Rio Olympics refused to let Israeli athletes board a bus the two teams were meant to take to the opening ceremony on Friday. According to Isreali coach Udi Gal, when the Lebanese team realized that it was slated to share the bus with Israeli athletes, it asked the driver to shut the......
