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Trump vows law and order if elected, sharply criticizes Clinton
July 22nd, 20160 CLEVELAND - Donald Trump accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of a legacy of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness" as U.S. secretary of state and vowed to be tough on crime and illegal immigrants in a speech on Thursday accepting the Republican presidential nomination. Trump's speech was designed...
Our endorsements
July 22nd, 20160 This election season has been marred by negative campaigning and "dark" turns. But that should not discourage you from participating in the Aug. 2 primaries. Voters will decide on several judicial, legislative and county races. Although it is only a primary, the election will likely determine who will represent Dearborn in the State...‘Southpaw Prince’ aims to become first Iraqi-American boxing champ
DETROIT — Eighteen-year-old Gheith Karim is now one step closer to fulfilling his childhood dream of fighting for a big title boxing championship.Karim, born in Iraq and raised in Dearborn, was victorious in the "Detroit Brawl", held at the Masonic Temple on Saturday, July 16. The boxing community has already dubbed him...
SAFE coalition holds overdose training seminar
July 22nd, 20160 Ghada Abdallah and other SAFE members lead a training seminar on Naloxone.DEARBORN — Local residents debuted the SAFE Substance Abuse Coalition earlier this year with an objective to alert the community about a rising epidemic that's killing young adults. And people seem to have gotten the memo. In recent months, discussions have...
From Homs to Grand Rapids: The daring journeys of Michigan’s Syrian refugees
July 21st, 20160 Syrian immigrants. Photo by Dave LeinsGRAND RAPIDS — Reunited at last. As the sun fades beneath a rosy sky and among calm roads, friends and family with a fragmented but inescapable past unearthed tales of their journeys far from home. Home is a new place now — a refuge in a land once thought foreign. Innocent curiosity sets on...Judge blocks ban on straight-ticket voting
DETROIT — A federal judge ruled against Michigan's elimination of straight-party voting, arguing that the bill signed by Gov. Snyder in January hinders voting rights, especially for African Americans. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the measure, which would bar voters from choosing all the candidates of a political...
Detroit ranked as the country’s most stressed city
July 21st, 20160 DETROIT — Detroit is now recognized as America’s most stressed city by Wallethub.com, using a ranking system made up of five categories and 27 different metrics. The categories are work, money, family, health and safety concerns, and coping abilities. Each category had a possible high score of...
Obama holds eid reception, defends Muslims
July 21st, 20160 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the contributions of Muslim immigrants to the United States, saying any effort to discriminate against the Islamic faith plays into the hands of terrorists."Muslim Americans are as patriotic, as integrated, as American as any other members of the American family," Obama said at a...
9/11: 28 Pages Later
July 21st, 20160 In December of 2002, Congress released its report on the "Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001." Part of that report, anyway: 28 pages remained classified until July 15, 2016, when they were finally presented to the public with significant redactions. Why the...Where the election stands
The next few weeks in politics are a little like the All-Star break in baseball. With the Republican and Democratic national conventions upon us, it's a good time to step back and assess this year's election. Which carries bad news for both parties. The Republicans face a steep electoral challenge. If Hillary Clinton carries Florida...
Pediatricians encourage sex ed at doc’s office, home and school
July 21st, 20160 Children and adolescents should receive age-appropriate and evidence-based education about sex and sexuality from pediatricians, schools, professionals and parents,according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. In the U.S., according to the AAP, about one in three adolescents does not receive any information on sexuality from...
The murky role of mental illness in extremism, terror
July 21st, 20160 After family members of the driver who slammed a truck into a holiday crowd in the French city of Nice said he suffered from depression, questions have been raised again about the links between mental illness, extreme ideology and mass violence. Mental illness cannot be blamed for terror attacks, experts say. The overwhelming majority...Saudia Arabia denies reports that it banned Pokemon-Go for being ‘haram’
Saudi Arabia denied on Thursday that the conservative kingdom's top clerical body had renewed a 15-year-old edict declaring that the Pokemon game was un-Islamic.Saudi media reports said on Wednesday the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars had revived a 2001 decree against a Pokemon card...Pakistan to pass law against ‘honor’ killings in weeks
Pakistan's ruling party plans to pass long-delayed legislation against "honor killings" within weeks in the wake of the high-profile murder of an outspoken social media star, the daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday.The bill will go before a parliamentary committee as early as Thursday, said Maryam Nawaz...
Syrian opposition calls for suspension of U.S.-led air strikes after civilian casualties
July 21st, 20160 The head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition called for a suspension of the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS in Syria while reports of dozens of civilian deaths from air strikes around the northern city of Manbij are investigated.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 56 civilians were killed in......
Erdogan declares state of emergency after coup bid
ANKARA — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as he widened a crackdown against thousands of members of the security forces, judiciary, civil service and academia after a failed military coup.Erdogan said the state of emergency, which would last three months, would allow his government...
Indian man mistaken as Muslim, beaten outside restaurant
July 21st, 20160 NEBRASKA - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged attack on a Nebraska man by an assailant who reportedly shouted “ISIS” and obscenities at the victim.The Indian immigrant, who is not Muslim, said he suffered a fractured nose, split lip and......
Trump employee apologizes for Melania speech ‘chaos’
July 21st, 20160 CLEVELAND - A staff writer for the Trump Organization took responsibility on Wednesday for the "chaos" caused by a speech given by the wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that drew accusations of plagiarism and cast a shadow over the party's convention this week. The writer, Meredith...
U.S. judge: Arab-American family can sue JPMorgan
July 21st, 20160 DETROIT - An Arab-American family whose business and personal bank accounts were closed in 2014 without explanation can sue JPMorgan Chase for racial discrimination, a federal judge in Detroit has ruled. Filed in February, the lawsuit by Najah Manni, his wife Kathy and their two children says the largest U.S....
Man surrenders after tossing fake bomb into police van in Manhattan
July 21st, 20160 NEW YORK - A New York City man accused of tossing a fake bomb into a police van in Times Square and later barricading himself inside a vehicle in an hours-long standoff was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation on Thursday after surrendering to police. Hector Meneses, 52, gave up at about 8 a.m. EDT after forcing police to shut down...“Moderate” Syrian rebels behead child in gruesome video
Militants take a photo of a boy before beheading himDAMASCUS — A Syrian rebel group that has received U.S. military backing said it is investigating the beheading of a child in Aleppo after video footage circulated showing the boy being killed by a man who activists identified as a member of the rebel group.Images of a fighter cutting......
American Airlines flight attendant tells Muslim passenger “I’ll be watching you”
July 20th, 20160 NORTH CAROLINA - A muslim man was removed from an American Airlines flight after a flight attendant publicly announced his name, seat number and said she would be “watching him."Mohamed Ahmed Radwan had boarded a plane in Charlotte, North Carolina and the flight attendant went to the tannoy and said: "Mohamed Ahmed, Seat 25-A: I...
26-year-old Dearborn man dies
July 20th, 20160 Ali HazimeDEARBORN — A 26-year-old man died Wednesday after he was found unresponsive in his east Dearborn home in the early morning. Ali Hazime was pronounced dead at a local hospital in the late afternoon.He was poised to get married to his pregnant fiancee in August, according to a neighbor.The cause of death remains......
Police investigate ISIS note left at Muslim home
NEW YORK - Police are investigating a possible bias crime against a Muslim family in Staten Island, after a note threatening them was found at their home.A husband and father returned to his St. George home Monday to learn that a threatening note had been scribbled on notebook paper.“I’m going to kill you Muslim bitches,” the...
U.S.-led airstrikes kill dozens of civilians in Syria
July 20th, 20160 SDF ForcesAt least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes north of the besieged ISIS-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, and residents said they believed the attack was carried out by U.S.-led warplanes, a monitoring group said.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included 11 children, and......
