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Arab Student Union off to rocky start at Crestwood High School
June 2nd, 20160 The ASU at Crestwood High School.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Tensions are growing between a group of students affiliated with the Arab Student Union (ASU) at Crestwood High School and its administration, as the school year draws to a close. ASU was officially introduced at Crestwood just a few weeks ago, following months of delays from the...
U.S. intelligence officials fear Trump will spill secrets
June 2nd, 20160 WASHINGTON - Some U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that Donald Trump's "shoot from the hip" style could pose national security risks as they prepare to give him a routine pre-election briefing once he is formally anointed as the Republican presidential nominee. Eight senior security officials told...
Bride at 15: Arab American’s story of forced overseas marriage causes controversy
June 2nd, 20160 CHICAGO – An Arab American woman’s horrifying story of being forced by her mother to travel to Palestine at the age of 15 to get married and having to plot an escape back to the U.S. is causing controversy. Yasmine Koenig, who was recently adopted by foster parents, originally shared her story...
UCLA shooter had ‘kill list,’ woman on list found dead
June 2nd, 20160 LOS ANGELES - The man accused of fatally shooting a University of California, Los Angeles, professor in a murder-suicide had written a "kill list" that included a woman who has been found dead in Minnesota, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said on Thursday. Investigators found the list while searching the suspect's home in...
Life span for Detroit’s poor among shortest in nation
June 2nd, 20160 DETROIT — New research finds that Metro Detroit’s poor not only live shorter lives than other low-income people in the nation’s big cities, but Detroiters die up to 16 years sooner than their suburban neighbors. Wayne County had the lowest life span for a poor 40-year-old — 77 years — among the nation’s largest 100...
20,000 children caught in crossfire in deadly fight for Isis-held city
June 2nd, 20160 IRAQ - As many as 20,000 children are trapped on the frontlines of the battle for control of Islamic State-held Fallujah, the UN has warned, as US-backed Iraqi government forces continue their assault on the city. Unicef has called on combatants in Fallujah to allow safe passage for the children and families...
Kroger partners with Detroit health system on better eating program
June 2nd, 20160 DETROIT - Henry Ford Health System, a six-hospital system headquartered here, and Kroger on Wednesday announced a new partnership designed to answer common dietary health questions and help consumers eat and shop healthier. Henry Ford LiveWell Wednesdays debuts June 1 at all 126 Kroger stores...
White House scraps FDA plan to restrict flavored e-cigarettes
June 2nd, 20160 WASHINGTON - A White House office deleted language in a recently introduced tobacco regulation that would have removed flavored e-cigarettes from the market until they had been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, an edited version of the document shows. On May 5, the FDA announced a final rule...
Splash pads, pools aim to attract families in Dearborn
June 2nd, 20160 DEARBORN –Two of the city’s neighborhood parks will be having quite the splash this summer.Hemlock Park and Crowley Park are now operating splash pads for the entire summer.Both splash pads provide outdoor aquatic fun daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., weather permitting. Use of the splash pads is free and no...
Arab Americans turn out to Dearborn’s Memorial Day Parade
June 2nd, 20160 Photo credit: WWJDEARBORN – The city’s annual Memorial Day parade is the oldest continuous parade in Michigan, with the 92nd annual march having commenced this year. For the majority of that time, the route ended at what is now the former City Hall at Michigan and Schaefer, but this year, that was...
Israel is making things awkward in the Democratic Party
June 1st, 20160 WASHINGTON - As presidential candidate Bernie Sanders presses to have the Democratic party adopt a pro-Palestinian stance, his rival Hillary Clinton has remained noticeably tight-lipped on the subject, showing the balancing act she is playing in a shifting party.Sanders has been given five of the 15 seats on the party...
Army veteran goes on Memorial Day weekend shooting rampage
May 31st, 20160 HOUSTON - Police have identified the suspect in the west Houston mass shooting as a 25-year-old former soldier from California who has served in Afghanistan, even as the death toll has reached two.Dionisio Garza III of San Bernardino county, who was shot dead by a SWAT officer, had previously served in the military and was...
African envoys say Egyptian called sub-Saharan Africa “dogs and slaves”
May 31st, 20160 Yvonne KhamatiNAIROBI — Egypt has become embroiled in a dispute with African diplomats after they accused an Egyptian official of referring to "dogs and slaves" in remarks about sub-Saharan Africa at a United Nations conference in Nairobi.The diplomats sent a formal complaint to Kenya's foreign ministry after the alleged remark at the...
Slaying of Colorado prison chief in 2013 ordered by neo-Nazi gang
May 29th, 20160 Tom ClementsDENVER — The murder of Colorado's prison chief by a white supremacist ex-convict in 2013 was ordered by leaders of a neo-Nazi gang, the Denver Post reported on Friday, citing newly released documents.The disclosures came in a report by the Texas Rangers, who conducted their own probe into the slaying after the suspect in...
Muslim rapper Belly & The Weeknd cancel TV performance over Trump
May 28th, 20160 NEW YORK— Muslim rapper Belly, a Canadian of Palestinian origin, cancelled a coveted appearance on a late-night US television show as a protest against fellow guest Donald Trump. Belly had been due to perform his hit single “Might Not” with R&B sensation The Weeknd on Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the......
Michigan urges residents to spread fun, not germs
May 27th, 20160 LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is encouraging residents to maximize the health benefits of swimming with healthy and safe habits. In the past nine years, 100 residents have reported pool-related chemical illness while swimming. It's important to keep sweat, pee and poop out of swimming...
Adult smoking rate in the U.S. falling fast
May 27th, 20160 The nation seems to be kicking its smoking habit faster than ever before. The rate of smoking among adults in the U.S. fell to 15 percent last year thanks to the biggest one-year decline in more than 20 years, according to a new government report. The rate fell 2 percentage points from 2014, when about 17 percent of adults in a large......
May 25: Liberation Day should be hailed and celebrated
May 27th, 20160 Woman celebrates the victory with Lebanese army soldiers.Six days. It took Israel six days to defeat the combined armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria in 1967. Demoralized Arabs had gotten used to catastrophes and setbacks as Israel colonized their land before the resistance in south Lebanon reclaimed their honor. It wasn't until...
AAPAC begins endorsement process for upcoming elections
May 27th, 20160 AAPAC members interview a state rep. candidate, May 25.DEARBORN — The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) has begun its process of interviewing candidates to determine who will receive the organization's endorsement before the August 2 primary. Formed in 1998, AAPAC consists of a diverse group of Arab American...
Community supports Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon at fundraiser
May 27th, 20160 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Community members and local officials from across Southeast Michigan reaffirmed their support for Wayne County Sherriff Benny Napoleon at a fundraiser, Wednesday, May 25, at a hookah lounge. The venue was at full capacity as a sizable crowd stepped foot for the first time in the third iteration of The Lava...
Yemen warring parties ‘closer’ to agreement
May 27th, 20160 KUWAIT — The U.N. envoy said Wednesday the warring parties in Yemen were closer to agreement at peace talks in Kuwait as he headed to New York to brief the Security Council."We are moving towards a general understanding that encompasses the expectations and visions of the parties," Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a......
Migrants boat capsized in Mediterranean, 5 dead
May 27th, 20160 ROME — A large wooden fishing boat overcrowded with migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, the Italian navy said on Wednesday, with some 562 people rescued and five found dead.Photographs show the blue fishing boat rocking violently before capsizing, sending migrants tumbling into the sea. Some then climbed onto the hull of...
Military college allows Muslim woman to wear Hijab
May 27th, 20160 NORTHFIELD, Vt. - The nation's oldest private military college will, for the first time, allow an incoming freshman to wear a Muslim headscarf. Officials at Norwich University say the school will allow the hijab as part of the student's Corps of Cadets uniform. The female student had requested the......
Graduation Day: Ahmad Yaser Alnajjar
May 27th, 20160 Ahmad Yaser Alnajjar with family in Kansas.Ahmad Yaser Alnajjar, 22, a California resident, decided he wanted to move out of state for his undergraduate degree in political science, so he moved to Kansas, where he attended Kansas State University. "I did it because I wanted to experience life outside of home," Alnajjar said....
Lebanese Americans celebrate Liberation Day
May 27th, 20160 Community activists at the Liberation Day celebrationDEARBORN — Amal Movement in the United States, Message of Hope USA, celebrated the 16th anniversary of liberating south Lebanon from the Israeli occupation on Wednesday. Israeli forces occupied swathes of south Lebanon from 1982 until 2000. The Israeli army was driven out of......
