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Loitering on railroad tracks a $200 civil infraction
November 12th, 20150 Railroad tracks in Dearborn near Warren AvenueDEARBORN — Police can now issue a $200-ticket for people walking or socializing on railroad tracks. Dearborn City Council unanimously passed an ordinance last month to make loitering on railroad property a civil infraction subject to a fine of $200. At a meeting last month,...
Explosions rip thorough southern Beirut suburb
November 12th, 20150 Photo: AnnaharBEIRUT — Two explosions ripped through the southern Beirut suburb of Borj El-Barajneh Thursday afternoon.Lebanon's Red Cross reported that 37 people died in the explosions.Last year, Beirut's southern suburbs were repeatedly targeted by al-Qaeda suicide bombers.Initial reports cited by Lebanese media say the explosions...EU moves forward with labeling goods made in Israeli settlements
A worker carries boxes of wine bottles for export at Shiloh Wineries, north of Ramallah/REUTERSThe European Union published new guidelines on Wednesday for labeling products made in Israeli settlements, a move Brussels said was technical but Israel branded "discriminatory" and damaging to peace efforts with Palestinians.Drawn up over...
Arab Americans in the military shred stereotypes and stigmas
November 12th, 20150 Retired U.S Marine Corp Sam Farran (right) with his son Ali Farran, who currently serves as a staff sergeant in the Air Force.DEARBORN – Arabs who have served in the U.S. military often have to walk the fine line between recognizing their American identity and representing their Arab heritage.Arab Americans have had a long history of...U.S. charges three Israelis in “breathtaking” cyberfraud breach
Gery Shalon (C)WASHINGTON — U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men accused of running a sprawling computer hacking and fraud scheme that included a huge attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and generated hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit.Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv...
Muslim woman attacked by customer at Minnesota Applebee’s
November 11th, 20150 MINNEAPOLIS — A Muslim advocacy group is calling for hate crime charges to be added after a customer was attacked at an Applebee's restaurant. Asma Jama suffered deep cuts to her mouth, chin, and eyebrow after a customer struck her when she wasn't speaking English to her relatives.Jodie Burchard-Risch is accused of hitting...
Obama’s immigration action blocked again
November 10th, 20150 Anti-deportation protest in front of the White House, July 31, 2014. Photo: ReutersWASHINGTON — President Obama's executive action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation suffered a legal setback on Monday with an appeal to the Supreme Court now the administration's only option.The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S....
Wayne State receives $1.4 million grant to train next generation of Detroit math teachers
November 10th, 20150 Photo: Wayne State University Faculty and Administration BuildingDETROIT – The National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program granted Wayne State University $1.4 million to launch a new program that will prepare the next generation of mathematics teachers in Detroit. The university stated the project,...
UPDATE: Lockdown lifted at Fairlane Town Center after shooting
November 9th, 20150 DEARBORN — On Monday November 9, Fairlane Town Center and its surrounding area was put in a lock down by Dearborn Police following a shooting inside the mall. The incident took place around 4:45 p.m., when an argument between two men ensued inside a jewelry store on the second floor. One man grabbed a pair of Cartier glasses off the...University of Missouri president resigns amid race protest
The Tigers football team. Coach Gary Pinkel/Twitter COLUMBIA, Mo.— The University of Missouri's president announced he would step down on Monday after protests over his handling of racial tensions on campus.The high-profile resignation is the latest shock to the state of Missouri, which has been riled by racial tensions for the past...Sinkhole swallows more than a dozen cars in Mississippi IHOP parking lot
Photo: WTOKMERIDIAN, Miss. — Police say at least 14 vehicles were swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up Saturday in the parking lot of a newly-opened International House of Pancakes in Meridian, Miss.Customers inside the restaurant at the time of the incident told WTOK they heard a series of booms before the electricity went...One dead, two injured in shooting near Manhattan’s Penn Station
NYPD officers stand guard near the Penn Station following an early morning shooting in Manhattan, Nov. 9NEW YORK — A 43-year-old man was killed and two men, aged 45 and 48, were wounded in a shooting early Monday at an entrance to New York City's Penn Station transportation hub in Manhattan, police said.Police said they were searching...Two Americans, one S. African shot dead at Jordan security training site
The King Abdullah Training Center where a Jordanian officer went on a shooting spree, Nov. 9AMMAN — Two American military personnel and one South African were killed when a Jordanian officer went on a shooting spree on Monday at a U.S.-funded security training facility near Amman, Jordan's government spokesman said.Mohammad Momani...
Inkster fisherman’s body found in Lake Erie
November 6th, 20150 FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP — The body of an Inkster fisherman who was reported missing last month at Sterling State Park was found in Lake Erie, according to police. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said the body of 53-year-old Stanley Eliot Moore was found Wednesday in the lake, about 100 feet from the shoreline of the park in...We’re all on the same team
"Our Olympic teams look like a little United Nations. Despite our differences, we are all one people."I cringed when Dr. Ben Carson said he wouldn't want a Muslim President. And again when Hillary Clinton claimed her biggest enemies are the Republicans. It doesn't get much more polarizing than that. The politicians......
“Collateral damage” victims deserve justice
On Oct. 4, Zareena Grewal published a disturbing account of a recent U.S.-led coalition bombing in Iraq in an op-ed for the New York Times. Although the target was aimed at an ISIS weapons storage facility, the strike hit two civilian homes, killing her husband's cousin, a university professor and his young son. Others...
Sterling Heights’ silent majority defeats bigots
November 6th, 20150 Sterling Heights residents, gathered against the mosque, Sept. 10 - Archive"The Muslim religion is not a religion; it's a cult. It's a political," said Sterling Heights City Council candidate Moira Smith at an election forum last month. Her husband, Paul Smith, who was running for mayor, advocated for denying mosques on technicalities......
Power struggle threatens top Tunisia party with collapse
TUNIS — Rival ambitions, insults and accusations of violence have brought Tunisia's ruling party to the brink of collapse as the country struggles to lead the way towards a post-Arab Spring democracy. The secularist Nidaa Tounes party was already weakened by the departure of its leader Beji Caid Essebsi, in line with the...
Detroit gas station owners hail improvements despite challenges
November 6th, 20150 George SaadDETROIT — Several months ago, gas station and liquor store owners were rallying for a legal and political battle with the city of Detroit. They complained of excessive ticketing, hefty fees, targeting and discrimination. Fast forward to November— many of them are talking about major improvements and hailing Mayor Mike...Cyclone kills eight in Yemeni coastal province
A man tries to save a vehicle swept away by flood waters in Socotra Nov. 2SANAA — A rare tropical cyclone struck Yemen's arid eastern coastal province of Hadramout on Tuesday and killed eight people before gradually petering out inland, regional officials said. The storm was the worst the country had suffered in decades and came with...Bomb in northeast Lebanon kills nine
BEIRUT — A roadside car bomb killed at least nine people and wounded four others in northeast Lebanon on Thursday, in an area close to the Syrian border where violence has spilled over from the war next door, security sources said. The blast ripped through a commercial area of the Sabil neighborhood of the town of Arsal. Emergency......
Report: ISIS used chemical weapons in Syria
DAMASCUS — Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where ISIS insurgents were battling another rebel group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters. A confidential Oct. 29 report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a summary of...
Britain says ISIS likely brought down Russian plane
November 6th, 20150 A couple mourns for victims of a Russian airliner which crashed in EgyptLONDON — Britain said Thursday there is a significant possibility that the Egyptian affiliate of ISIS was behind a suspected bomb attack on a Russian airliner that killed 224 people in the Sinai Peninsula. Russia dismissed the claim as speculation and Egypt said......
Pop linked to increased heart failure risk
Men who drink two or more glasses of pop or other sweetened drinks a day may have a greater risk of heart failure, a Swedish study suggests. Previous research has linked high consumption of sugary beverages with several risk factors for heart failure, including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, weight gain, diabetes and obesity,...
Arab Festival ruling: Does freedom of speech outweigh public safety?
November 6th, 20151 "The issue of the First Amendment has to take a back seat when it becomes clear and present danger to public safety."DEARBORN — The local community was appalled last week following the news of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in favor of Christian extremists who almost enticed a riot at the last Arab International......
