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McDonald’s to raise average worker wage to about $10 an hour
LOS ANGELES — McDonald's Corp plans to raise the average pay of about 90,000 U.S. workers to around $10 an hour; but the increase will not benefit workers at the vast majority of the restaurants, because they are operated by franchisees, who make their own wage decisions. Workers groups said the move by McDonald's, which is also...TSA’S secret behavior checklist to spot terrorism
WASHINGTON D.C. — Arriving late to a flight with a confused look on your face and sweaty palms is enough to arouse suspicion among airport security screeners, according to an internal Transportation Security Administration document released by The Intercept. Last week, the online publication released a 92-point checklist that the...Comedian Nemr: Laughter brings people together
Language, food, clothes and lifestyles vary across ethnic groups and geographical regions, but to Lebanese American comedian Nemr Abou Nassar, humor transcends all cultural barriers; it is universal.That is why, throughout his career, Nemr has been able to make people across the world— from the United States to the Middle East—...Into the abyss: Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
Houthi fighters ride a patrol truck outside Sanaa Airport, March 28.Not long before the founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, died in 1953, he is purported to have said, “the good or evil for us will come from Yemen.” With the commencement of air strikes on targets in Yemen, it is increasingly likely that the latter part...
Canceling the Arab International Festival was an admission of defeat
April 3rd, 20150 They defeated us. In 2010, bigots came to our city to flaunt their racism at the Arab International Festival and ended up taking $300,000 of our tax money after suing the city for wrongful arrest. Hateful protesters kept coming back in the following two years, which proved to be the last for the festival. The American Arab...
Local chamber honors community businesses
April 3rd, 20150 DEARBORN — On March 26, during a ceremony at Byblos Banquet Hall, four local businesses were inducted into the 2015 American Arab Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. This year’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame inductees include Saad Abbo, founder of U.S. Ice Corporation; Sam Elhaf, president of Royal Furniture and...Al-Qaeda in Syria vows to enforce Sharia law in Idlib
DAMASCUS — The al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front indicated on Wednesday that a Idlib, a Syrian city captured from the government in recent days would be ruled according to Islamic sharia law, but the group would not seek to monopolize power there. Nusra Front's leader, Abu Mohamad al-Golani, also said residents of the northwestern city of...Tunisia to restore diplomatic relations with Syria
TUNIS — Tunisia's foreign minister said the diplomatic relations with Syria will be restored at a consular level, following a long hiatus that began during the beginning of the Syrian uprising. Taieb Baccouche told journalists Thursday that Syria had responded positively to the suggestion to restore relations, which were cut in...Israel arrests Palestinian lawmaker
RAMALLAH — Israel arrested a Palestinian lawmaker from a left-wing militant group on Thursday for disobeying an Israeli order restricting her movements in the West Bank. The Israeli military said it arrested Khalida Jarrar, a senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in the West Bank city of...Bahraini activist arrested over tweets
Nabeel RajabMANAMA — Bahrain police arrested prominent democracy activist Nabeel Rajab on Thursday for comments he made on his Twitter account seen as "harmful" to civil peace, the kingdom's interior ministry said. Rajab took a leading role in mass demonstrations in Bahrain in 2011, which asked for reforms in the Gulf Arab state,...Yemen’s Houthis seize central Aden district, presidential site
A man stands by the wreckage of a van hit by an air strike in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, March 31.ADEN — Yemeni Houthi fighters and their allies seized a central Aden district on Thursday, striking a heavy blow against the Saudi-led coalition that has waged a week of air strikes to try to stem advances by the Iran-allied...Iraqi government recaptures Tikrit from “Islamic State”
The Iraqi government claimed victory over "Islamic State" insurgents in Tikrit on Wednesday after a month-long battle for the city supported by Shi'a militiamen and U.S.-led air strikes, saying that only small pockets of resistance remained. State television showed Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, accompanied by leaders of the army and...
Midwest Recycling continues humanitarian efforts through partnership with Red Cross
April 3rd, 20150 DEARBORN — Midwest Recycling is partnering with the American Red Cross of Southeast Michigan to benefit women, children and families in crisis. Since November, the Dearborn-based Midwest Recycling has donated more than $17,000 to the American Red Cross - Southeast Michigan Chapter through the partnership. Founded in...
Arab American National Museum expands
April 3rd, 20150 Mayor O'Reilly cutting the ribbon at the innauguration of the Annex, March 27DEARBORN — The Arab American National Museum is growing both in size and reputation. As the museum added a 4,700-square-foot performance hall dubbed "the Annex", it announced that its exhibit "Little Syria" would be displayed at Ellis Island, the...Aid groups: money pledged for syria in Kuwait disappointing
KUWAIT — Aid groups tackling the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria said they were disappointed that only $3.8 billion of a requested $8.4 billion had been pledged at a U.N. summit in Kuwait. Nearly 80 governments and dozens of aid agencies attended Tuesday's meeting, at which the United States promised $507 million, Kuwait $500......
Gunmen kill 15 soldiers, two civilians in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO — Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt's Sinai on Thursday, killing 15 soldiers and two civilians, security sources said, defying one of the toughest security crackdowns in the country's history. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but militants who...The Arab League should cease to exist
We have lived through decades of Arab divisions and infighting. But now Arab League nations have announced forming a joint military force and increasing security coordination, mainly to bomb a fellow Arab country. We prefer division to unity about the wrong cause. The historically incompetent Arab League has become a tool for the......
Iran, West agree on framework for nuclear agreement
April 2nd, 20150 German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2Iran and world powers reached a framework on curbing Iran's...
Arab American fatally shot at his Lincoln Park pawn shop
April 1st, 20150 LINCOLN PARK—On the day before his wedding anniversary, 29-year-old Dearborn resident Mouhammed Hassan was killed during a robbery at the pawn shop he owned.Hassan was shot in the head at his Platinum Pawn Shop March 31 at around 10:30 p.m. His cell phone was taken during the robbery. Police...
U of M student government votes down divestment resolution
April 1st, 20150 Students raising their hands as a gesture for applause during the CSG meeting, March 31ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan student government voted against a resolution to set up a committee to investigate the human rights record of four companies that do business with the Israeli military, after hours of debate in which more than...One dead, one hurt in NSA headquarters attack
NSA police on the scene of a police involving shooting at the entrance gate to NSA Headquarters. Photo: Fox 5 DCWASHINGTON — Two people tried to ram their vehicle into the National Security Agency's entrance gates near Washington on Monday before guards shot one of them dead, officials said.The two, who were dressed in......
Dearborn police apprehend suspect involved in car break-in
March 30th, 20150 DEARBORN—On Friday, March 27 after 2 p.m. Dearborn Police were dispatched to a business on Telegraph because a car was broken into and a woman’s purse was stolen. A white male suspect was observed leaving the scene in a blue Chevy van. A witness followed the van and the victim contacted police...
Former head of WJR Mike Fezzey dies
March 28th, 20150 FezzeyDETROIT—Huntington Bank executive and former head of WJR radio Mike Fezzey passed away Friday night. Fezzey was 58. He was the Huntington National Bank regional president who previously served as WJR's president and general manager. Fezzey was visiting Naples, Florida for work and preparing to return to Michigan when he......
Dearborn Police arrest motorist after police chase
March 28th, 20150 DEARBORN - The tail end of a police chase on Friday, March 27 was captured on camera by local bystanders.Police chased after a motorist in east Dearborn until they were finally able to capture him on Warren, east of Greenfield Rd. The man resisted arrest and attempted to flee the scene. We are also being told he collided his...
Party store owner shot and killed in Clinton Township
March 27th, 20150 CLINTON TOWNSHIP—Emil Salem, 50, the owner of Bernie’s Party Store in Clinton Township was fatally gunned down yesterday after a suspect entered the business around 11 p.m. waving a gun. The incident was caught on video. The suspect was wearing a black hoodie, black pants and white handkerchief on his......
