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Fresh fruit recalled for possible Listeria
January 30th, 20190 YONKERS, NY - Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. recalled fresh fruit due to Listeria concerns. The corporation in Yonkers, New York, is recalling 1,727 cartons of fresh peaches, 1,207 cartons of fresh nectarines and 365 cartons of fresh plums possibly contaminated with Listeria monocytogenenes. Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal...
Wayne County closes all non-essential service locations due to extreme temperatures
January 30th, 20190 WAYNE COUNTY, MI – Due to the upcoming below-zero temperatures and extreme wind-chill factors, Wayne County offices will close except for essential services. County offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, and Thursday, January 31, 2019. Those with appointments may call and reschedule when offices re-open on Friday,...
Iranian commander threatens Israel’s destruction if it attacks his country
January 28th, 20190 TEHRAN - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander on Monday threatened Israel with destruction if it attacks Iran, state media reported. The comments by Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, came after an Israeli attack on Iranian targets in Syria last week - the...
Two militia men plead guilty to bombing Minnesota mosque
January 27th, 20190 BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota - Two men have pleaded guilty in federal court to bombing a Minnesota mosque and attempting to bomb a women's health clinic in Illinois. Prosecutors say the two men and another man accused in the case were part of an Illinois militia group that called itself "White Rabbits." The U.S. Justice Department last year...
Michigan State House passes budget for Henry Ford College renovation
January 26th, 20190 LANSING— Michigan’s House of Representatives passed a supplemental budget last week to fund an Entrepreneur and Innovation Institute and Technology Building Renovation and Addition Project at Henry Ford College with $6.7 million. “I had the privilege of attending Henry Ford College for years as a dual enrollment student, and...
Suffolk County Police Department mourns loss of Arab American officer
January 26th, 20190 SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY— The Suffolk County Police Department is mourning the loss of officer Fadi Rafeh, who died unexpectedly January 20. Officer Rafeh took the oath of the academy in June 2010 and served the residents of the Fifth Precinct his entire career. He worked first in patrol, primarily in Patchogue and Bellport, and...
Banks and credit unions offer government workers loans amid shutdown
January 25th, 20190 A month into the partial government shutdown, tens of thousands of government workers are relying on special programs from banks and credit unions to stay financially solvent. Senior Vice President Tynika Wilson of Navy Federal Credit Union said about 16,000 federal workers – including many workers for the Coast Guard and Department...
Give Trump his wall and give us back our government
January 25th, 20190 Let us assume that you are a federal government employee who is about to miss his second paycheck because of the government shutdown. That’s one month without pay. Also, let's say that you are a Democrat and a staunch anti-Trump individual. You should be asking the Democrats on Capitol Hill to give Trump the money for his wall and...
Residential properties in Detroit see values increase
January 25th, 20190 DETROIT — Mayor Mike Duggan announced Tuesday that in 2018 residential property values increased in more than 90 percent of Detroit’s 194 neighborhoods. He said it's a sign that revitalization efforts are impacting more areas of the city. "I always thought that we would see double-digit increases,” Duggan said Tuesday during...
Earth’s magnetic North Pole shifting drastically
January 25th, 20191 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rapid and irregular movements of Earth’s north magnetic pole prompted an emergency update to a model assisting with navigation. The scheduled fix was supposed to happen on January 15, but the U.S. government shutdown forced a delay. In the last 30 years, the rate of distance that the magnetic north pole moves per...
Pelosi rejects ‘big down payment’ for Trump wall, Senate starts talks to end shutdown
January 25th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, but the twin setbacks prompted a burst of bipartisan talks aimed at temporarily halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the damage it’s inflicting around the...
Rashida Tlaib’s tweets accuse right wing media of attacking her sister
January 25th, 20190 WASHINGTON D.C. – On twitter U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) criticized what she characterized as "right-wing media" harassment of her sister on Tuesday. The posts did not name any media outlets or the exact nature of what occurred. In the first post, Tlaib posted a photo of her sister and her sister's children with a...
Police arrest men for plot against Muslim community in upstate New York
January 23rd, 20190 GREECE, New York — Police have arrested and charged three men and a teen in upstate New York for allegedly planning an attack on Islamberg, a Muslim community 200 miles away. Police arrested Brian Colaneri, 20; Vincent Vetromile, 19; Andrew Crysel, 18 and an unidentified 16-year-old male on Friday, Jan. 18. They are accused of...
Dingell appointed to health subcommittee on Energy and Commerce Committee
January 22nd, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) was appointed to a seat on the Health Subcommittee on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in the 116th Congress. She adds this subcommittee assignment to other assignments on the Environment and Climate Change, Consumer Protection and Commerce, and...
On its 90th anniversary, Dearborn must pledge support for most neglected neighborhoods
January 18th, 20190 This week Dearborn marked the 90th anniversary of what has become one of the largest and most diverse cities in the state. But as the city moves forward with plans to turn west Dearborn into a modern business and entertainment hub, the age and neglect of its "other" parts is evident. A lack of support has taken its toll on the east......
FBI detains American-born journalist without charge
January 17th, 20190 ST. LOUIS, MO — An American-born Iran-based journalist has been detained inside U.S. territories without charge. On Sunday January 13, the FBI took into custody American-born journalist and anchor Marzieh Hashemi, born Melanie Franklin, upon her arrival at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, according to her family and...
Florida official says Muslim Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib might ‘blow up’ Capitol Hill
January 15th, 20190 HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida — A Jewish commissioner from Hallandale Beach has accused a Muslim congresswoman from Michigan of being an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill.” Her comments were directed at U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who sparked a political firestorm soon after being sworn in to Congress on Jan. 3 by vowing......
New York federal judge blocks citizenship question from 2020 Census
January 15th, 20190 NEW YORK - United States District Judge Jesse M. Furman today, January 15, blocked Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, agreeing with a coalition of states, cities, mayors and immigrant rights groups that Secretary Ross’s decision would be illegal. The Commerce Department, which...
Fadwa Hammoud appointed first Arab American and Muslim solicitor general in U.S. history
January 15th, 20190 LANSING — Fadwa A. Hammoud, a resident of Dearborn, has been appointed as the state's solicitor general by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. She is the first Arab American and Muslim solicitor general in U.S. history. “I am proud of the seasoned veterans who have chosen to return to state government – and to those who have...
McCormack elected chief justice of Michigan Supreme Court
January 14th, 20190 LANSING - In an unanimous vote by her colleagues, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack was elected chief justice on Wednesday, making this the first time in the state's history that the offices of governor, attorney general, secretary of state and chief justice are all held by women. McCormack succeeds Steve Markman, the...
Japanese citizens hold most powerful passport ranking
January 12th, 20190 Japan has the strongest passport in the world, followed by Singapore and South Korea. Japanese citizens can travel visa free and obtains visas on arrival in 190 destinations. according to the 2019 Henley Passport Index. Singapore and South Korea share second place. Those countries’ citizens can visit 189 nations without needing......
Muslim youth group volunteers to clean national parks
January 12th, 20190 Saturday volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association picked up trash outside Independence Hall, the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and other national parks closed by the partial government shutdown. They cleaned up litter, swept the grounds and emptied garbage cans at the Everglades...
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell introduces the “Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act”
January 11th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Debbie Dingell has introduced the Abbas Stop Drunk Driving Act. The legislation would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to set a federal motor vehicle safety standard that would require all new vehicles to be equipped with an ignition interlock device. DOT would have to complete this standard......
116th Congress most diverse in U.S. history
January 8th, 20190 WASHINGTON - A record number of women, 126, took the oath of office in the Thursday swearing-in of the 116th U.S. Congress. It is the most diverse group of lawmakers to assemble on Capitol Hill, with the first two Muslim American women, the first two Native American women, the first two Latinas from Texas, the first Black woman from...
Latino-Arab American Ammar Campa-Najjar narrowly lost in midterms, plans to run in 2020
January 7th, 20190 SAN DIEGO - In November, Ammar Campa-Najjar hoped to become the first Latino Arab-American member of Congress. Though he was facing off against Rep. Duncan Hunter – who with an ongoing finance scandal is embroiled in controversy – he faced an uphill battle. The 50th Congressional District in California – which encompasses parts of......
