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ISIS claims responsibility for attack on Shi’a pilgrims in Iraq
October 30th, 20180 BAGHDAD - ISIS has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on Shi’a Muslim pilgrims in Iraq on Tuesday, the Islamist militant group’s news agency Amaq reported. The roadside bomb killed three pilgrims as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern Iraqi city of Khanaqin.
Woman blows herself up in central Tunis; nine wounded
October 29th, 20180 A 30-year old woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital Tunis on Monday, wounding nine people including eight police in what the Interior Ministry called a “terrorist explosion”. Witnesses described a blast on the central Habib Bourguiba avenue where hundreds of police later cordoned off an area near the...
Poll: Schuette and GOP gaining ground on Whitmer
October 29th, 20180 DETROIT— According to a new poll commissioned by the Detroit Free Press and its media partners, Democratic leads over Republicans in the Michigan races for governor and secretary of state have shrunk to 5 and 4 points respectively, while the attorney general's race is heating up as well. Although in the U.S. Senate race Democratic...
Former Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich to speak at Henry Ford Centennial Library
October 29th, 20180 DEARBORN — Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich and journalist Tom Gage will visit the Henry Ford Centennial Library for an event free to the public on Nov. 1. Authors Lolich and Gage will discuss their recently released book, “Joy in Tigertown: A Determined Team, a Resilient City, and our Magical Run to the 1968 World...
Suspicious packages target Trump critics
October 29th, 20180 WASHINGTON - At least 10 suspicious packages have been sent to eight U.S. Democrats and critics of President Trump. None of the devices exploded, but authorities stepped up their manhunt for the would-be serial bomber with crucial U.S. Congressional elections less than two weeks away in what has become a contentious campaign...
Dearborn schools desperately looking for substitute teachers after company closes
October 29th, 20181 DEARBORN— After discovering late Monday afternoon that the company supplying workers for substitute positions shut down without warning, the Dearborn Public Schools warned its community to expect delays getting substitute teachers to schools on Tuesday. "It just came out of the blue. No warning. Just boom," David Mustonen,...
Iraq’s new prime minister struggles to form a government amid divisions and corruption
October 29th, 20181 Iraq’s new prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, has had an early taste of the partisan politics he hopes to rein in, failing so far to win parliament’s approval of a full government to begin to tackle the destruction of years of war and rampant corruption. At a heated session on Wednesday night, parliament members rejected key...
Residential care facility in Sterling Heights ordered to pay back wages
October 29th, 20180 STERLING HEIGHTS — After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Integrated Living Inc. will pay $173,787 in back wages and liquidated damages to 52 current and former employees for violations of overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Investigators determined the...
Dearborn Historical Museum transforms into haunted house
October 29th, 20180 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Historical Museum will become a haunted house for the Halloween season. On Friday Oct. 26, the museum will host children aged 12 and under for a Halloween Party at the McFadden-Ross House on Brady Street. The event will include make-and-take crafts, face painting, games and trick-or-treating in the...
Opponents of Michigan pot legalization proposal speak out
October 28th, 20180 DETROIT — Community leaders and advocacy groups voiced during a news conference Tuesday their opposition to a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot that asks Michigan voters to decide on legalization of recreational marijuana use. Proposal 18-1, “supports the very issues that are harming our neighborhoods and killing our families,” said...
19th District Court awarded Michigan Veterans Treatment Court grant
October 28th, 20180 DEARBORN – The 19th District Court announced that it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Michigan Supreme Court to fund the day-to-day operations of the court’s Veterans’ Treatment Court (VTC). The 19th District Court is one of 24 Michigan courts awarded a grant for the state’s fiscal year that runs October 1, 2018 through...
Online registration now available for Michigan’s medical marijuana patients
October 28th, 20180 LANSING - The Michigan Medical Marijuana Program (MMMP) now has an online registration and physician certification process In order to increase efficiency, reduce processing times, and improve customer service. Patients without a caregiver can apply for medical marijuana registry identification cards online as well as check the...
Flash flood in Jordan kills several people, mostly children
October 26th, 20180 Thirty-four people were rescued in a major operation involving police helicopters and hundreds of Jordanian army troops following a flash flood, police chief Brigadier General Farid al Sharaa told state run television. Some of the people rescued were in a serious condition. Many of those killed were children under 14. A number of...
Saudi Arabia reverses previous stories, now says Khashoggi killing ‘premeditated’
October 26th, 20180 Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Thursday the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate this month was premeditated, reversing previous official statements that the killing was unintended. The death of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince...
This is why Arab Americans should vote YES on Proposal 18-3
October 26th, 20180 For too long the Arab American voice on Election Day in Southeast Michigan and in cities like Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck in particular has been muted. Proposal 3 is a statewide ballot measure that would reduce some of the barriers that prevent us as a community from fully participating in elections and we urge our readers......
Beaumont Hospital doctor charged with embezzlement
October 26th, 20180 TRENTON — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Dr. Iqbal Abdul Nasir of Grosse Ile, for the embezzlement of over $100,000 in funds. It is alleged that on Feb. 13, 2015, Dr. Iqbal Abdul Nasir — then president of Beaumont Trenton Hospital's Medical Executive Committee — fraudulently placed the committee's $116,000...
Local Lebanese man to be deported after serving as FBI informant
October 26th, 20180 DEARBORN— Ibrahim Souedan, a 59-year-old husband and father to five, is currently facing deportation back to his homeland of Lebanon. According to his lawyer, he has no criminal record, but Souedan was an FBI informant who helped to convict a man associated with Hezbollah, a predominately Shi’a political party based in......
Pentagon may send troops to U.S.-Mexico border to stop migrant caravan
October 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may send up to 1,000 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop a caravan of migrants, administration officials said on Thursday, as President Trump hammered away at the issue of illegal immigration ahead of the mid-term elections. Trump’s threat was sparked by the advance of a...
Dearborn Public Library accepting “Food for Fines”
October 26th, 20180 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Public Library is accepting donations for its “Food for Fines” program offered Nov. 1-17. All donated items will be given to the Dearborn Firefighters for distribution to local families in need through the Burn Drive Food Cupboard. Donations of non-perishable, non-expired food items will be rewarded...
U.S. lawmakers consider bill to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia
October 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that would stop most U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia in response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. Representative James McGovern (D-MA) said on his website. The bill said that President Trump could request...
Almost half residents in America’s largest cities speak a foreign language
October 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON - Newly released Census Bureau data for 2017 shows nearly half (48.2 percent) of residents in America's five largest cities now speak a language other than English at home. Overall, the number of U.S. residents speaking a foreign language at home reached a record of nearly 67 million. The total number is up seven million since......
Dearborn loose leaf collection to begin Oct. 29
October 26th, 20180 DEARBORN — Collection of leaves raked into the street begins the week of Oct. 29. Leaves will be collected in each area’s trash day each week through the week of Dec. 10. Residents whose trash day is Monday will have leaves scheduled to be picked up on Monday and will follow through the rest of the week for each trash...
Basic requirement for green card has changed — and it helps legal immigrants
October 26th, 20182 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated a key requirement to obtain a green card effective Nov. 1. The policy changes announced this week will affect the medical and vaccination examination for immigration purposes, which makes sure there are no health issues that would deem the applicant inadmissible to......
Hamtramck to install new stop sign at busy intersection
October 22nd, 20180 HAMTRAMCK - The city will install a new stop sign at the intersection of Gallagher and Belmont, creating a three-way stop. The city plans to place traffic signs and flags along both Gallagher and Belmont to alert drivers of the new stop sign. “This intersection is heavily travelled, especially during the school year,” said...
Here is why U.S. courts abruptly tossed 9,000 deportation cases
October 22nd, 20180 Liliana Barrios was working in a California bakery in July and facing possible deportation when she got a call from her immigration attorney with some good news. The notice to appear in court that Barrios had received in her deportation case hadn’t specified a time or date for her first hearing, noting that they would be determined......
