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Russia warns U.S. against ‘reckless steps’ in Syria
August 26th, 20180 MOSCOW - A senior Russian official warned the U.S. on Saturday against making any “reckless” moves in Syria, the RIA news agency reported. Reacting to comments by National Security Adviser John Bolton about Washington’s possible strong reaction in the event of a chemical or biological attack in the Syrian region of Idlib, Deputy...
Yemen: Houthis fire two missiles at Saudi Arabia
August 26th, 20180 Yemen’s Houthi group fired two Zelzal-1 missiles in the direction of Saudi Arabian provinces alongside the joint border, the Houthis’ Masirah TV said in a tweet on Sunday. The two missiles targeted “gatherings of Saudi soldiers,” one in Jizan and the other in Najran, it said. The Saudi armed forces did not confirm the...
Four dead, dozen wounded in shooting at video game tournament in Florida
August 26th, 20180 JACKSONVILLE, Fl. - A shooter killed four people and wounded dozen on Sunday at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, local media said citing police sources. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a suspect was dead at the scene. “Searches are being conducted,” it...
Israel’s total control over Palestinian lives
August 26th, 20180 It is almost comical that recently Israel finally decided to release more than 10 tons of mail that it has prevented from reaching Palestinians in the West Bank, much of which was sent eight years ago. Not eight weeks or months, but years. In the U.S., many people become irritated when their Amazon packages arrive late on the third day,...
British and French airlines halting flights to Iran next month
August 26th, 20180 British Airways and Air France said on Thursday they would halt flights to Iran from September for business reasons, months after President Trump announced he would re-impose sanctions on Tehran. British Airways said it was suspending its London to Tehran service “as the operation is currently not commercially viable.” BA,...
Pilgrims pray and give praise as haj winds down in Mecca
August 25th, 20180 MINA, Saudi Arabia — More than two million haj pilgrims headed back to Mecca for final prayers on Thursday as organizers said the world’s largest annual gathering of Muslims had gone smoothly in the face of political tensions and huge logistical challenges. Senior Saudi officials said the rituals - which have been marred in the...
Latino, Arab American candidate hopes to unseat indicted Republican Congressman
August 25th, 20180 Democratic Congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar was working on a TV advertisement to boost his exposure when news broke that his opponent, the heavily favored Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, was indicted on corruption charges. The 29-year-old former Obama administration Labor Department official whose father is a Palestinian...
Garden City Hospital president promoted to regional CEO of Prime Healthcare
August 25th, 20180 GARDEN CITY – Garden City Hospital CEO Saju George has been promoted to regional CEO of its parent company, Prime Healthcare. He will overseeing two of its hospitals in Michigan. Prem Reddy, chairman, president and CEO of Prime Healthcare, announced George's promotion on Thursday. Prime Healthcare is an award-winning national...
Study: Young Americans are learning Islamophobia from their textbooks
August 24th, 20181 Donald Trump’s travel ban, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, is wreaking havoc on Muslim families, forcing some Americans to leave the United States for countries in the midst of devastating wars in order to reunite with loved ones. The resilience ― and, among some Americans, popularity ― of the travel ban is emblematic of...
Muslims at haj converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of the devil
August 22nd, 20180 JAMARAT, Saudi Arabia - More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims hurled pebbles at a giant wall in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Tuesday, the riskiest stage of the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia where hundreds died in a crush three years ago. Clad in white robes signifying a state of purity, men and women from 165 countries...
Iran threatens to hit U.S., Israeli targets if attacked
August 22nd, 20180 Iran warned on Wednesday that it would hit U.S. and Israeli targets if it were attacked by the United States after President Trump’s security adviser said Washington would exert maximum pressure on Tehran going beyond economic sanctions. A U.S.-Iranian war of words has escalated since Trump withdrew Washington from the world...After ISIS killed her sons, Iraqi grandmother fends for 22 children
MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her 22 grandchildren after ISIS killed their fathers - her sons - a struggle in a cramped flat with little help from the state. Al-Taee and her husband, who has Alzheimer’s, share their four-room apartment in eastern Mosul with the...
Georgia Police taser an 87-year-old Syrian grandmother with dementia
August 20th, 20181 CHATSWORTH, Ga. — CNN reported that the incident took place Aug. 10. in a wooded area in Chatsworth, Ga., where Martha Al-Bishara — a Syrian and who doesn't speak English — was looking for dandelions in a wooded area, which she uses to make a salad for her husband. Police were alerted after an employee of a Boys and Girls Club...
Should banks be raising the citizenship question?
August 20th, 20180 Why are banks asking about your citizenship? Candidate Donald Trump rode his anti-immigrant rhetoric straight to the White House. Since then, he’s banned people from heavily Muslim-populated countries, taken children from their parents upon arrival at the Mexico border, is attempting to make citizenship status a question on the...
Arab American police officer killed in hit-and-run in Detroit
August 20th, 20180 DETROIT — A Detroit police officer died Wednesday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday Aug. 4 on the west side of the city. At a news conference at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, Police Chief James Craig said that officer Fadi Shukur would “always be remembered for his magnetic smile.” Mayor Mike......
E-cigarette vapor tied to changes in lung cells
August 20th, 20180 The vapor from e-cigarettes may boost the production of inflammatory chemicals in the lungs, while disabling key cellular defenders against infection, a new study suggests. In a series of laboratory experiments, researchers found that e-cigarette vapor impairs the activity of cells called macrophages, which normally remove allergens,...
Back-to-school sun protection tips from the Skin Cancer Foundation
August 20th, 20180 NEW YORK – As summer winds down and the busy back-to-school season sets in, sun protection may slip down the list of health and wellness priorities. But harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays are present year-round, and one study notes that children sustain a significant amount of sun exposure at school. About 23 percent of lifetime UV exposure......
Families to spend more than $80 billion on school supplies
August 20th, 20180 DETROIT – A survey found families with students will spend $82.8 billion on school shopping this year, which includes both K-12 and college spending. The National Retail Federation’s annual survey, published Thursday, July 12, found most families will spend an average of $684.79 each for their elementary through high school...
Women with breast cancer needed for study
August 20th, 20180 ROYAL OAK — Beaumont researchers are looking for women with and without breast cancer for a national research study at its hospitals in Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Royal Oak and Troy. Its investigators' goal are to learn more about the effects chemotherapy has on breast cancer patients. The research is known as the UPBEAT study or...
More sales tax coming to Michigan from online retailers
August 19th, 20180 LANSING — State Treasurer Nick Khouri said the state’s sales tax administration will now require many mail order and online retailers located outside of Michigan to pay the 6 percent sales tax on taxable sales into the state. This change comes on the heels of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. “This is an important step...
As more women run for office, state legislatures are poised to change
August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — As women line up to run for U.S. political office at historic rates, state legislatures — where some of America’s most critical policy decisions get made — could see a slew of new female lawmakers after November’s vote, according to a Reuters analysis of election data. In Michigan, for example, a state......
Census citizenship question slammed by scientists, civil rights groups
August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. government closed a public comment period on Wednesday on its plans for the 2020 Census, scientists, philanthropists and civil rights groups used the occasion to again criticize plans to include a question about U.S. citizenship. The comment period gave any member of the public a chance to comment on...
Study ranks Michigan schools at 31st place in the U.S.
August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a new study by WalletHub, which ranks state with the best and worst school systems, Michigan ranked at number 31 in the United States. This puts more than half of the states in the county at higher rankings. WalletHub, a Washington, D.C.-based personal finance website, compared public school systems......
Obama endorses Latino and Arab American candidate for U.S. House seat in CA
August 18th, 20180 SAN DIEGO, California — A young Democratic congressional candidate of Latino and Arab descent is running against an incumbent in a traditionally Republican district. On Wednesday, August 3, he got a boost from his old boss, former President Obama. Ammar Campa-Najjar is vying to represent California’s 50th District against...
Yemen’s ancient architecture threatened by war
August 18th, 20180 SANAA — Yemen’s three-year war has taken a heavy toll on Sanaa’s historic Old City, a dense warren of mosques, bath houses and 6,000 mud brick houses, which date from before the 11th century. Part of the Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been razed by bombing. Now only rubble and straggly palm trees remain, where......
