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Jordanians stage new anti-austerity protests in the capital
December 14th, 20180 AMMAN — Jordanian authorities deployed hundreds of riot police in the capital and warned activists to stay within the law on Thursday as hundreds of demonstrators staged more protests against tough austerity measures backed by the International Monetary Fund. Large demonstrations in the summer over an unpopular IMF-backed tax bill...FOX 2 meteorologist Jessica Starr passes away
December 14th, 20180 Fox 2 Detroit announced Thursday morning that meteorologist Jessica Starr took her own life Wednesday night. "All of us here at FOX 2 are in deep shock and cannot believe that such a wonderful, bright and intelligent individual will no longer be with us,” the station announced on air. Her family and friends will be in our thoughts...U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell: Congress has a moral responsibility to end the war in Yemen
December 14th, 20180 WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- Dearborn) has released an official statement highly critical of continued U.S. military action in Yemen, based in large part on feedback from constituents in her hometown of Dearborn. “Families in my hometown are telling me about horrific conditions," Dingell said in a statement released...Yemen’s warring parties agree to ceasefire in Hodeidah and U.N. role
December 14th, 20180 RIMBO, Sweden — Yemen’s warring parties agreed on Thursday to cease fighting for the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah and withdraw their troops, the first significant breakthrough for U.N.-led peace efforts in five years of conflict. At the close of a week of talks in Sweden, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said a...Senator Gary Peters to serve as ranking member on Homeland Security Committee
December 14th, 20181 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) will serve as ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Senate’s principal oversight committee, in the 116th Congress. The committee is responsible for ensuring all federal departments and agencies are operating effectively and also oversees the...U.S. Senate deals Trump double rebuke on Saudi Arabia
December 14th, 20180 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blaming the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The votes were largely symbolic because to become law the resolutions would have to pass...From Central America to Syria: The conspiracy against refugees
December 10th, 20180 Watching the ongoing debate between U.S. liberal and right-wing pundits in U.S. mainstream media, one rarely gets the impression that Washington is responsible for the unfolding crisis in Central America. In fact, no other country is as accountable as the United States for the Central American bedlam and resulting refugee...Michigan House approves bill to allow legislative intervention in court cases
December 9th, 20180 LANSING — The Michigan House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow the legislature to intervene in any court case, which could potentially position lawmakers in opposition to Democratic Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel. The bill would allow the legislature to intervene in cases where the state has a...Hopeful start to Yemen talks in Stockholm: Free thousands of prisoners
December 9th, 20180 STOCKHOLM — Yemen’s warring sides agreed to free thousands of prisoners on Thursday, in what a U.N. mediator called a hopeful start to the first peace talks in years to end a war that has pushed millions of people on the verge of starvation. U.N. mediator Martin Griffiths told a news conference in a renovated castle outside...U.S. fails to win enough support at U.N. to condemn Hamas
December 7th, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — A U.S. attempt to get the United Nations to condemn the Palestinian militant group Hamas for the first time failed on Thursday because the draft resolution fell short of votes needed in the General Assembly. The resolution required two-thirds support and while Assembly resolutions are non-binding, they can carry...Lebanese man fined $50 million, sent to prison for helping Hezbollah
December 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON — A Lebanese businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for being an important financial supporter of Hezbollah pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges associated with evading U.S. sanctions imposed on him, the U.S. Justice Department said. Kassim Tajideen, 63, pleaded guilty to conspiring with at least five...Francis to become first pope to visit Arabian peninsula
December 7th, 20180 VATICAN CITY — The first visit by a pope to the Arabian peninsula will take place in February when Pope Francis travels to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the Vatican said on Thursday. The Feb. 3-5 trip, Francis’ latest to a predominantly Muslim nation, will be centered around the theme of inter-religious peace. The...Recreational marijuana legalized in Michigan on Thursday
December 7th, 20180 DETROIT— Recreational marijuana became legal at midnight Thursday in Michigan, making it the first state in the Midwest to end the substance's prohibition. Ten years after voters approved medical marijuana, Michigan is the 10th state to legalize recreational cannabis use, ending its criminalization and creating the potential for...Israel asks Lebanon to destroy tunnel allegedly dug by Hezbollah across border
December 7th, 20180 Israel asked Lebanon’s army and U.N. peacekeepers on Thursday to destroy a tunnel it said had been dug by the Hezbollah group across the border into what it called its territory. Israel’s occupation forces said this week it had identified a number of passages and sent diggers and troops close the front line with Lebanon to block...Netanyahu’s predicament: The era of easy wars is over
December 3rd, 20180 When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to carry out a limited operation in the besieged Gaza Strip on November 12, he certainly did not anticipate that his military adventure would destabilize his government and threaten the very survival of his right-wing coalition. But it did, far more than the multiple......
FBI Detroit Division offers tips to avoid holiday scammers
December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT - The FBI's Detroit division is warning holiday shoppers about the high potential for scams this holiday season; and this time around the scams are expected to be especially aggressive and creative, as criminals unleash schemes design to steal money and personal information. As far as U.S. states go, Michigan has been...Marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to sell, buy from licensed caregivers
December 3rd, 20180 LANSING — The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) is expected to recommend the passing of a resolution to maintain safe patient access to medical marijuana by allowing licensed provisioners to buy from licensed caregivers, according to a press release. The proposal would allow dispensaries to buy and sell......
DMC hospitals fail federal inspections due to contaminated instruments
December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT — Detroit Receiving Hospital was under inspection again this week after it failed a federal review in October when federal investigators found multiple cases involving contaminated instruments and other infection control violations, according to an inspection report released by the federal government on Wednesday. This comes...King of Malaysia marries former Miss Moscow
December 2nd, 20180 MOSCOW —Photos surfaced on Facebook revealing that 49-year-old King of Malaysia Muhammad V of Kelantan married the 25-year old former Miss Moscow. The photos and a video clip were posted to Facebook Friday. Russian beauty queen Oksana Voevodina apparently married the Malaysian king in Barvikha, a luxury village in Moscow...Snow is coming: What to do if you are involved in a car crash
December 2nd, 20180 Visibility is low. Roads are slick. Snow is tumbling faster than windshield wipers can wipe. It’s that classic Michigan winter storm. Then, just yards away, is a glimpse of flashing hazard lights. What do you do? Drivers in Michigan who choose to hit the roads during snow storms have to make a lot of decisions. According to Lt....One in 40 American children have autism, parent survey finds
December 2nd, 20180 Roughly one in 40 American children has been diagnosed with autism, and a national survey of parents suggests these kids have a harder time getting mental health services than youth with other emotional or behavioral issues. For the study, researchers analyzed parent survey data for about 43,000 children ages 3-17 from the 2016......
Study: Illegal immigrants in U.S. at lowest level since 2004
December 1st, 20180 WASHINGTON — The population of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. fell to 10.7 million in 2016, its lowest level since 2004, due largely to a decline in the number of people coming from Mexico, a study released on Tuesday said. The report from the Pew Research Center, pewrsr.ch/2Qptbid, based on U.S. Census data and other figures...Judge dismisses lawsuit by family of Muslim Marine who died during boot camp
December 1st, 20181 TAYLOR, MI — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the family of Raheel Siddiqui, a 20-year old Marine who died two years ago in boot camp at Parris island, S.C. U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow ruled Tuesday that claims related to injuries to active duty military personnel belong in military courts according the Feres......
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell elected to leadership position, appoints new chief of staff
December 1st, 20180 WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- Dearborn) was voted by her colleagues on Nov. 29 to serve as co-chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. Dingell will work with DPCC Chair David Cicilline (D-RI) and fellow Co-Chairs Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) to develop the communications strategy...The mother of all Arabic dictionaries makes its debut online
December 1st, 20180 WEST BANK — A computer science professor at Birzeit University has built an online tool called Arabic Ontology that is both a comprehensive dictionary of Arabic and a system that will enable the creation of new Arabic-language software, such as better machine translation. Mustafa Jarrar, an associate professor in the department of......