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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...
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...
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...
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...
Another historic win and counting!
August 17th, 20180 This week, Arab and Muslim Americans scored another historic victory in Minnesota where Ilhan Omar won comfortably a Congressional primary election. Omar, America’s first Somali American legislator, won the Minnesota Democratic primary for Congress on Tuesday. The seat she competed for in the Fifth District is currently held by U.S....
Sayyed Nasrallah says Hezbollah stronger than ever
August 17th, 20180 BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Party, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Tuesday his group was stronger than ever and would “very soon” celebrate victory in Syria, where it has been fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad government. Nasrallah was speaking on live television to mark the anniversary of a 2006 war...
New Mexico judge gets death threats after granting bail to Muslim compound members
August 17th, 20180 TAOS, N.M. — A New Mexico judge received death threats and Islamophobic abuse on Tuesday, a day after she granted bail to five Muslims charged with child abuse and who are accused of training children at their compound to carry out attacks, court officials said. Police raided the compound in Taos County on Aug. 3, following a tip...
Ford to invest $740 million in Detroit train station, city development project
August 17th, 20180 DEARBORN — Ford Motor Company disclosed Tuesday it will spend $740 million on a project to revamp Michigan Central Station, Detroit’s historic but dilapidated former rail station, as well as other neighborhood sites. Ford aims to turn the building into a campus of offices for up to 5,000 tech workers and software engineers focused...
Joe Biden endorses Whitmer for Michigan governor
August 15th, 20180 On Wednesday, former Vice President Joe Biden has endorsed Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan. "Michigan’s middle class families need a governor who knows how to get things done, and that’s why I’m endorsing Gretchen," Biden said in a statement released by Whitmer's campaign. "Gretchen has spent...
Ilhan Omar wins Democratic Primary for Congress in Minnesota, makes history
August 15th, 20180 Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary on Tuesday for the state’s 5th Congressional District, putting her on a path to make history. Omar defeated four other Democratic candidates in a crowded race to fill the seat that opened up when Rep. Keith Ellison (D) announced his bid to become the state’s attorney...
Khamenei bans talks with U.S., chides Rouhani’s government over economy
August 13th, 20180 Iran’s Supreme Leader Sayyed Khamenei on Monday rejected President Trump’s offer of unconditional talks to improve bilateral ties and he also accused the Iranian government of economic mismanagement in the face of reimposed U.S. sanctions. The Trump administration reimposed the sanctions last week after pulling out of a 2015...
Watch out for card skimming at the gas pump
August 13th, 20180 With the summer travel season in high gear, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning drivers about skimming scams at the pump. Skimmers are illegal card readers attached to payment terminals. These card readers grab data off a credit or debit card’s magnetic stripe without your knowledge. Criminals sell the stolen data or use......
Wayne and Oakland counties pass SMART millage, Macomb vote close
August 13th, 20180 Mt. Clemens— While voters in Oakland and Wayne Counties chose to approve a millage renewal for the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) through 2021 by wide margins, Macomb County voters approved the measure by just 23 votes. The final unofficial results showed the millage passed in Macomb 77,502 to...
Fayrouz Saad loses close Congressional race
August 12th, 20180 NORTHVILLE - Fayrouz Saad, who sought to replace the retiring David Trott as the U.S. representative for Michigan’s 11th District, lost a close race in the Democratic primary on Aug. 7. Saad came in fourth place in a tight race, earning 17,415 votes. Haley Stevens won the primary with 24,232 votes, while Tim Greimel came in second......
Indonesian Island struck by three earthquakes in little over a week
August 12th, 20180 TANJUNG, Indonesia— An Indonesian Island in Lombok was hit with its third significant earthquake in just over a week on Thursday. The official death toll from one of the earlier quakes was 300. The latest quake, a strong aftershock that measured a magnitude 5.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey, damaged many buildings and caused...
Yemen: Saudi-led coalition air strikes kill dozens of civilians, mainly children
August 11th, 20180 ADEN — Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed dozens of people, including children traveling on a bus through a market, in Yemen’s Saada province, a Yemeni health official and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. The Western-backed alliance fighting the Houthi Yemeni group said in a statement that...
Metro Detroit primary polling places run out of ballots, lose power
August 11th, 20180 DETROIT — At least 14 polling places in Metro Detroit over Tuesday’s primary elections experienced power outages, while others ran out of ballots. DTE Energy posted a video to its twitter feed 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, explaining that some polling places were still without power because of storms Monday evening. “Right now...
Ali Ramlawi wins Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race
August 11th, 20180 ANN ARBOR – Challenger Ali Ramlawi defeated Chuck Warpehoski in the Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race on Tuesday, with about 51 percent of the vote. Ramlawi, owner of the Jerusalem Garden restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor, made his second run for City Council within the past year. After almost defeating Chip Smith, the other......
A historic election for Arab and Muslim Americans
August 10th, 20180 Michigan voters set a new record of involvement this historic primary election thanks in large part to the candidacy of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Progressive Movement led by Senator Bernie Sanders, and in a twisted way thanks to President Trump and his racist rants. Energy could be felt everywhere in this election. Rashida Tlaib’s...
Charlottesville confronts identity one year after clashes
August 10th, 20180 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — For many residents of Charlottesville, Virginia, last year’s White nationalist rally shattered the city’s carefully curated reputation as a progressive, idyllic place to live. But for Nikuyah Walker, an activist who was elected mayor just three months later, the violent clashes only underscored deep racial......
No arrests after 66 shot, 12 killed, in weekend Chicago gun violence
August 8th, 20180 Chicago police have made no arrests tied to the shootings of 66 people over the weekend, 12 of them fatal, but dozens were taken into custody on gun charges, the city’s police chief said on Monday. Police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson said additional officers had been deployed to prevent retaliatory shootings, leading to the...
Rouhani dismisses Trump call for talks on eve of new sanctions
August 6th, 20180 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed a U.S. call for talks on Tuesday, the eve of the imposition of new sanctions that follows Washington’s decision to pull out of an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program. The United States is due to impose new sanctions against Iran on Tuesday intended to cripple its economy, implementing......
