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Lawmakers: Gun control movement pushing Congress to act
March 30th, 20180 NEW YORK — The youth-led gun control movement that flexed its public muscle with huge weekend rallies has already nudged Congress to enact minor firearms changes, but must remain active if it hopes to win more meaningful regulations, lawmakers said on Sunday. The movement that erupted after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory...
Federal judge denies request for early election to fill Conyers’ vacant seat
March 30th, 20180 DETROIT — The 12 Democratic candidates and every resident of the 13th Congressional District will have to wait until the August primary and November general election to fill the seat left vacant by U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit). U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith found, "no evidence supporting plaintiffs' theory that Governor...
Residents and activists speak out against DTE permit proposal
March 30th, 20180 DEARBORN — A crowd of about 75 Dearborn residents, activists and elected officials met at Edsel Ford High School on March 27 to voice their concerns to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality about a proposed permit submitted by DTE Dearborn CEP LLC. DTE is requesting a new combined heat and power plant to be constructed...
Two national gun control movements in our midst – What happens next?
March 30th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News DETROIT — On Saturday, March 24, thousands of people — the majority of them students — filled downtown Detroit, carrying signs and chanting for tighter gun control laws at the biggest “March for Our Lives” in southeast Michigan. These individuals joined in solidarity with...
Dearborn Board of Education selects new HFC president
March 30th, 20180 DEARBORN – Russell A. Kavalhuna, an associate dean at Western Michigan University and a former federal prosecutor, has been selected to become the new president of Henry Ford College (HFC). On March 28, the Dearborn Board of Education, which overseas administration of the city’s public schools and the college, voted 6-1 after a...
U.S. gymnastics doctor’s boss at Michigan State charged with sex crime
March 29th, 20180 DETROIT ― A former Michigan State University dean, who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, was himself charged on Tuesday with criminal sexual conduct involving medical school students. A student at the College of Osteopathic Medicine accused William Strampel, 70, of forcible sexual contact,...
Saudi Arabia must face U.S. lawsuits over Sept. 11 attacks
March 29th, 20180 NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to dismiss lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and should pay billions of dollars in damages to victims. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said the plaintiffs’ allegations “narrowly articulate a reasonable basis”...
Dearborn Board of Education chose Russell A. Kavalhuna, J.D., A.T.P. as Henry Ford College new president
March 28th, 20180 DEARBORN - Kavalhuna is currently the executive director ((duties akin to Associate Dean role), Western Michigan University, College of Aviation. The nation’s third‐largest collegiate aviation program, which operates at three locations in Michigan and Florida. Kavalhuna worked from 2009 to 2015 as an Assistant United States...Dearborn Board of Education chose Russell A. Kavalhuna, J.D., A.T.P. as Henry Ford College new president
March 28th, 20180 DEARBORN - Kavalhuna is currently the executive director ((duties akin to Associate Dean role), Western Michigan University, College of Aviation. The nation’s third‐largest collegiate aviation program, which operates at three locations in Michigan and Florida. Kavalhuna worked from 2009 to 2015 as an Assistant United States...
Destroyed by ISIS, ancient winged bull rises again in London
March 28th, 20180 LONDON — An ancient Assyrian winged bull sculpture destroyed by ISIS fighters in 2015 and subsequently recast in recycled Middle Eastern food packaging went on display in London’s Trafalgar Square on Wednesday. The work by American artist Michael Rakowitz is the latest of 11 to be commissioned to occupy the square’s fourth...
Activists rename Dutch streets to honor Ahed Tamimi
March 27th, 20180 Activists in the Netherlands changed main street names in 13 Dutch cities on 23 March, placing placards that read “Ahed Tamimi street.” MovementX and DocP, two Dutch organizations that advocate for Palestinian rights, posted the street signs in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Grijpskerk, Assen, Leiden,...
New York state will sue to block Census citizenship question
March 27th, 20180 New York state’s attorney general said on Tuesday he will lead a multistate lawsuit to try to stop the federal government from asking people whether they are citizens in the 2020 Census, arguing the move will discourage immigrants from participating. The U.S. Commerce Department, which runs the Census Bureau, announced on Monday that...
Orlando nightclub shooter’s father was FBI informant, widow’s attorney says
March 26th, 20180 ORLANDO, Fla. — A widow on trial for aiding her late husband, the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, should have a mistrial declared, defense lawyers said, arguing that prosecutors withheld access to important evidence that the shooter’s father had been an FBI informant. Seddique Mateen, father of gunman...
Barrage of missiles on Saudi Arabia ramps up Yemen war
March 26th, 20180 RIYADH/SANAA — The Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen vowed on Monday to fire more missiles into Saudi Arabia unless it stops bombing the country, after one of its missiles caused casualties in the Saudi capital for the first time. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis accused them of using Iranian-made missiles....
Syrian rebels blame each other for their defeat in eastern Ghouta
March 26th, 20180 BEIRUT - Syrian rebel factions are blaming each other for opening the way to their defeat near Damascus, underlining splits that plagued the armed uprising against President Bashar al-Assad since its earliest days. The rivalry between the factions of eastern Ghouta - Failaq al-Rahman and Jaish al-Islam - had led to the effective......
Canton gym locker thief gets probation, avoids prison
March 26th, 20180 DETROIT — A local man has who has pleaded guilty to charges of stealing from customer lockers at Lifetime Fitness in Canton and has avoided jail time. Ali Sami Hammoud, 54, appeared before Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway on Friday and was sentenced to probation for 18 months. Defense attorney William Amadeo told...
Prosecutor: Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims with weapon of mass destruction
March 23rd, 20180 WICHITA, Kan. - Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in western Kansas, where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque, wanted to kill as many as possible and send a message they were not welcome in the United States, a prosecutor said on Thursday. Prosecutors charged Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright and......
Macron pressured to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
March 23rd, 20180 PARIS — Two rights groups have given the French government two months to halt weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates or face legal action, adding to pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to scale back support of a Riyadh-led offensive in Yemen. The action comes as some European states, notably Germany, have...
Tamimi agrees to plea deal for striking an Israeli soldier: No justice under occupation
March 23rd, 20180 WEST BANK — A teenage Palestinian girl who was filmed kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank accepted a plea deal on Wednesday under which she will be sentenced to eight months in prison, her lawyer said. Ahed Tamimi, 17, became a hero to Palestinians after the Dec. 15 incident outside her home in the...
Arab American and Chaldean Council annual scholarship application now available
March 23rd, 20180 TROY — On March 20, The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) announced that its 16th annual ACC Scholarship Program applications are now available for Arab American and Chaldean high school seniors. The announcement was made by ACC President Dr. Haifa Fakhouri. ACC is a premier nonprofit human service organization serving...
Germany condemns Turkish military offensive in Syria
March 23rd, 20181 BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Turkey's military offensive in Syria's northern town of Afrin was unacceptable and she criticized Russia for "just watching" the continuing attacks by Syrian forces on eastern Ghouta. Speaking in the lower house of parliament, Merkel said the government also condemned the......
Khamenei: Iran played significant role in defeating ISIS in region
March 23rd, 20180 BEIRUT — Iran played a significant role in defeating ISIS in the Middle East and has brought stability to most of the region, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday. Iran has been locked in a regional power struggle with Saudi Arabia that has spilled into the wars in Syria and Yemen, where they have backed opposing...
Trump’s red-carpet reception for Saudi crown prince: Give us your money!
March 23rd, 20180 WASHINGTON — President Trump gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday and credited U.S. defense sales to the Saudis with boosting American jobs, even as Riyadh's involvement in Yemen's civil war faced criticism. In the Oval Office, Trump and the crown prince praised the strength of U.S.-Saudi......
Syria rebels depart eastern Ghouta town on government buses in first surrender
March 23rd, 20180 BEIRUT/DAMASCUS — Syrian rebels withdrew in busloads from a town in eastern Ghouta on Thursday and handed it over to the Syrian army, the first such surrender since one of the fiercest campaigns of the seven-year war began more than a month ago. The Ahrar al-Sham group's decision to accept the army's terms and abandon the town of...
Trump replaces McMaster with warmongering Bolton as national security adviser
March 23rd, 20180 WASHINGTON — President Trump shook up his foreign policy team again on Thursday, replacing H.R. McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using military force against North Korea and Iran. The move, announced in a tweet, came little more than a week after the firing of Rex Tillerson as......
