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Egypt: Hundreds dead in a terrorist attack on mosque in north Sinai
November 24th, 20170 CAIRO - A terrorist attack killed 230 people at a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai region on Friday, detonating a bomb and shooting at fleeing worshippers and ambulances, state media and witnesses said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the region. No group claimed immediate responsibility, but since 2014 Egyptian security forces...
Hariri’s return marks a new era for him and Lebanon
November 23rd, 20170 Saudi Arabia added this week another political downfall to its long list of successive defeats in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Qatar and Palestine. The last blunder of the immature Saudi Crown Prince was holding the Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad al-Hariri hostage and forcing him to abruptly resign from a discreet place in his fumbling kingdom,...
Reasons to be thankful
November 23rd, 20170 As Arab American and Muslim families gather around the dinner table this Thanksgiving holiday, they will show gratitude for their blessings, but will also be bound to express fear for each other’s safety. Since President Trump’s candidacy and after his election, the country has been deeply inflamed with hate crimes, racism and...
Dearborn families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving
November 23rd, 20170 By Laida Sukari and Dalia Sukari The Arab American News - interns DEARBORN — According to statistics by "Static Brain", an average of 51,650,000 total turkeys are consumed in America on Thanksgiving Day each year. This national holiday became official in 1863 after President Lincoln declared that, annually, the fourth Thursday...
Central Student Government president speaks about #UMDivest resolution
November 23rd, 20170 ANN ARBOR — In the wake of the passage last week of a #UMDivest resolution at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Central Student Government President Anushka Sarkar said in a statement that she believes the resolution's intent, "is to elevate a marginalized community's voice, voices that have been muffled and diluted, year after...
Lebanese Americans celebrate strength, unity on homeland’s independence day
November 23rd, 20170 DEARBORN — Coinciding with tensions calming in Lebanon as Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri returns home and holds off on his resignation, Lebanese Americans celebrated their social, economic and political leverage on the 74th anniversary of their homeland's independence day. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Lebanon...
U.S. team doctor Nassar pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct in Michigan court
November 22nd, 20170 INGHAM COUNTY, MI -- Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor, pleaded guilty in a Michigan court on Wednesday to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. In a press statement Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said Nassar had pleaded guilty in Michigan’s Ingham County court to felony criminal...
Hariri puts resignation on hold
November 22nd, 20170 BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday shelved his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun, easing a crisis that had deepened tensions in the Middle East. Hariri made his announcement after returning to Beirut for the first time since he quit abruptly on Nov. 4 in a broadcast from Saudi...
Hariri back in Lebanon on the eve of Independence Day
November 21st, 20170 BEIRUT - Saad al-Hariri returned to Beirut on Tuesday for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia and plunged his country into political crisis. Hariri’s sudden resignation on Nov. 4 thrust Lebanon to the forefront of regional tussle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, whose...
AAA: 51 million Americans traveling this holiday
November 21st, 20170 More Americans will travel this Thanksgiving than the past 12 years, according to AAA's annual holiday travel forecast it released last Thursday. It predicts nearly 51 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles to celebrate the holiday. That's a 3 percent increase from last year, and the highest number since 2005. Travelers...
U.S. Rep. John Conyers denies sexual harassment allegation
November 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON — House of Representatives Democrats called for an investigation on Tuesday into allegations of sexual harassment against U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-Detroit), who said his office had resolved a harassment case with a payment but no admission of guilt. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, in a statement on fellow Democrat...
Putin hosts Assad for talks in Russia
November 21st, 20170 MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to talk about the need to move from military operations to the search for a political solution to Syria’s conflict, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Russia is actively trying to build an international consensus around a peace deal for Syria, over two years...
Iran’s president declares end of Islamic State
November 21st, 20170 BEIRUT - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of Islamic State on Tuesday while a senior military commander thanked the thousands of martyrs killed in operations organized by Iran to defeat the militant group in Syria and Iraq. “Today with God’s guidance and the resistance of people in the region we can say that this...
Lebanon’s Hariri to visit Egypt on Tuesday
November 20th, 20170 BEIRUT — Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanese prime minister in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia on Nov. 4, will visit Egypt on Tuesday to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Hariri’s office said on Sunday. Hariri has since Saturday been in Paris, where he met French President Emmanuel Macron,...
Immigrant workers in U.S. have tripled risk for heat-related death
November 18th, 20170 Compared to U.S. citizens, immigrants have more than three times the risk of dying from heat-related illness — with the majority of deaths occurring in just three states, according to a recent study. The risk is greatest among Hispanic immigrants and those between ages 18 and 24, a group of researchers at the Centers for Disease......
Poor children benefit when parents have access to healthcare
November 18th, 20170 Low-income children in the U.S. whose parents qualified for Medicaid were more likely to receive preventive care, regardless of their own insurance coverage, a new study finds. Researchers called the finding “an important spillover effect.” Children whose mothers and fathers were enrolled in Medicaid, government insurance for...
Hariri to return to Lebanon for Independence Day
November 18th, 20170 PARIS - Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, said on Saturday he would clarify his position when he returns to Beirut next week for Independence Day. Hariri’s resignation on Nov. 4 threw Lebanon into political crisis and put it center-stage in the Middle East’s overarching......
UCLA basketball players apologize for shoplifting in China, thank Trump
November 18th, 20170 LOS ANGELES - Three UCLA basketball players who had been detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting admitted on Wednesday that they stole items from three stores, and they thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his help in winning their release. The three players - LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill - remain suspended from the...
Hijabi Olympic fencer makes history again with namesake Barbie doll
November 18th, 20170 EL SEGUNDO, CA— Mattel, maker of the popular Barbie doll, has un-veiled its first hijabwearing Barbie to honor an American Olympic fencer, as the traditional Islamic headscarf goes mainstream through catwalks, magazine covers and "emoji" Smartphone symbols. Ibtihaj Muhammad made history in Rio last year as the first U.S. Olympian to...
Billionaire founder of Insys pleads not guilty to opioid bribe scheme
November 18th, 20170 BOSTON — The billionaire founder of drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based spray to treat pain in cancer patients. John Kapoor, who stepped down as Insys' chief executive officer and chairman in January but remains its...
Abuse of prescription drug Gabapentin increasing
November 17th, 20170 DETROIT— Gabapentin is a new prescription drug on the rise, with up to 64 million prescriptions sold in 2016 in the U.S. Also known in the black market as Johnnys, Gabapentin is not an opioid, but patients are using it to get the drowsiness affect and to feed their addiction. This medication is usually prescribed to treat several......
Religious institutions in Metro Detroit take caution after being threatened
November 17th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The Dearborn Heights Police Department is conducting a joint investigation with the FBI and other local law enforcement agencies after finding threats to houses of worship and an abandoned firearm in a bag. None of the religious institutions threatened are located in Dearborn Heights, but in other cities;...
Dearborn Heights police officer faces charges after fatal crash in Allen Park
November 17th, 20170 Allen Park —Dearborn Heights police officer Larry A. Little, 32, is charged with causing a fatal crash due to reckless driving. The crash happened on January 2 at the intersection of Van Born and Pelham Roads and resulted in the death of Timothy Lee Turner, 59. Little’s first hearing will take place on November 27. Little was......
What could Amazon do for Detroit? Just imagine…
November 17th, 20173 Members of Detroit's Amazon HQ committee tasked with landing the business behemoth make the case for why this matters By Keith A. Owens Amazon announced on October 5 that it is planning to open a second headquarters, to be called Amazon HQ2. Facing steep competition - and some might say steeper odds – a broad list of 59 local and...
Reining in the rogue royal of Arabia
November 17th, 20170 By Patrick J. Buchanan If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has in mind a war with Iran, President Trump should disabuse his royal highness of any notion that America would be doing his fighting for him. Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS, the 32-year-old son of the aging and ailing King Salman, is making too many enemies for his own good,......
