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Dearborn couple charged after child shoots two others in unlicensed daycare
November 3rd, 20170 DEARBORN— A couple has been charged with several counts after their 3-year-old son shot two other toddlers in the face and shoulder on the morning of September 27. Timothy Eubanks, 32, and Samantha Eubanks, 32, are parents to six children. According to police, the couple was running an unlicensed home daycare, located on Harding...
Misconduct allegations resurface against Dearborn Councilman Tafelski
November 3rd, 20170 DEARBORN ― Longtime Dearborn City Councilman Tom Tafelski and candidate for mayor, has been accused by multiple citizens of abusing his power while on the council. Tafelski, who has held the position since 2001, is fighting a heated race against Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly. He denies that any of allegations are true, calling...
No left turns allowed at three intersections on Michigan Avenue
November 3rd, 20170 Dearborn—Construction of Wagner Place on October 28 has made left turns onto Mason, Monroe and Oakwood prohibited from east or west Michigan Avenue. According to the city of Dearborn, the Wagner Place construction is a project for Ford Motor Company that aims to transform two blocks of old buildings, which are approximately 150,000...
Pesticide residue on fruits and veggies tied to infertility
November 3rd, 20170 Women who eat more fruits and vegetables with high levels of pesticide residue may be less likely to get pregnant than women whose diets don’t include a lot of this type of produce, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on eating habits and pregnancy outcomes for 325 women who went through a total of 541 cycles of...
Can spicy foods curb salt cravings or lower blood pressure?
November 3rd, 20170 People who like spicy foods may eat less salt and have lower blood pressure, potentially reducing their risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study from China suggests. When people didn’t care for spicy food, they consumed an average of 13.4 grams a day of salt, according to the study published in the journal Hypertension. But when...
White House: adding Uzbekistan to travel ban not ruled out
November 1st, 20170 WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has not ruled out adding Uzbekistan to a list of countries named in a presidential travel ban, following Tuesday’s deadly truck attack, allegedly by an Uzbek immigrant, in New York City, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday. “Look, that’s maybe something that’s looked at, but that...
Israeli airstrike hits near Syria’s Homs
November 1st, 20170 BEIRUT - An Israeli airstrike targeted a factory south of the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday and the Syrian army responded by firing a surface-to-air missile at the aircraft, a commander in a military alliance fighting in support of Damascus said. The commander told Reuters the airstrike had hit a copper factory in the industrial...
Beech Daly water main replacement project to begin next week
November 1st, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS— Next week, residents and drivers along Beech Daly Road will experience a partial closure due to a water main construction project. The project is scheduled to start on November 6 and will require closing the right-hand lane of southbound Beech Daly between Hass and Ford Roads. Work will be put off during the...
Henry Ford College to host international student information session
November 1st, 20170 DEARBORN— On November 8, Henry Ford College (HFC) will host an international student information session for future F-1 visa students from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Welcome Center Building. The session aims to inform international students or their local relations about the process of coming to the United States on an F-1 visa to attend...
Trump wants to end visa lottery program that New York attack suspect used, send him to Guantanamo
November 1st, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Trump on Wednesday said he planned to end a diversity lottery program that he said the Uzbek immigrant suspected of killing eight people in New York City used to get into the United States. “Today we mourn the horrifying terrorist attack in New York City, just blocks away from the site of the World Trade...
Uzbek man is focus of deadly New York truck attack
November 1st, 20170 NEW YORK - On Wednesday, U.S. investigators were focused on an Uzbek immigrant they said killed eight people in New York by driving a rental truck down a riverfront bike path in an attack authorities said had all the hallmarks of terrorism. The suspect, who was shot by police and arrested moments after the Tuesday rampage in lower...
Truck drives through crowd near World Trade Center site, kills 6 and injures 15
October 31st, 20170 NEW YORK ― New York City police have confirmed multiple deaths and injuries as a result of gunfire and a vehicle striking people near the Word Trade Center memorial in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. One person has been taken into custody, police officials said. The incident took place near the West Side Highway and Chambers...
White nationalist Richard Spencer requests to speak at University of Michigan
October 31st, 20170 ANN ARBOR ― The University of Michigan has received a request to have white nationalist speaker Richard Spencer speak on campus. On Tuesday, Oct. 31, Cameron Padgett, a representative from Spencer's National Policy Institute, sent the university an email request seeking to reserve a venue, U of M Spokesman Rick Fitzgerald...
Two ex-Trump aides charged in Russia probe, third pleads guilty
October 31st, 20170 WASHINGTON - Federal investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election charged President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and another aide, Rick Gates, with money laundering on Monday. A third former Trump adviser, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty in early October to lying to the FBI, it was...
Ex-Trump campaign chief indicted on conspiracy, money laundering charges
October 30th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Trump, and an associate were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States and money laundering, the federal special counsel’s office said on Monday. The charges were the first arising from the investigation by Justice......
Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain
October 27th, 20170 BARCELONA/MADRID - Catalonia’s regional parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday in a disputed vote that is now likely to be declared illegal by Spain’s constitutional court. However, the Spanish government moved to impose direct rule over Catalonia the same day, stripping the region of its autonomy less than an...
Lessons learned from the Fordson Incident
October 27th, 20170 The Fordson High School football team caused an uproar after making headlines two weeks ago when a few of its junior varsity players were busted in an alleged hazing scandal that some students argue was a sexual assault. The administration called it a “rogue hazing” incident and Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko confirmed that it......
Detroit: The comeback city to hold first post-bankruptcy elections
October 27th, 20170 By Farah Harb The Arab American News – intern DETROIT – On Nov. 7, Detroiters will vote for mayor, elect City Council candidates and choose a city clerk. These elections are the first to take place since the city emerged from state control under Michigan’s emergency manager law. Because it has come a long way since 2013,...
“Get Your Pink On” community event raises money, awareness for breast cancer research
October 27th, 20170 By Laida Sukari The Arab American News-intern DEARBORN— On Friday, October 20, The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and The Breast Cancer Student Association (BCSA) hosted their second fundraising dinner called “Get Your Pink On” (GYPO) at Byblos Banquet Center. The SWE organization at the University of Michigan-Dearborn...
U.S. border agents detain Mexican girl being rushed to hospital
October 27th, 20170 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS—A 10-year-old Mexican girl with cerebral palsy living illegally in Texas was in federal custody on Thursday after the ambulance rushing her to surgery had to pass through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, a family attorney and government officials said. Rosa Maria Hernandez was being transported from a medical...
Maryland Governor signs anti-BDS executive order
October 27th, 20170 ANAPOLIS, MARYLAND—On October 23, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed an anti-BDS executive order (EO) which blocks boycotts of Israel. Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement. Hogan’s order prohibits anyone from working with eh executive branch if they participate in BDS. Before any official business......
Robotic-assisted surgery not always more effective
October 27th, 20170 Robotic-assisted surgery is much more expensive than other minimally invasive surgeries, but it does not improve outcomes of surgery for kidney tumors and rectal cancers. “The rapid increase in costly robot surgery in lieu of laparoscopic surgery without a definite advantage for the patient is a problem that can be applied not only...
FDA warns Meridian of violations for lead-testing devices
October 27th, 20170 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it issued a warning letter to Meridian Bioscience Inc’s unit for several federal law violations after inspecting its facility that makes lead-testing devices. The violations include selling significantly modified versions of two of its blood lead-testing systems without the......
Van Born corridor to be redeveloped
October 27th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS —The area between Dearborn Heights and Taylor will be redeveloped. Ford Motor Company is moving into the former Masco Corp. and the Super Kmart buildings on Van Born Road in Taylor, spurring on redevelopment of the whole area. “It’s a tale of two cities,” Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko said. “We’re...
Beaumont offering help enrolling in Health Insurance plans
October 27th, 20170 ROYAL OAK— Beaumont hospital will be hosting several Health Insurance Marketplace events at each one of its eight hospitals and other locations in November and December. The events will be open enrollment and are an effort to, “assist those in need of health care coverage or those looking for a new plan”, according to a press......
