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Russian military plane crash in Syria kills 39
March 6th, 20180 MOSCOW - A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 people on board, Russian news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying, sharply raising the death toll from the Kremlin’s intervention in the Syrian war. The defense ministry was cited as saying that the plane, a Soviet-designed An-26,...
Syria: Russia offers rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta
March 6th, 20180 MOSCOW/BEIRUT - The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a proposal to let the opposition surrender its last major stronghold near Damascus to the Syrian government forces, which rebels have so far rejected. The Russian defense ministry said rebels could leave with their families and...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Gaza border
March 3rd, 20181 GAZA - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said that a“suspect had approached a restricted area in the southern Gaza Strip.” Soldiers then“fired warning shots into the air, and when the suspect...
Syrian government forces makes new gains in eastern Ghouta
March 3rd, 20180 BEIRUT - Syrian government forces gained more ground in an assault on eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Saturday as they seek to defeat the last major rebel enclave near the capital, a war monitor and a news service run by Lebanon’s Hezbollah said. The Syrian war, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people since 2011, has...
Man fatally shoots himself in front of White House
March 3rd, 20180 WASHINGTON — A man fatally shot himself in the head Saturday outside the north White House fence line , according to Washington, D.C., police and the Secret Service. The man's name has been withheld by law enforcement until his family is notified. The D.C. police department will lead the investigation into the shooting with help from...
Treasury: Hamtramck Released from Receivership
March 3rd, 20180 State Oversight Board Abolished, Full Local Control Re-Established LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri today announced the city of Hamtramck has been released from receivership under the Local Financial Stability and Choice Act and dissolved the Hamtramck Receivership Transition Advisory Board (RTAB). The state...
2 dead, suspect at large after shooting at Central Michigan University
March 2nd, 20180 MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — Two people have been confirmed dead in a shooting at Central Michigan University. Michigan State Police confirmed that two people have been shot and killed. The victims are not students, according to campus police. There were no other injuries. "We believe this situation was a domestic-type incident," campus...
Street artist in Yemen remembers casualties of war
March 2nd, 20180 SANAA — Yemeni street artist Haifa Subay is painting murals to help ensure that victims of Yemen's grueling three-year civil war are not forgotten. Her latest mural, portraying a one-legged casualty of a landmine, is one of many Subay has done in the capital Sanaa during the war, which has killed thousands, driven many more from...
An economy in ruins leaves Gazans with hard choices
March 2nd, 20180 GAZA — The man who makes crisps, chocolate and vanilla snacks for Gaza had just finished explaining how his business was going through the worst economic crisis of his life when the lights went out, shutting down his factory. Again. Wael Al-Wadiya has been running his food manufacturing business since 1985 – in a Gaza Strip that...
Dubai tests autonomous pods in drive for smart city
March 2nd, 20180 DUBAI — Dubai has begun testing autonomous pods in a trial run the Gulf's trade and tourism hub hopes will help its transformation into one of the smartest cities in the world. Officials from Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) displayed two cube-shaped vehicles built by U.S.-based Next Future Transportation company in Italy...
Iraqi parliament demands timeline for foreign troop withdrawal
March 2nd, 20180 BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament demanded on Thursday that the government set a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops stationed in the country to help fight ISIS insurgents, a ruling coalition lawmaker said. A U.S.-led coalition was formed in 2014 and with thousands of troops and air support helped Iraqi security forces and a...
U.N. urges Russia to expand eastern Ghouta aid plan
March 2nd, 20180 GENEVA — A Russian plan for a five-hour pause in fighting in Syria's eastern Ghouta needs to be expanded to allow aid deliveries to enter and civilians and urgent medical cases to leave, United Nations officials said on Thursday. In one of the fiercest onslaughts of Syria's seven-year civil war, hundreds of people have died in 11...
The top frauds of 2017
March 2nd, 20180 The numbers are in, the counts have been made, and today the FTC announced what we heard from you during 2017. Here are some highlights: This year’s top fraud is again Imposter Scams, with nearly 350,000 reports. Nearly 1 in 5 people who reported an imposter scam lost money – a whopping $328 million lost to someone...
Indiana University survey: In polarized political climate, public looks to Congress for compromise
March 2nd, 20180 BLOOMINGTON, IN — Politicians in Washington may say they are doing the public's bidding in Congress, but the people lean towards the view that Congress is more polarized than the citizenry, according to a survey of public attitudes about Congress and public affairs conducted by the Indiana University Center on Representative...
Empty seats, missing friends as Florida school reopens after shooting
March 2nd, 20180 PARKLAND, FL — Survivors of the second-deadliest U.S. public school shooting were brought to tears on Wednesday by empty seats and missing friends at roll call as they returned to their Florida high school two weeks after 17 students and educators were massacred there. Upon emerging from a half-day of classes intended to ease their......
Kroger, Walmart and Dick’s raises minimum age for gun buyers to 21
March 2nd, 20180 This week, Kroger, Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods said they will stop selling firearms and ammunition to buyers under the age of 21, becoming the first of three major U.S. retailer to set restrictions that are tougher than government regulations. The restrictions come two weeks after social media-savvy students ignited an intense...
More Lebanese movies gain recognition in America
March 2nd, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News NEW YORK — The Lebanese movie "Yesterday Went with Yesterday", written and directed by Los Angeles based Lebanese American filmmaker Issam B. Makdissy, will make its U.S. premiere when it opens at Cinema Village on March 16. The story revolves around a Lebanese Canadian citizen's past and......
A look at Michigan’s Congressional races (Part 1)
March 2nd, 20180 Over the course of the following weeks, The AANews will be looking at U.S. Congressional candidates in the Aug. 7 and Nov. 6 elections. Here are some from Flint and Metro Detroit. FIFTH DISTRICT (Flint) Dan Kildee (Democrat incumbent) Kildee, a native of Flint who now lives in Flint Township, has served in Congress since 2013. He is...
Sanders, Lee and Murphy trying to pull U.S. out of Yemen war
March 2nd, 20180 WASHINGTON - Three senators will attempt to use congressional authority to get the United States to pull out of Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. Republican Mike Lee of Utah, Democrat Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut, and independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont will attempt to use a provision in the 1973 War Powers Act, Reuters...
Israeli-U.S. teen indicted for bomb threats, hate crimes
March 2nd, 20180 WASHINGTON - A 19-year-old man has been indicted for hate crimes connected to threats against Jewish community centers, as well as threatening the Israeli embassy and cyber-stalking, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. Michael Kadar was arrested in Israel last year and is awaiting trial there. U.S. and Israeli authorities have...
Sources: Syrian government forces gain ground in east Ghouta
March 2nd, 20180 BEIRUT - Syrian government forces have gained ground from rebels at the edge of the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday, in a ground assault that has continued despite a Russian plan for daily ceasefires. The Syrian army and rebel sources could not immediately be reached for......
Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons to counter West
March 2nd, 20180 MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin announced an array of new nuclear weapons on Thursday, in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield. Putin was speaking ahead of an election on March 18 that polls indicate he should win easily. He said a...
Anchor Stephen Clark retires from Channel 7 Action News
February 27th, 20181 SOUTHFIELD, MI – In a career that has spanned more than four decades, journalist Stephen Clark will tell you he’s just about done it all. Now, after 16 years as an anchor and multi-platform journalist at WXYZ and WMYD, Stephen Clark will retire from 7 Action News on Wednesday, February 28. “Stephen has been a valued member of......
Dearborn Heights Police adds two officers to their force including an Arab American
February 27th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - The Dearborn Heights Police Department announced on February 26 the addition of two new police officers to their force . The two new officers were sworn-in in a ceremony held at the Dearborn Heights City Hall in the presence of Mayor Dan Paletko and Police Chief Lee Gavin. The two officers that joined the police...
U.S. District Judge rejects lawsuit seeking to stop Trump border wall
February 27th, 20180 SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Tuesday sided with President Trump’s administration and rejected an attempt by the state of California and environmental groups to stop the government from building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. The lawsuit filed in a San Diego federal court alleged that Trump’s proposed wall violates......
