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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...
ACRL opposes bill banning local funding to undocumented immigrants
October 27th, 20170 DEARBORN— On Thursday, October 26, the Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) as well as the governmental and law enforcement community, held a press conference in opposition to the passage of bill HB 5053, which bans all local funding that supports or assists undocumented immigrants. The bill was introduced in the Michigan...
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency
October 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON- President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency on Thursday, stopping short of a national emergency declaration he promised months ago that would have freed up more federal money. Responding to a growing problem, particularly in rural areas, Trump’s declaration will redirect federal resources and...
Teens charged with second degree murder after rock thrown kills father of four
October 26th, 20170 Genesee County, MI – Five teens were charged with second degree murder after throwing a heavy rock at a man named Kenneth White that broke his skull, damaged his brain and cut his chest--- killing him. According to WXYZ, the teens were arraigned on Tuesday morning in Flint court and are denied bond. They are charged with second...
U.S. widens surveillance to include ‘homegrown violent extremists’
October 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― The U.S. government has broadened an interpretation of which citizens can be subject to physical or digital surveillance to include “homegrown violent extremists,” according to official documents seen by Reuters. The change last year to a Department of Defense manual on procedures governing its intelligence activities...
Airlines implement tougher U.S. security rules on incoming passengers
October 25th, 20170 New rules will affect 325,000 passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the United States, on 180 airlines from 280 airports in 105 countries WASHINGTON - New security measures including stricter passenger screening take effect this Thursday on all U.S.-bound flights to comply with government requirements designed...
Iran sentences Israeli spy to death over scientist killings
October 25th, 20170 Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian doctor, had several meetings with Mossad agents and provided them with sensitive information about Iran’s military and nuclear sites in return for money and residency in Sweden. BEIRUT - Iran has sentenced to death a person found guilty of providing information to Israeli intelligence to help them...
Judge rejects bid by 18 U.S. states to revive Obamacare subsidies
October 25th, 20170 WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge in California on Wednesday refused to block President Donald Trump’s decision to end subsidy payments to health insurers under Obamacare, rejecting a request by Democratic attorneys general from 18 U.S. states. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco sided with the Trump administration, saying...
Iraq’s Kurdistan region in turmoil, delays elections
October 25th, 20170 BAGHDAD - Elections for Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s presidency and parliament set for Nov. 1 will be delayed because political parties failed to present candidates. Iraqi forces captured the oil city of Kirkuk and other territory claimed by the Kurds in retaliation for the referendum, dealing a severe blow to Kurdistan Regional...
In the U.S. market for human bodies, almost anyone can dissect and sell the dead
October 24th, 20170 LAS VEGAS – The company stacked brochures in funeral parlors around Sin City. On the cover: a couple clasping hands. Above the image, a promise: “Providing Options in Your Time of Need.” The company, Southern Nevada Donor Services, offered grieving families a way to eliminate expensive funeral costs: free cremation in exchange...
Russia vetoes UN resolution to renew Syria chemical attacks investigation
October 24th, 20170 NEW YORK - Russia cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday preventing the renewal of the mandate for a mission that investigates the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Russia wanted to discuss the report by the Joint Investigative Mechanism before voting on the extension of the mandate The investigation by the...
New York State bans e-cigs from public places in latest crackdown on smoking
October 24th, 20170 NEW YORK - Electronic cigarettes, the popular vapor substitute to traditional tobacco cigarettes, will soon be banned from public indoor spaces in New York state — just like the real thing. Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill to ban e-cigs anywhere cigarettes are already prohibited, like workplaces, restaurants and bars. The...
New school in Lebanon offers education for Syrian refugee girls
October 24th, 20170 BAR ELIAS, Lebanon ― A new girls’ school for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s poor Bekaa region is aiming to give girls from conservative backgrounds the chance at a formal education. Gaining access to education in general is difficult for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, but for girls from socially conservative families who disapprove of...
Detroit approves $125 million of bonds to revitalize neighborhoods
October 24th, 20170 DETROIT - The Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved nearly $125 million of bonds to finance road and other projects aimed at revitalizing neighborhood commercial corridors. The 9-0 vote sends the borrowing to the Detroit Financial Review Commission, a state oversight board created as part of the city’s bankruptcy exit plan, and...
Meijer recall, listeria contamination
October 23rd, 20170 DEARBORN--A recall has been issued by Meijer Inc. for over 30 packaged produce items dating from September 27 through October 20. The items listed below may have been contaminated with listeria, and the items will are getting pulled from Meijer stores immediately. Also in October, Trader Joe's recalled a salad item, and Walmart had......
Trump to allow release of JFK assassination files
October 23rd, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Trump said on Saturday that, subject to receipt of further information, he planned to allow the opening of long-secret files on the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy due for release next week. Politico magazine earlier quoted Trump administration and other U.S. government officials as...
Lebanese court issues death sentence over 1982 Gemayel assassination
October 22nd, 20170 BEIRUT ― Lebanon’s top court on Friday sentenced Habib Shartouni to death for the 1982 assassination of president-elect Bashir Gemayel, an event that was a turning point in Lebanon’s 15-year civil war. Shartouni, a member of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP), admitted his part in the bombing in the 1980s and was tried......
Poll reveals shift in American attitudes towards Middle East policies
October 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A poll released this month indicates that about 75 percent of Americans surveyed believe the United States should remain engaged in the Middle East, with about 50 percent of those saying the U.S. should stay engaged while allowing for those in the Middle East to resolve their conflicts. The remaining 25 percent of...
Nationwide underage human trafficking operation recovers 84 minors
October 21st, 20170 DETROIT — The Federal Bureau of Investigation Division in Detroit (FBI) issued a statement on Wednesday, that the FBI, along with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), rescued 84 minors from human traffickers, and 120 traffickers were arrested. The operation was conducted nation- wide titled "Operation Cross...
Trump administration weighs tighter vetting for women, children refugees
October 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON/NEW YORK — The Trump administration is considering tightening the vetting process for women and children seeking to enter the United States as refugees, a proposal that if adopted would bring security checks closer to those for adult men, three sources with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. The plan could slow down...
Suicide bombers attack two Afghan mosques, at least 72 dead
October 20th, 20170 KABUL- Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 72 people including children, officials and witnesses said. One bomber walked into a Shi‘ite Muslim mosque in the capital Kabul as people were praying on Friday night and detonated an explosive, one of the worshippers......
Dearborn’s Iris Becker Elementary honored as blue ribbon school
October 20th, 20170 By Farah Harb The Arab American News - intern DEARBORN — The U.S. Department of Education recently recognized Iris Becker Elementary School as a 2017 Blue Ribbon School. The school, one of 13 out of 342 nationwide to be so honored, is the first from Dearborn to receive the award. "Here at Becker, we set the bar very high,...
Blankets of Hope event aids young cancer patients
October 20th, 20170 By Dalia Sukari The Arab American News - intern DEARBORN — On Friday, October 13, the United Network of Islam (U.N.I) hosted a Blankets of Hope event at the Islamic Center of America on Ford Road. The U.N.I's mission is to foster faith, unity and leadership within the community by drawing inspirational lessons from important......
NFL policy on anthem kneeling unchanged, despite Trump rebuke
October 19th, 20170 NEW YORK - National Football League officials weighed the fervor of players protesting racism against President Trump’s anger at their autumn meeting on Tuesday with supporters of the players kneeling outside in solidarity. The NFL did not seek commitments from its players to stop kneeling during pregame renditions of the U.S....
White man charged with hate crime in black Army officer’s murder in Maryland
October 18th, 20170 A white man was indicted on a hate crime charge on Tuesday in the stabbing death of a newly commissioned black U.S. Army officer on the University of Maryland campus in May, a county prosecutor said. Sean Urbanski, 22, of Severna Park, Maryland, had already been indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge for the death of......
