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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......
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......
