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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...
Second federal judge blocks Trump’s curbs on travel to U.S.
October 18th, 20170 WASHINGTON - A second U.S. federal judge has blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on people entering the United States from eight countries, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s third bid to impose travel restrictions. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, in a ruling issued...
VIDEO: Kuwaiti delegation kicks Israeli delegation from the International Parliament Summit
October 18th, 20170 SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia – Kuwaiti delegation kicked the Israeli delegation out of the International Parliament Summit held this Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Russia. With crowds cheering for Marzouq Al-Ghanim, the Speaker of the Kuwaiti Parliament, who called them “oppressors” and “children killers.” The Israeli delegation...
Family of dead Muslim recruit sues Marines for $100 million
October 18th, 20170 TAYLOR, MI — The family of a Muslim Marine recruit from Taylor who died in a fall at boot camp last year after allegedly being hazed and abused is suing the government for $100 million for his death, claiming "negligence on multiple levels of command." The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit claims the Marines...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Americans will ‘be begging for four more years of President Trump’
October 18th, 20170 WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that she expects America is going to be “begging” for a second Donald Trump term in about three years. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that the Trump administration is going to have plenty of major achievements by the end of the term Sanders, during an appearance with......
Major study shows mind still works after the body shows no sign of life
October 18th, 20170 When you die you know you're dead: Major study shows mind still works after the body shows no sign of life Death just became even more scary: scientists say people are aware they’re dead because their consciousness continues to work after the body has stopped showing signs of life. That means that, theoretically, someone may even...
Study: Refugees contributed $295M to Michigan’s economy and provided hundreds of jobs in 2016
October 18th, 20170 WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI - Refugees in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties are contributing to the region's economy and helping grow its population, according to a new study released Tuesday. The study by Global Detroit and the University of Michigan's School of Public Policy said, over the past decade, about 21,000 refugees......
Mother cooked two sons alive in oven and sent video to father
October 18th, 20170 ATLANTA - A mother has been accused of murdering her youngest sons by “by placing them in an oven and turning it on”, before sending footage of the aftermath to their father. Lamora Williams allegedly burned her two-year-old son Ke’Younte Penn and one-year-old baby Ja’Karter Williams to death at her home in Atlanta, the city's...
A man faces death penalty for raping and killing a Muslim teenage girl on way to mosque
October 18th, 20170 FAIRFAX, VA - A man is facing the death penalty after he was charged with raping and murdering a Muslim teenager as she was heading to a mosque with friends. Darwin Torres, 22, attacked 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen and a group of her friends in Sterling, Virginia, after they had eaten a meal together following a day-long fast during...
Federal Judge blocks Trump’s third iteration of travel ban
October 17th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON—A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States, which would have taken effect this week. The open-ended ban, announced last month, targeted people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and...
Raqqa, ISIS’s Syrian HQ has fallen
October 17th, 20170 RAQQA, Syria ― U.S.-backed militias in Syria have declared victory over ISIS in its capital Raqqa, a milestone in the fight to roll back the theocratic “caliphate” declared in 2014. The city Sunni militant group ISIS overran Raqqa in January 2014, seizing control from rebel factions opposed to the rule of Syrian President Bashar......
Lebanon president: Syrian refugees should return to homeland’s calmer areas
October 16th, 20170 BEIRUT ― Lebanon can no longer handle vast numbers of Syrian refugees, its president said on Monday, urging world powers to help them return to the calmer parts of their war-torn homeland. More than six years into the Syrian war, 1.5 million refugees who fled the violence now account for a quarter of Lebanon’s population. Lebanese...
Trump hostility set to deepen Iran power struggles
October 15th, 20170 ANKARA - Iranians quickly closed ranks against a hawkish new U.S. approach to Tehran, but Iran’s powerful hardliners are set to exploit the latest dispute with Washington to weaken domestic rivals who are open to the West, analysts and insiders say. President Donald Trump’s warning on Friday that he might ultimately......
WHO report: Child and teen obesity soars tenfold worldwide in 40 years
October 13th, 20170 GENEVA —The number of obese children and adolescents worldwide has jumped tenfold in the past 40 years and the rise is accelerating in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Asia, a major study said on Wednesday. Childhood and teen obesity rates have leveled off in the United States, north-western Europe and other rich...
For some kids, bullying may not leave lasting mental scars
October 13th, 20170 Children who are bullied during their pre-teen years may experience mental health issues like anxiety and depression, but a study of twins suggests that some victims may not experience lasting psychological problems. Researchers examined data on about 11,000 twins born in England and Wales from 1994 to 1996. The youth completed......
