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Detroit’s HUDA Clinic continues its mission of charitable, holistic community care
March 20th, 20210 DETROIT - 2021 should be a transformative year for HUDA Clinic in Detroit. Located near the Highland Park enclave in Detroit, the free clinic has been providing essential medical and psychological care services to the low income communities in Detroit and Hamtramck for almost two decades. The urgency of that care only intensified...
Judge denies motion to dismiss criminal charges against Snyder in Flint prosecution
March 18th, 20211 LANSING — The prosecution led by Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in the Flint water crisis won a motion in Genesee County Court on Thursday. A Genesee County district court judge denied a motion to dismiss criminal charges against former Governor Rick Snyder for his role in the...
Survey shows difficulty faced by working parents for online learning, strong support among Republican parents for return to school
March 12th, 20210 A Gallup poll released Thursday shows particularly strong support among parents who identify as Republican to get their children back in classrooms for in-person learning. The poll results are based on self-administered web surveys conducted Feb. 14-21, with a random sample of 860 adults, aged 18 and older, who are parents of students...
Roadblocks cleared in Lebanon after week of protests
March 12th, 20210 BEIRUT — Growing resentment and outrage among the Lebanese led to eight days of protests this week, with protesters using burnt tires to block roadways across the country in anger over the nation's economic meltdown and political deadlock amid a pandemic lockdown. The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it had started clearing...
What does the new COVID relief law mean for federal unemployment benefits?
March 11th, 20210 Millions of unemployed Americans will see no interruption in their supplemental weekly federal unemployment benefits, after President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill on Thursday. The new law means nearly one-third of American households who are currently unemployed or will lose their job this summer will...
Senators seek to make daylight saving time permanent as more states try to end time changes
March 11th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new bill introduce by a group of U.S. senators seeks to end yearly time changes by making daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time. The bill would allow states with areas exempt from daylight saving time choose the standard time for those areas. The bill, known as the “Sunshine Protection Act...
Michigan ends Extended Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits
March 9th, 20210 LANSING — Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) announced on its website Monday the ending of unemployment extensions for those receiving Extended Benefits (EB) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The EB program gave Michiganders 20 additional weeks of unemployment benefits since it began in October. The...
First case of South Africa variant identified in Michigan
March 8th, 20210 MICHIGAN — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has identified the first case of COVID-19 variant originally identified in South Africa, in a boy living in Jackson County. The state’s health department is investigating close contacts and if there are additional cases associated with this case. The...
CDC: Vaccinated people can socialize without masks, distancing
March 8th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced new guidelines that say people who are fully vaccinated — meaning two weeks after they have received the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine — can safely gather with friends or family who are...
Poll reveals Whitmer, Trump, Biden favorability ratings; trust level in vaccine
March 6th, 20210 LANSING — The survey research firm EPIC-MRA has released a statewide poll of active and likely November 2022 voters. The poll, completed on Feb. 25, sought to understand favorability ratings of various state and federal officials, on both sides of the aisle, and people’s opinions on important socio-economic issues like the...
Activist wins defamation suit brought against her by Israeli soldier over FB post
March 5th, 20213 CALIFORNIA — Palestinian activist Suhair Nafal has won a defamation lawsuit brought against her by a former Israeli soldier who claimed Nafal’s Facebook post objecting to Israeli war crimes defamed and slandered her. The former Israeli soldier, Rebecca Rumshiskaya, sued Nafal in September over a viral Facebook post she published...
State Rep. Hammoud says funding for bridges an uphill battle in legislature
March 5th, 20210 DEARBORN — Governor Whitmer made an appearance Wednesday at the Miller-Rotunda Bridge in Dearborn with county and city officials. The visit to the aging bridge highlights the governor’s long-standing promise to inject repair funds into the state’s crumbling roadways and infrastructure. Whitmer discussed her “Bridge...
Delta employee tells man who missed flight he may have been flagged due to his Muslim name
March 5th, 20212 ST. LOUIS, MO — The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this week an incident involving a Muslim man who says a Delta Air Lines employee told him he may have missed his flight at the city’s airport because he was flagged for his middle name. Abdallah Mohammed Eid, 28, a St. Louis native, posted a video of his interaction with the...
Attorney Rabih Hamawi celebrates four-year anniversary, $7.6 million recovered for clients
March 4th, 20210 SOUTHFIELD — In its four years in practice, the Law Office of Rabih Hamawi has recovered over $7.6 million on behalf of its clients in fire, property damage, and insurance-coverage cases, something Hamawi is proud of. Hamawi founded his Southfield-based law firm in February 2017. “The firm was established to fight for those who...
Fewer people will receive full $1,400 payments under Senate, Biden deal
March 3rd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under a deal struck with President Biden, Senate Democrats plan to give $1,400 direct payments to fewer Americans, as part of the government's latest COVID-19 relief bill. Under the new agreement: Individuals who make up to $75,000 will still get the full $1,400, while the amount will reduce at incomes above......
Biden, Dems, hide behind Senate rules to abandon $15 minimum wage
March 2nd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Democratic party has effectively abandoned a push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of President Biden’s coronavirus relief legislation, despite wide popularity of the measure among Americans. Democratic leadership, including Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, said the...
Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine could be in arms within two days
March 1st, 20210 Eligible Americans can expect a shot of the new single-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine in their arms in the next day or two, the company’s CEO said on Monday. “We think literally within the next 24 to 48 hours Americans should start receiving shots in arms," Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of J&J, told NBC.......
DTW gets award for customer satisfaction during pandemic
March 1st, 20210 DETROIT — The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) has been recognized for customer service during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Airports Council International (ACI). The ACI rewarded the DTW with the 2020 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award for Best Airport by Size and Region. The award is one of the highest honors in...
Tlaib reintroduces legislation to end discrimination in car insurance rates
February 28th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A proposed legislation would end the car insurance industry’s practice of setting higher rates based on income, credit score, education levels and other factors unrelated to driving history and ability. U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) joined two of her colleagues to reintroduce the bill to ensure...
Science puts into question return to in-person learning, despite Democratic push
February 27th, 20210 A study conducted in elementary schools in a Georgia school district shows mask use and social distancing are sometimes inadequate in controlling the spread of the virus in schools. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cited the study this week, just weeks after it said there was little evidence that schools were...
House Dems pass $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, including $1400 direct payments
February 27th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Democratic controlled House passed a sweeping COVID-19 relief bill early Saturday, by a mostly party-line 219 to 212 vote, and sent it on to the Senate, where Democrats planned a legislative maneuver to allow them to pass it without the support of Republicans. Democrats Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Jared Golden......
Genome study reveals Arab specific genetic risks
February 27th, 20210 DOHA, QATAR — A new study can help with future research into the genetic risk factors that are specific to the Arab population, including those that are shared with other ethnicities. A group of researchers at the Qatar Foundation (QF) have reported the first and largest genetic association study in the Middle East, published...
Vaccines begin showing results, new COVID-19 cases decline and flatten
February 26th, 20210 With a third COVID-19 vaccine around the corner, current vaccination efforts have already begun proving effective in curbing the pandemic in the U.S. and the world. A peer-reviewed Israeli study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine showed the vaccine to be highly effective in preventing symptomatic coronavirus infections under real-world......
D.C. Police chief: Trump supporters want to “blow up” Capitol at State of the Union
February 25th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in D.C. testified this week that Trump supporters want to “blow up” the building and kill “as many members as possible” when President Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. The threat come from groups whose members were part of the deadly...
Whitmer visits Garden City Hospital, observes vaccination efforts
February 25th, 20210 GARDEN CITY — Governor Whitmer traveled to a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Garden City to observe firsthand the collaboration between the hospital and Wayne County to vaccinate eligible residents. The clinic is located in the hospital’s Medical Office Building, 6255 Inkster Road, with services Monday-Friday, during......
