Nick Meyer
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Syrian refugee’s falafel shop offering free meals to federal workers
January 17th, 20190 KNOXVILLE, TN - The ongoing government shutdown has made life difficult for hundreds of thousands of government workers whose paychecks have been put on hold. But one Tennessee restaurant is taking it upon itself to feed those affected, making the decision to provide free meals to help the community that has supported it for so...
Hookah smoking linked to diabetes and obesity, major new study finds
January 16th, 20190 For years, supporters of hookah smoking have argued that the process is much healthier than cigarettes, because of its ability to purify tobacco smoke by passing it through water. But a new study of nearly 10,000 people from the United Kingdom is casting doubt on those assertions, finding that smoking hookah “significantly...
Driver who killed Abbas family had blood alcohol level four times the legal limit
January 16th, 20190 LEXINGTON, KY — Georgetown, Kentucky resident Joey Lee Bailey had a blood alcohol content level nearly four times the legal limit when his pickup truck struck an SUV carrying the Abbas family of Northville on January 6, a Fayette County coroner has found. Bailey's BAC measured at .306 according to a report from Kentucky.com, as...
Nabih Ayad elected chairman of Wayne County Airport Authority Board
January 16th, 20192 ROMULUS — Arab American attorney Nabih Ayad was elected as the new chairman of the Wayne County Airport Authority Board today, a little over four years after he was first appointed to the board by former Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano in November 2014. Ayad, who has previously served as the board's secretary, is...
Dearborn museum shows off stolen artifact recovered by FBI after 60 years
January 15th, 20190 DEARBORN — Media, residents, and history buffs alike gathered at the Dearborn Historical Museum's Commander's Quarters on Tuesday, as FBI and other officials showed off a newly recovered item with significant historical ties to the city. The item, an oxen powder horn made in 1757 and stolen from the Dearborn Historical Museum in...
Wayne County Circuit Judge Evans announces abrupt retirement on social media
January 15th, 20190 DETROIT — Wayne County Third Circuit Court judge Vonda Evans abruptly announced her retirement on Monday, January 14, at a time when she was facing a suspension from the Judicial Tenure Commission. “There comes a time when you have to make a decision. Do we turn the page or do we close the book?” Evans said in a tearful...
Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard announces run for president in 2020
January 14th, 20190 With the 2020 presidential race less than 22 months away, Democrat Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has decided to make her candidacy official. Gabbard announced her intention to run this past Friday on CNN's 'The Van Jones Show,' on an episode that was slated to air Saturday night. “There are a lot of reasons for me to make this...
Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun lands in Canada after Trudeau grants her asylum
January 13th, 20190 TORONTO — Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun tweeted an image of herself with the caption “third country – I did it” on Friday, January 11 next to an airplane, as she landed in Toronto to begin the next phase of her life. The 18-year-old had been barricaded inside a Bangkok, Thailand hotel room to avoid deportation and...
Syrian refugee’s falafel restaurant named ‘The Nicest Place in America’
January 10th, 20190 KNOXVILLE, TN — The restaurant Yassin's Falafel House here has officially been named 'The Nicest Place in America' by Reader's Digest and Good Morning America. Good Morning America host Robin Roberts made the announcement on Thursday to owner Yassin Terou, who traveled to New York in hopes of winning. Nearly 500 people submitted...
Sam Baydoun sworn in as new Wayne County commissioner for Dearborn area
January 10th, 20191 DETROIT — Democrat Sam Baydoun of Dearborn was officially sworn in as the 13th District Wayne County Commission representative on Jan. 8, during the commission's organizational meeting for the new year. Baydoun, who represents the 13th District, was elected to a two-year term during the Nov. 6 general election and received the...
Congresswoman Dingell Honors Abbas Family on House Floor, Introduces Bill to Stop Drunk Driving
January 10th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC – With people throughout Metro Detroit still reeling from recent news of the horrific car accident that took the lives of the Abbas family of Northville, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell took to the House floor today to memorialize them, and to introduce new legislation to stop drunk driving. “In every sense of the...
Minnesota congresswoman becomes first to don hijab after 181 year-old law is changed
January 9th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newly elected Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was sworn in on Thursday, January 3, the same day as fellow American Muslim Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. While the soft-spoken Omar did not grab as many headlines as Tlaib did with her comments in the past month, she did usher in a new rule change that will have a...
Wrong-way driver who killed Arab American family identified, suspected to be driving drunk
January 8th, 20190 LEXINGTON, KY — The man accused of killing a local Arab American family of five in Kentucky has been identified as Joey Lee Bailey, a report from FOX 2 News said. Bailey, was allegedly driving drunk in a Chevy pickup truck on the wrong way of I-75 for miles before hitting the Abbas family of Northville's SUV head-on in the early...
Michigan Supreme Court appoints new chief judge for Dearborn Court
January 7th, 20190 DEARBORN – The 19th District Court has announced the appointment of Gene Hunt as chief judge, a position in which he serves on Wayne County's second largest district court, effective January 1. The chief judge serves as the presiding officer of the court and also has “administrative superintending power and control over the...
Local Arab American family killed in wrong way driver crash in Kentucky
January 6th, 20190 LEXINGTON, KY — Six people were killed in the early hours of January 6 morning here as part of a wrong-way crash on I-75, police confirmed. Among them were Issam Abbas, Dr. Rima Abbas, and their three children. According to a report from LEX 18 in Kentucky, the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. near the 107 mile marker. The......
Amazon pulls offensive doormats with Islamic religious text after several complaints
January 4th, 20191 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, CAIR, welcomed a decision from retailer Amazon to removal numerous doormats, bath mats and other items imprinted with Islamic calligraphy, references to the Prophet Muhammad and verses from the Qu'ran, Islam's holy book, according to a press...
Rashida Tlaib shakes up Capitol Hill, calls for Trump’s impeachment
January 4th, 20194 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just hours after being sworn into Congress, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) shook up Capitol Hill by calling for President Trump's impeachment and repeating an expletive she used against him following her election in November. The comments were made to a crowd at an event sponsored by MoveOn, a progressive public......
African migrants told to leave by Israeli government or face imprisonment
January 4th, 20190 The Israeli government has reportedly issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment, according to BBC News. In return for leaving the country within the next 90 days, each migrant will be given up to $3,500, the report said, adding that they will be given the option of returning to...
Dearborn Police officer involved in collision while chasing stolen car
January 3rd, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A Dearborn police officer was involved in a collision while driving through the intersection of Ford Road and Beech Daly on Wednesday around noon, according to a press release from Dearborn Police. The on-duty officer was responding to a call for backup from another officer who was following a...
FDA approves two new cancer treatments after fast tracked reviews
December 30th, 20180 The new cancer drugs Vitrakvi and Xospata were approved this past week after expedited reviews according to a report from CNN, with one expected to make an impact on the treatment options for childhood patients and the other for adults. Vitrakvi, which was approved this past Monday, was approved for both adult and pediatric cancer...
Beaumont program teaches dangers of distracted driving to teens
December 30th, 20180 TRENTON — Distracted driving is fast becoming one of the biggest health risks in the United States, with countless people endangering the lives of others while staring at their cell phones or other devices. Each day in the U.S., about nine people are killed and over 1,000 more are injured in crashes that involve a distracted driver,......
Snyder vetoes controversial GOP power play proposal, 40 other lame-duck bills
December 30th, 20180 LANSING — Governor Rick Snyder rejected 41 lame-duck bills on Friday according to a report from the Detroit Free Press, including a measure that would have given Republican-led lawmakers more authority to intervene in legal battles next year, in anticipation of Democrats taking over top posts within the state. The proposal was...
Immigrants to high-income countries may be healthier than native-born people
December 29th, 20180 A new research review has suggested that international migrants who come to high income countries to work, study or join families are less likely to die prematurely than people born in their new homelands, according to a report from Reuters. “Migrants to rich countries have lower rates of death due to most major disease areas......
Study: Sleeplessness on the rise among U.S. adults
December 28th, 20180 The number of U.S. adults battling sleeplessness is on the rise according to a new long-term survey and analysis of nearly 400,000 participants, which found that one-third slept less than six hours a night. The study, undertaken by lead author Connor Sheehan of Arizona State University in Tempe and his team, collected and examined...
Do women in hijabs have a greater risk of vitamin D deficiency?
December 24th, 20181 The late fall and winter months bring a whole new set of challenges with them, especially health concerns present during this time of the year. One of the biggest reasons for increased levels of the flu and other sicknesses during the fall and winter months is the pronounced lack of sunlight, exposure to which helps the human body to......
