Nick Meyer
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Marvel Comics to debut new Arab American superhero from Dearborn in March
December 31st, 20190 DEARBORN — A new Arab American superhero named Amulet (AKA Fadi Fadlallah) is expected to debut in March, bringing diversity and intrigue to the country's most famous line of comics. The character, who is set to make his debut in the 13th issue of Magnificent Ms. Marvel is the creation of the book's current author Saladin Ahmed and...
Year in review 2019: National controversies involving Trump, the BDS movement and Tlaib take center stage
December 31st, 20190 It's been a eventful 2019 in regards to national stories involving or affecting the Arab American community, with President Trump, U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) among those making headlines along with a series of controversies involving the BDS movement, Israel's occupation of Palestine and more. The...
Study finds that consuming more dairy does not appear to impact longevity
December 26th, 20190 A recent study has found that people who consume relatively large amounts of milk, cheese and yogurt may not necessarily live any longer than those who don't, according to a report from Reuters Health. For the study, which was published in the British Medical Journal, researchers examined data on total dairy consumption for more than...
Privacy concerns pushing people across the world to change their behavior online, new poll finds
December 26th, 20190 TBILISI — People across the world are changing their behavior online in order to elude tracking, a new survey of almost 10,000 people in nine countries has found. More than seven in 10 respondents to the survey said they were worried about how tech firms collected and used their personal data, a Reuters report stated. About half...
New Metro Airport program allows non-travelers through security checkpoints to surprise family members during holiday season
December 26th, 20190 ROMULUS — A new program allowing non-travelers to visit loved ones beyond the security checkpoint in two terminals began last month at Detroit Metro Airport and is expected to run through the holiday season until the beginning of 2020. The program, dubbed “DTW Destination Pass”, is the result of loosened regulations by the...
Chicago named most welcoming U.S. city for immigrants, Detroit comes in 14th overall
December 26th, 20190 CHICAGO — Detroit is the 14th most welcoming city for immigrants in the United States, according to a list of rankings compiled by New American Economy, a bipartisan research group dedicated to comprehensive immigration reform. Chicago came in number one in this year's rankings of 100 cities, followed by Chula Vista, California,...
Free opening reception to be held at Michigan-Dearborn for “Halal Metropolis” series of art exhibitions
December 26th, 20190 DEARBORN — “Halal Metropolis”, a traveling series of exhibitions by artist Osman Khan, photographer Razi Jafri and historian Sally Howell, will debut at the University of Michigan-Dearborn's installation in the Stamelos Gallery Center next month. The installation will highlight the role that food, fashion and holiday...
United States government sues CVS for fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid
December 24th, 20190 NEW YORK — The CVS Health Corporation and its Omnicare unit were sued on Tuesday of last week by the U.S. government, which accused them of violating the federal False Claims Act. The allegations state that CVS illegally dispensed drugs to tens of thousands of patients in assisted living facilities, group homes for people with...
What happens next? President Trump impeached on abuse of power and obstruction of congress charges
December 24th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 45th president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, was officially impeached by the House of Representatives this past Wednesday for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in history to face the possibility of removal by the Senate. The other two presidents...
Former Moroccan ambassador to the U.S., two others charged with visa fraud
December 24th, 20190 NEW YORK — Former Moroccan ambassador to the United States Abdeslam Jaidi, his ex-wife Maria Luisa Estrella and her brother Ramon Singson have been charged by prosecutors in New York with visa fraud, a report from Voice of America said. The defendants have accused of bringing of bringing workers to the United States using fake...
Local leaders question Secretary of State Benson’s visit to Israel, the second by a Michigan political leader in less than a month
December 21st, 20190 LANSING — A little less than a month after Gov. Whitmer visited Israel to attend events and conduct business with technology based companies, Michigan.gov announced that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was also visiting as part of a bipartisan delegation from the National Association of Secretaries of State this Monday. Her trip...
Michigan releases 2019 list of most dangerous toys
December 19th, 20190 LANSING — Not all holiday toys are created equal, according to a new list of hazardous toys released by the state and Attorney General Dana Nessel. “Every three minutes, a child is treated in a U.S. emergency room for a toy-related injury and because of this risk, it’s important that we share a few tips on how to make informed...
Dingell leads group of House members in call to extend Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis
December 19th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) led a group of House members in calling on the Trump administration to urgently extend and re-designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen due to the ongoing armed conflict within the country. Yemen's TPS status expires on January 3, adding to the urgency of the...
Poll finds 90 percent of Americans expected to celebrate Christmas, including sizable number of Michigan Muslims
December 17th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A projected 9 in 10 Americans are expected to celebrate Christmas this year, even though an estimated 30 percent of the population is not Christian, a new study has found. Altogether, about 50 percent of Americans expect to attend church for this year's holiday according to the study titled "How Americans...
Oakland County Commission passes resolution in support of “drivers licenses for all”, including undocumented residents
December 17th, 20191 OAKLAND COUNTY — The Oakland County Commission passed a resolution supporting the Drive SAFE bills, a package of bills introduced in the legislature in late October, on Thursday, December 12. Senate Bills 631 and 632 and House Bills 5192 and 5193 were introduced with the intent of returning drivers licenses to undocumented......
Extensive fraud scheme allegedly carried out by Detroit man halted by Nessel, DHHS inspector general
December 17th, 20190 LANSING — Mark Anthony Dodd, aka Mack Dodd or Marco Jones, 53 of Detroit, has been charged with 29 felony theft-related crimes stemming from an alleged fraudulent scheme to rip off the state. Dodd is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the state through fraudulent applications with Medicaid and food assistance programs. He...
Attorney General Nessel investigating earphone businesses accused of deceiving customers
December 13th, 20190 LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced her office is investigating two related Grand Rapids businesses — Blvck Pods, LLC and BlcvkedPods, LLC, which sell wireless earphones and earbuds online. The two Michigan companies have been the subject of numerous complaints from consumers around the world who believed......
Report: Minorities, including Arab Americans, make up increasingly high number of drug overdose deaths in Wayne County
December 13th, 20190 DETROIT — A new preliminary report on drug overdoses in Wayne County has predicted that the number of deaths will stay the same this year, but stats on deaths affecting communities of color could increase according to the most recent trends. The majority of the deceased in 2018 were White residents in their 40s. However, there was...
Brown University advisory committee recommends divestment from companies supporting the Israeli occupation
December 10th, 20190 PROVIDENCE, RI — Brown University's Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies (ACCRIP) voted to recommend that the university withdraw support for companies that are “facilitating human rights violations in Palestine” on December 2, a press release from the Brown Divest! student organization said, making it the...
Muhammad makes the list of top 10 U.S. baby names for first time ever
December 9th, 20190 SAN FRANCISCO — The name Muhammad has become one of the top 10 most popular baby names for boys in the United States this year, surging to the number 10 spot after coming in 14th in 2018. The name has been steadily climbing up the charts according to the San Francisco-based parenting website BabyCenter, which compiled the data. It...
Former Alex Jones staffer admits to fabricating information on “Sharia law” for popular conspiracy website InfoWars
December 8th, 20190 A former staff member for Alex Jones' conspiracy site Infowars has admitted to fabricating information to create stories written out-of-context to fit a false narrative about the threat of Sharia law in the United States. The man, former video editor Josh Owens, said that he soon left after one particular assignment that utilized the......
Arab American supporters of Bernie Sanders organize volunteers at Dearborn campaign event
December 8th, 20191 DEARBORN — Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gathered at the Arab American National Museum on Tuesday, November 26 as part of an official campaign event for the Vermont senator, who won the Michigan Democratic primary for president in 2016. The event, titled “Arab Americans for Bernie”, was sponsored...
Arab American named president of the medical staff at Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital
December 7th, 20190 GROSSE POINTE — Amer M. Alame, an Arab American physician who went to high school in Lebanon before attending college at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, was named president of the medical staff at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe. The hospital offers medical, surgical, emergency, obstetric and critical care services, and......
More Americans are dying young, Journal of the American Medical Association report finds
December 5th, 20190 CHICAGO —The highest relative jump in death rates from 2010 to 2017, 29 percent, has been recorded among people ages 25 to 34, a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found. Overall life expectancy in the United States has also dropped for three consecutive years according to the study, which...
Dearborn Schools parents can now check grades, report absences via app
December 4th, 20190 DEARBORN —Parents from Dearborn Public Schools can now report their children's absences and check student grades, attendance and more from a phone or tablet. The features are available through the Q Parent Connection app on Google Play or iTunes and the app may be set up using the same ID number and password they use for Parent......
