Evans stresses diversity and rebuilding message at State of the County address
March 16th, 20180 By Georgi-Ann Bargamian New Michigan Media Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans delivered a strong diversity and rebuilding message at his 2018 State of the County address before a packed invitation-only crowd at the Detroit Film Theatre. Co-hosted by the Arab-American Chamber of Commerce, the March 13 address contained...
With #Enough posters, students in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and across the nation protested against gun violence
March 16th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News DEARBORN – On the one month anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students in various high schools across the country walked out for 17 minutes to protest gun violence with placards and T-shirts that read #Enough. The cold...
Nursing home sued for mistreating elderly Arab has history of poor care
March 16th, 20180 LIVONIA — Hussein Younes, 89, grew up in Lebanon and immigrated to the United States in the 1990s. He was a patient at Autumnwood of Livonia in 2015 until his son placed a hidden camera in his room, discovered proof of abuse and pulled him out of the facility immediately. Salim Younes placed the camera by his father’s bedside...
Trump fires State Sec. Tillerson after clashes, taps CIA Director Pompeo
March 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. ― President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing his chief diplomat with loyalist CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The biggest shakeup of Trump’s Cabinet since he took office in January 2017 was announced by the...
Florida lawmakers pass gun-school safety bill three weeks after massacre
March 9th, 20180 TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers, spurred by last month's deadly high school shooting, gave final passage on Wednesday to a bill to raise the legal age for buying rifles, impose a three-day waiting period on all gun sales and allow the arming of some school employees. Swift action in the Republican-controlled State House, where the...
Trump sets steel and aluminum tariffs, exempts Canada and Mexico
March 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump pressed ahead on Thursday with import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent for aluminum, but exempted Canada and Mexico and offered the possibility of excluding other allies, backtracking from an earlier "no-exceptions" stance. Describing the dumping of steel and aluminum in the U.S....
Justice Department sues California over ‘sanctuary’ policies
March 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO — The Justice Department sued the state of California over so-called "sanctuary" policies that try to protect illegal immigrants against deportation, ramping up a confrontation over whether local police should enforce federal law. The lawsuit, filed late Tuesday in federal court in Sacramento, the California...
Canton student charged with terrorism and bomb threats
March 9th, 20180 CANTON — 17-year old Brendan James Sibel was arraigned on Wednesday in 35th District Court on two counts of terrorism threat, a 20-year felony, and two counts of bomb threat, a four-year felony. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office issued the charges following a police investigation that began early this week, when students at...
CMU student charged with killing parents moved to jail
March 9th, 20180 MOUNT PLEASANT — A 19-year-old student accused of killing his parents at Central Michigan University has been transferred to jail from a hospital. Records show that James Davis Jr. was moved to the Isabella County jail on Wednesday. He heard the murder charges against him while in a hospital bed this week. Authorities say Davis...
Hamtramck free from emergency management
March 9th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News HAMTRAMCK — The financial emergency in Hamtramck has been resolved, putting the city out of emergency management and under the guidance of a transition board. In the past 14 years, Hamtramck has overcome two financial crises, under the direction of an emergency manager. In June 2013,...
Judge dismisses Trustee Hussein Berry’s lawsuit over colleague’s appointment
March 9th, 20180 DEARBORN — A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a member of the Dearborn Board of Education against the school district over the appointment of its newest trustee. Trustee Hussein Berry filed the lawsuit on June 26 after the new trustee, Celia Nasser, was sworn in by 19th District Court Chief Judge Sam...
Activists march in Washington to protest U.S. support for Israel
March 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON D.C. — On March 4, hundreds chanted "Free, Free Palestine" as they marched from the north lawn of the White House to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) held its annual policy conference. AIPAC's website describes the conference as, "the largest gathering...
Gubernatorial candidates meet with residents
March 9th, 20180 DETROIT — Thousands of people attended the sanctuary of Detroit's Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church on March 3 to hear from four of the gubernatorial candidates. According to Miunited.org, Democrats Bill Cobbs, Abdul El-Sayed and Gretchen Whitmer were joined by Republican Patrick Colbeck in discussions about criminal justice reform,...
Dearborn police seek public’s help in search for Corvette thieves
March 7th, 20180 Dearborn — Police are seeking the public's help in identifying suspects involved in the theft of two Corvette cars, one of which was later recovered. On March 7 at approximately 3 a.m., the Dearborn Police responded to the area of Rotunda and Miller on a report of several stolen vehicles. On scene officers spoke to a witness who...
Richard Spencer speaks to small crowd at Michigan State following fights and arrests
March 6th, 20180 LANSING - Three Michigan State University police officers and one state trooper were injured Monday during a raucous protest outside white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech that resulted in 25 arrests, according to a police spokesman. MSU Police Capt. Doug Monette described the injuries as “minor” but did not elaborate. The......
Dearborn welcomes 15 new firefighters, none are Arab Americans
March 6th, 20180 DEARBORN – The city of Dearborn recently welcomed two groups of firefighters during swearing-in ceremonies at the Dearborn Administrative Center. On Feb. 5, Mayor John B. O’Reilly joined Fire Chief Joseph Murray, Deputy Fire Chief Joey Thorington and Assistant Fire Chief D.J. Begeman in recognizing Nolan Arnold, Kevin Lauer,...
Treasury: Hamtramck Released from Receivership
March 3rd, 20180 State Oversight Board Abolished, Full Local Control Re-Established LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri today announced the city of Hamtramck has been released from receivership under the Local Financial Stability and Choice Act and dissolved the Hamtramck Receivership Transition Advisory Board (RTAB). The state......
2 dead, suspect at large after shooting at Central Michigan University
March 2nd, 20180 MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — Two people have been confirmed dead in a shooting at Central Michigan University. Michigan State Police confirmed that two people have been shot and killed. The victims are not students, according to campus police. There were no other injuries. "We believe this situation was a domestic-type incident," campus...
Indiana University survey: In polarized political climate, public looks to Congress for compromise
March 2nd, 20180 BLOOMINGTON, IN — Politicians in Washington may say they are doing the public's bidding in Congress, but the people lean towards the view that Congress is more polarized than the citizenry, according to a survey of public attitudes about Congress and public affairs conducted by the Indiana University Center on Representative...
Pothole crisis? State legislature, city officials battle frail infrastructure with little funds
March 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN — The conversation around upgrading an aging infrastructure is taking center stage around the nation and especially in Michigan, where lead-contaminated water pipes have poisoned an entire city, mold grows in middle school classrooms and bad weather makes for deadly potholes. Weak roads, coupled with drastic thawing of...
New U.S. attorney promises protection of civil rights, community outreach
March 2nd, 20180 "Barbara McQuade did a fantastic job with community outreach. What I would like to do is continue with that tradition. I want to be accessible to people in the community." DEARBORN — In barely two months at his new job, Matthew Schneider, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, has set the tone of his......
Anchor Stephen Clark retires from Channel 7 Action News
February 27th, 20181 SOUTHFIELD, MI – In a career that has spanned more than four decades, journalist Stephen Clark will tell you he’s just about done it all. Now, after 16 years as an anchor and multi-platform journalist at WXYZ and WMYD, Stephen Clark will retire from 7 Action News on Wednesday, February 28. “Stephen has been a valued member of...
Dearborn Heights Police adds two officers to their force including an Arab American
February 27th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - The Dearborn Heights Police Department announced on February 26 the addition of two new police officers to their force . The two new officers were sworn-in in a ceremony held at the Dearborn Heights City Hall in the presence of Mayor Dan Paletko and Police Chief Lee Gavin. The two officers that joined the police......
Westland resident, 38, charged in shooting death of Dearborn man
February 27th, 20180 DEARBORN - A 38-year-old Westland resident is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a Dearborn man. On Monday February 26, 2018, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office approved the following charges for Robert Gonzalez: Murder 1 Felony Firearm Felon in Possession of a Firearm Habitual 4th...
Philly hoops player benched over hijab wants rules changed
February 27th, 20180 Philadelphia — Nashihah Thompson-King, 16, played basketball for Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus all season long while wearing her hijab. That’s why it came as a shock when, on Feb. 16, with one minute 45 seconds to go in a playoff game, the honors students was told by a female referee that she could not continue to play......
