Trump tweets, then Ford announces investment in three Michigan plants
March 28th, 20170 DETROIT- Ford Motor Co on Tuesday said it would invest $1.2 billion in three Michigan facilities and create 130 jobs in projects largely in line with a previous agreement with the United Auto Workers union, hours after President Trump touted a "major investment" by the automaker on Twitter. In January, Ford scrapped plans to build a...
Woman’s lips injected with non-FDA approved product at Dearborn Heights salon
March 27th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — A local woman is suffering from a botched procedure she thought was a temporary cosmetic enhancement "They swell up, canker sores... and it’s just bad,” the woman, named Sue, told WXYZ Detroit. “And it’s just something I have to deal with for the rest of my life." A year ago, Sue, who did not want to go...
Nearly half of the candidates for city positions are Arab Americans
March 24th, 20171 DEARBORN — As the national spotlight on the city intensifies, so have the races for local public office. Last year's election campaigns to replace a Dearborn district court judge and state representative developed into an invigorated engagement among residents, especially as Arab Americans threw their hats in the ring. This year,...
Concerns remain about AK Steel’s environmental impact
March 24th, 20170 DEARBORN — In 2015, The AANews reported on AK Steel's reluctant acceptance to pay $1.35 million to settle air pollution violations. The company, a violator of the Clean Air Act at its Dearborn facility years prior, received further backlash from residents when a temporary penalty failed to institute any structural or lasting reforms...
Muslim activist to host new show on 910 AM Superstation
March 24th, 20170 DETROIT— Detroit native and community organizer Fatima Salman plans to tell the community’s stories as the host of 910 AM Superstation’s show “Between the lines”, which starts March 26. The show will air each Sunday from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. “I’m not in any way, shape or form involved in broadcast journalism or any of that...
Sales drop to impact Ford first-quarter earnings
March 24th, 20170 DETROIT- Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday it expects lower earnings per share in the first quarter and lower pretax profit in 2017 due to higher spending on commodities, warranties and investments and a drop in sales volumes especially fleet sales. Ford shares were down nearly 1 percent at $11.66 in late morning trading after the...
Dearborn Heights City Council votes against sale of golf course
March 24th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The City Council voted against Wayne County's projected sale of the Warren Valley Golf Course. They voted 5 to 1 in opposition of the $1.8 million sale of the golf course to residential developers. According to the resolution, the development "creates potential infrastructure liabilities, potential for flooding...
DPS students can nominate their favorite teachers for outstanding teacher awards
March 24th, 20170 DEARBORN— Hey kids, what time is it? It’s time for Dearborn Public School students to nominate their favorite teachers for the 2017 Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Award. “Nominating a teacher for this award is an outstanding way for students to show their teachers how much they appreciate and value the job...
Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh accepts plea deal with no jail time
March 23rd, 20170 CHICAGO-Rasmea Odeh, a Chicago based former Michigan resident, recently accepted a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney General's Office, according to Bill Goodman, her local attorney. The agreement involved Rasmea leaving the country in exchange for no jail time. "Rasmieh is 69 years old," Goodman said. "Her trial was grueling and...
Police find missing Dearborn boy
March 22nd, 20170 DEARBORN- Dearborn police have found Lukas Brown,the 14-year-old Dearborn boy, who ran away from home after school on Friday. Police asked for people's help after Brown's mother reported him missing on Saturday. At around 8 p.m. Tuesday, he was located in Dearborn near Carlysle Street and Monroe. Police officers took him...Dearborn 14-year-old missing
March 21st, 20170 Dearborn — A 14-year-old of Dearborn, Lukas Brown, is reported missing after not returning home from school on March 18. Brown's mother describes him as a white male, 5’3” inches tall, weighs approximately 130 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. It is unknown what Lukas was last wearing. Police say Brown has messaged...
Asylum seekers long for freedom from ‘traumatizing’ immigration actions
March 20th, 20170 DETROIT — It was a full house on a March afternoon at Freedom House Detroit. Through the window, you can see the historic St. Anne's Catholic Church; beyond, the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Canada seems within reach – a prime location for the Customs and Border patrol vehicles that comb the neighborhood. In the...
Big win for automakers as Trump orders fuel economy standards review
March 17th, 20170 DETROIT — On Wednesday, President Trump ordered a review of tough U.S. vehicle fuel-efficiency standards put in place by the Obama administration, handing a victory to auto industry executives and provoking criticism from Democrats and environmental groups. In a move widely seen as a preamble to loosening fuel standards, Trump told...
State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud introduces bill to make Fairlane mall safer
March 17th, 20170 LANSING — On Thursday, State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) introduced a bill that yields additional authority to security guards who have gone through supplementary licensing and training at Fairlane Town Center in an effort to back local police. Hammoud told The AANews that the Dearborn mall would meet the requirement to have...
Undercover missionaries alarm Dearborn Muslims
March 17th, 201711 DEARBORN —Having the highest concentration of Arab Americans, primarily Muslims, in the country has brought Dearborn to the attention of Christian missionaries, not all of whom declare their intentions openly. The city's annual Arab International Festival, a three-day family event celebrating Arab culture, attracted both......
Dearborn educator’s sudden death shocks community
March 17th, 20170 DEARBORN— Imad Fadlallah, a passionate educator and former Principal of Forsdon High School, died suddenly on Monday, March 13 at his home. Fadlallah, who'd just been released from Henry Ford Hospital following major open heart surgery, died early in the morning, among family members. Survived by his wife, Sawsan Berry, and four...
Councilman Mike Sareini and mother attacked at funeral service
March 15th, 20170 DEARBORN— As Dearborn City Councilman Mike Sareini and his mother left the funeral service for his friend, former Fordson High School principal Imad Fadlallah, at the Islamic Institute of Knowledge on Monday, two men verbally and physically attacked them. The incident took place about 7:30 p.m. “I want to make it clear that I......
Man sentenced to max of 40 years in prison in baby’s death
March 15th, 20170 BATTLE CREEK— A man who admitted to killing his girlfriend’s 2-month-old baby almost three years ago was sentenced to 18 to 40 years in prison on Monday. Manuel Hernandez, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Aug. 7, 2014 death of Isabella Dawn Smith. "It is every parent's worst nightmare," Calhoun County Circuit...
Sterling Heights residents respond to mosque settlement with lawsuit
March 14th, 20171 STERLING HEIGHTS ― The city was thought to have put an end to contentious legal battles after it resolved to settle a lawsuit to allow the building of an Islamic center a few weeks ago. At its heavily attended council meeting on Feb. 21, attendees reacted to the City Council's decision to settle Justice Department lawsuit with...
Sentencing rescheduled for Dearborn Heights man accused of supporting ISIS
March 14th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS- On Monday, the sentencing for Khalil Abu Rayyan, a Dearborn Heights man accused of supporting ISIS, was postponed after Detroit’s federal courthouse was ordered closed due to harsh weather. At 4 p.m., an hour into sentencing, U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh declared that the U.S. District Court was ordered...
Arab American reporter plans to tell community’s rich stories
March 10th, 20170 DETROIT—WXYZ reporter/anchor Ameera David, born to a Lebanese-Syrian father and Palestinian mother, never thought of becoming a journalist as a child, but her love for Arab culture, activism and writing evidently played a role in her pursuing that career. “My parents were activists in the community, so anywhere they were, I tagged......
Dearborn City Council approves resolution opposing travel ban
March 10th, 20170 DEARBORN— On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the City Council passed a resolution introduced and authored by Councilman Mike Sareini, opposing President Trump’s executive order and welcoming all law abiding persons to Dearborn— irrespective of race, creed, nationality or religion. Sareini’s resolution resists the order Trump...
Random acts of kindness trump hate
March 10th, 20170 DETROIT— Over the weekend, protests by non-Muslim and Muslim Americans alike erupted all over the country. These citizens joined together in resisting President Trump’s executive order that prohibits immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for three months. Attending the protest and......
Local woman starts sign campaign to welcome Arab neighbors
March 10th, 20171 I would invite them to spend the day with me and my family and take a tour of my neighborhood, take a tour of downtown Dearborn, go to East Dearborn, visit a mosque with me. Come meet my neighbors… see that they’re no different… Then you’ll never want to leave. DEARBORN — At first, local resident Jessica Woolley, 31, wanted...
Activists reject repackaged Muslim ban
March 10th, 20170 DETROIT— In a frantic attempt to salvage any attempt at positive PR following the chaotic and complicated fallout of President Trump's January 27 executive order, the president issued a revised travel ban, "Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States", omitting Iraq from the list and......
