Man killed by police near Minneapolis; video posted live on internet
July 7th, 20160 Philando CastileFALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A Minneapolis area police officer fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop, local law enforcement said on Thursday, and the victim's fiancee streamed live footage of the graphic aftermath on the internet.The death of the man identified by his family as Philando Castile, 32, came hours...
Muslim man’s car vandalized, damaged
July 6th, 20160 LOS ANGELES - A hate crime task force is investigating who spray-painted anti-Muslim graffiti on a Muslim man’s car in Palmdale, California, on the final day of Ramadan. Lt. Belinda Johnson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Huffington Post that officers had responded to...
Hotel clerk fired for suspecting Muslim tourist was a terrorist
July 6th, 20160 AVON – The hotel clerk at the Fairfield Inn hotel in Avon, Ohio, who suspected that a Muslim man was a terrorist while he attempted to check in, has reportedly been fired and could be charged. The terrorist scare, which garnered massive attention, involved a man from Abu Dhabi who was...
Homeland Security to allocate $10 million to fight extremism
July 6th, 20160 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will announce on Wednesday $10 million in grants for non-profit organizations and colleges to develop counseling programs and other services to turn people away from violent extremism, according to a senior DHS official. The official, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of...
Flag burning Illinois man will not be charged
July 6th, 20160 ILLINOIS - An Illinois man who posted a picture of himself burning an American flag on social media on the July Fourth U.S. holiday will not be charged because flag burning is protected speech, authorities said on Tuesday.Bryton Mellott, 22, was charged with flag desecration and disorderly conduct when he was arrested in Urbana,...
Missouri candidate sells “ISIS hunting permits,” prompts fear among Muslims
July 6th, 20160 MISSOURI - A Republican Missouri candidate for governor is raising money for his campaign by selling fake “ISIS hunting permits,” scaring local Muslims who say the stickers perpetuate anti-Islam sentiment.According to the Associated Press, Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens sent out a fundraising email last...
FBI: Hillary Clinton will not be charged
July 5th, 20160 WASHINGTON - The FBI will recommend to the Justice Department that no prosecution is warranted as a result of its yearlong investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state, agency Director James Comey said on Tuesday. Comey said the probe found there was evidence of extremely careless...
Two teens viciously beaten outside of New York mosque
July 4th, 20160 NEW YORK – Two teenagers were violently beaten outside a Brooklyn mosque early Sunday morning, CBS News said. The incident allegedly happened around 1:18am at the Muslim Community Center of Brooklyn in Sunset Park, after lengthy evening prayers common during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The victims were two teenagers, ages 16...
Suspect arrested for beating man outside of Orlando shooter’s mosque
July 3rd, 20160 FORT LAUDERDALE(AP) — Authorities said they have arrested a suspect in the early Saturday beating of a man outside a Florida mosque that Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had attended. Police said a suspect identified as Taylor Anthony Mazzanti, 25, was arrested and has been charged with felony battery. Mazzanti was booked into...
Muslim doctor shot and stabbed outside mosque in Texas
July 3rd, 20160 Madrasah Islamiah MasjidA Muslim man on his way to morning prayer has been shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas, the Independent reported.Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesperson for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque near Bellaire, told news local news agencies the victim was a doctor, who had parked along the street...
Islamophobic man planned to bomb police station
July 1st, 20160 OHIO - Police in Ohio have arrested a man who they said was plotting to attack a police station using armed mannequins and explosives. Police said they were alerted that 51-year-old Timothy Ward was planning to use mannequins to shoot officers and blow up the police station in Marlboro Township, Stark County, about 30 miles outside of...
California Latinos and Muslims unify against Trump
July 1st, 20160 LOS ANGELES - If Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric has been good for one thing, it’s unifying diverse Latino groups into a more cohesive political identity.And that’s precisely what Orange County Latinos are doing with the county’s small, but unified Muslim community centered around Anaheim’s Little...
Facebook’s political influence under a microscope
July 1st, 20160 Los Angeles - As the U.S. presidential campaign heats up, Facebook Inc is going out of its way to show its neutrality - an increasingly urgent matter for the social network as evidence of its power continues to emerge. Recent studies have shown the site has extraordinary influence. According to research...
No specific, credible threats toward U.S. over July 4th holiday
July 1st, 20160 WASHINGTON - There are no specific or credible security threats against the United States known to law enforcement heading into the Fourth of July weekend, according do a government document seen by Reuters and three sources briefed on the matter. The sources, who asked to speak on the condition of...
U.S. House reignites gun-control debate with planned vote
July 1st, 20160 House Speaker Paul Ryan.WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, under mounting pressure to advance gun-control legislation, will vote next week on a measure to keep guns out of the hands of people on government terrorism watch lists. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced the plan in a......
Trump’s shifting Muslim ban is confusing everybody
July 1st, 20160 WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States has been a central issue of his campaign -- but he has described the ban differently in the weeks since the mass shooting in Orlando. His spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, told CNN Saturday that Trump supports barring only Muslims from...
Police storm hotel after staff assumed Arab guest was a terrorist
July 1st, 20160 AVON - Police stormed a Fairfield Inn Hotel after a woman called dispatchers and said there was a man in the lobby who was acting suspicious and “pledged allegiance to ISIS.”But it turned out, the man didn’t speak English. And he did not pledge allegiance to ISIS. In fact, when police confronted the Arab speaking man who......
Two Muslim men shot while walking to mosque
June 30th, 20160 MINNESOTA - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Minnesota is asking federal officials to investigate the shooting of two Muslim men who were shot down on the way to a mosque early Wednesday morning.“The Muslim victims, who were dressed in Islamic attire, were reportedly attacked as they headed...
Chicago Police tackle, strip search fasting Muslim woman
June 30th, 20160 CHICAGO— A Muslim woman was running to catch a train in Chicago when five police officers tackled her, ripped off her hijab and strip searched her. Itemad “Angel” Almatar said she faced humiliation at the hands of police before being arrested for no reason. She was carrying a backpack with food in it to break...
CIA Chief concerned about ISIS attacks in U.S.
June 29th, 20160 WASHINGTON - An attack by Islamic State in the US would not be surprising, the CIA chief said. While the US is more difficult for terrorists to infiltrate than it was before 9/11, ISIS has shown ability to inspire people already in the US using the internet.“I would be surprised if ISIL isn’t considering carrying out...
Sorority girl sentenced to life in prison for killing newborn
June 28th, 20160 OHIO - A former Ohio college student who gave birth in April 2015 and then left her daughter in a trash bag outside her on-campus sorority house to die, was sentenced to life in prison without parole.Prosecutors said Emile Weaver, 21, then a student at Muskingum University, knew she was pregnant and still played sports and......
Plane crashes in Detroit neighborhood
June 28th, 20160 DETROIT - A single-engine plane crashed Monday night near Coleman A. Young International Airport on Detroit’s east side. The plane had been trailing a banner over the crowds gathered Monday for the downtown fireworks and was returning to the airport when it went down. A 45-year-old woman who was on the ground near the crash...
Gun loving mother shoots two daughters to death
June 26th, 20160 Houston - A Texas woman was killed by police after she shot two of her daughters in the street in front of her home. Christy Sheats, 42, had already killed one of the daughters and had shot the second one as police arrived on the scene late Friday afternoon. She poised to shoot again when the police officer opened fire,......
Florida woman charged for threatening to “blow up” praying Muslims
June 25th, 20160 SUNRISE, FLORIDA – A woman was arrested by Sunrise Police on Sunday after she allegedly made several verbal threats against a local mosque. Irina Bihary was taken into custody after someone inside the mosque called to report her. “She just had very abnormal behavior of asking very strange questions and texting,” said Rabia...
Gun control efforts fizzle out in Congress, Democrat sit-in ends
June 23rd, 20160 WASHINGTON - Supporters of U.S. gun control suffered another setback on Thursday when they failed to win enough backing in the Senate. for a plan to ban firearms sales to people being monitored for links to terrorism in the wake of the Orlando massacre. A few hours after Democrats in the House concluded a......
