Chicago man charged for beating Muslim cab driver
CHICAGO— A suburban man is charged with a hate crime after he walked up to a Chicago cab driver, asked him if he was Muslim and then beat him when he responded "yes," prosecutors said.The driver was stopped at a red light near Division and Larrabee streets about 3 a.m. Feb. 21 when 37-year-old John Alletto walked...
Trump, Clinton take New York
April 20th, 20160 NEW YORK - Republican front-runner Donald Trump easily won New York state's presidential nominating contest on Tuesday, moving closer to capturing enough delegates to win the nomination and avoid a contested convention in July.The New York City billionaire's big victory in his home state gave him renewed momentum in the Republican race...Ted Cruz refuses to meet with Muslim groups
TEXAS - The Dallas Morning News reported Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz and his staff were slammed for refusing to meet Monday with American Muslim groups, including one from his home state, during National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. Alia Salem, executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth...
Sanders upstages Clinton in New York
April 15th, 20160 NEW YORK - Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton staged dueling New York City rallies on Wednesday ahead of the state's pivotal presidential primary, with the Vermont senator drawing thousands of supporters in a show of force for his self-proclaimed political revolution. Sanders' campaign said his rally...U.S. Justice department launches campaign against Islamophobia
WASHINGTON - Concerned with increased anti-Muslim threats and backlash in the wake of terror attacks in Europe and San Bernardino, California, numerous attorneys from the US Justice Department are launching a campaign to combat discrimination.US attorneys from 11 states will meet with local officials, community...Senate panel releases draft of controversial encryption bill
WASHINGTON - Two U.S. senators on Wednesday issued a formal draft of a controversial bill that would give courts the power to order technology companies like Apple to help authorities break into encrypted devices or communications for law enforcement or intelligence purposes. The proposal arrives just days after...Trump takes steps to reset his campaign, tries to soften his image
WASHINGTON -Republican front-runner Donald Trump took fresh steps to reset his campaign on Wednesday, hiring a top Republican operative and scheduling a meeting between aides and U.S. lawmakers as he girds for a new phase in his White House bid. Trump is under pressure to professionalize his campaign beyond...Wisconsin school to discipline students for ‘Trump’ taunts
A Trump supporter at a rally in New Hampshire, Feb. 4MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin school district said on Monday it would discipline several students who taunted an opposing team's fans and minority players with chants of "Trump, build a wall" and "Trump" during a high school soccer game.The incident occurred on Thursday during a girls'...
Sanders wins Wyoming
April 10th, 20160 Bernie SandersWASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders won the presidential Democratic nominating contest in Wyoming on Saturday, besting rival Hillary Clinton and adding to a string of recent victories as the two candidates gear up for a crucial matchup in New York.Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, has won seven out of the last eight...
TSA to step up airport security following Brussels attack
April 8th, 20160 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to bolster travel security in the wake of the Brussels attacks with measures that include doubling the number of transportation security teams with bomb-sniffing dogs at domestic airports and other transit hubs. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to add security...Connecticut Man apologizes for shooting up mosque
Connecticut - On the night that ISIS attacked Paris, Ted Hakey felt afraid. The 48-year-old had 10 drinks at a bar in his neighborhood and continued to drink after he arrived home. In the early hours of the morning, Hakey grabbed his gun and fired a round into the side of the Baitul Aman "House of...Wisconsin Muslims overwhelmingly support Bernie Sanders
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — Sen. Bernie Sanders trounced Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night, winning all but three of the state’s 72 counties. Following a pattern in other states, Sanders dominated among younger voters, and won more than 70 percent of independent voters. As she has across the country, Clinton...Trump, Clinton face major setbacks
WISCONSIN-The front-runners of both parties lost their respective primaries in Wisconsin Tuesday night — but the similarity ended there. Sen. Bernie Sanders easily beat Hillary Clinton, outperforming expectations that he might at best eke out a close win. Sen. Ted Cruz's decisive win over Donald Trump (and Ohio Gov. John...7th grade Texas teacher placed on leave for calling Muslim student ‘terrorist’
FORT BEND COUNTY- A family in Fort Bend County is demanding that a First Colony Middle School teacher be fired after they say she called a 7th grade student a terrorist.12-year-old Waleed Abushaaban is an honor student and says he has no idea why his teacher called him a terrorist in front of his whole class on Thursday.“Were in...California man charged for killing gay son
A 69-year-old North Hills man suspected of killing his son outside a house where the man’s wife was found stabbed to death, was charged Friday with murder, and with a hate crime allegation that he killed his son because he was gay. Shehada Issa, 69, was charged in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday with willful, deliberate......
CIA accidentally left explosives on school bus
VIRGINIA - The CIA left behind inert explosives in a Virginia school bus used for a canine training exercise and students were transported in it before the materials were found, officials said. The inactive explosives were discovered in the engine compartment when the Loudoun County Public Schools bus was undergoing maintenance, the...New York woman in headscarf lied about being slashed
NEW YORK - A woman in a headscarf who reported being slashed across the cheek by an attacker who called her a terrorist has admitted she lied, police said on Friday. The 20-year-old woman inflicted the wound on herself and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for care, police said. Anti-Muslim bias crimes in the United States have tripled......
Alaska first graders plotted to poison classmate
ALASKA — Police in Anchorage, Alaska, said they had investigated a plot by two young school children to poison a classmate. The two first grade students had planned to sprinkle what they thought were "poison packets" into a classmate's lunch, Anchorage police said in a statement. The packets were determined to be silica, which is...New York Muslim woman’s face slashed by stranger
NEW YORK - A blade-wielding wacko called a Muslim woman a “terrorist,” then sliced open her face as she left a downtown Manhattan cosmetology school, police said.The woman, 20, is a student at the Make-up Designory on Broadway near Rector St. and was leaving the building and walking toward Trinity Church at 4:50 p.m. when her...Sanders: Party leaders may ‘rethink’ after string of wins
WASHINGTON — Fresh from Democratic presidential primary wins over the weekend in three states, Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he had political momentum that could help him win the backing of Democratic power brokers in his race against Hillary Clinton. Sanders easily won nominating contests in Alaska, Washington and Hawaii on...American couple pleads guilty in attempt to join ISIS
MISSISSIPPI - A Mississippi woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to trying to join Islamic State in Syria, 2-1/2 weeks after her husband entered the same plea. Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, was arrested at a Mississippi airport in August 2015 while attempting to board a flight to Turkey with her husband, Muhammad Oda......
Homeland Security chief: Campaign rhetoric on Muslims harms U.S. security
March 29th, 20160 Trump and CruzWASHINGTON — Harsh rhetoric about Muslims by Republican candidates in the presidential election campaign is undermining national security efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday.Asked about comments by Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Johnson told MSNBC in an interview that singling out a...Trump campaign manager charged with battery of reporter
WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged with battery in Florida on Tuesday after allegations that he forcefully grabbed a reporter at a campaign event. Police in Jupiter, Florida, charged Lewandowski, 42, with intentionally grabbing and bruising the arm of......
Israeli firm helping FBI to unlock iPhone
NEW YORK — Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the FBI's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday. If Cellebrite succeeds, then the FBI will no longer need the help of Apple Inc, the Israeli daily said,...Obama honors Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ victims; faults U.S. on human rights
ARGENTINA — President Obama said the United States was too slow to condemn human rights atrocities during Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship as he honored victims of the "Dirty War" on Thursday, but he stopped short of apologizing for Washington's early support for the military junta. Obama's state visit to Argentina coincided with......