Kent State University professor investigated for recruiting students to ISIS
OHIO - The FBI has been investigating an Ohio professor for alleged involvement with Islamic State terrorists. Students and colleagues of Kent State History academic Julio Pino have been interviewed after concerns that he could be recruiting students to join ISIS. The associate professor has since stated he does not support Islamic...Sarah Palin endorses Trump
Donald Trump kisses Sarah PalinAMES, Iowa — Sarah Palin, the politician-turned-reality TV star offered a passionate endorsement on Tuesday to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, the reality TV star-turned-politician, declaring that "the status quo has got to go."Palin, a former Alaska governor who was Republican Senator...Al Jazeera America to close by April 30
Al Jazeera America, the cable television news outlet owned by Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network, is shutting down less than three years after its high-profile launch, the network said on Wednesday.The U.S. cable network will cease operations by April 30, the network said, citing economic challenges in the American media market.Al...Man held on U.S. terror charges targeted Texas malls
DALLAS - A Palestinian born in Iraq who entered the United States as a refugee was an Islamic State sympathizer planning to set off bombs at two Houston malls, a federal investigator was quoted as telling a U.S. court on Wednesday.U.S. investigators began looking into Omar Faraj Saeed Al-Hardan in 2014 and found that he was...Accused Colorado clinic shooter intends to plead guilty, expects execution
COLORADO - The man accused of fatally shooting three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year told a Denver television station that he wants to plead guilty and expects to be executed, the CBS affiliate reported on Wednesday.In a phone call from the El Paso County jail where he is being held without bond, Robert...FBI says probing Philadelphia police shooting as terrorist attack
Philadelphia - The FBI is investigating the recent shooting of a Philadelphia police officer as a terrorist attack, FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday, January 13. FBI investigators were seeking to find out if suspected gunman Edward Archer, 30, was in touch with or inspired by anyone linked to Islamic State. Philadelphia...Congress sends bill to gut Obamacare, to certain veto
The U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved legislation dismantling President Barack Obama's signature health care plan, putting on his desk an election-year measure that faces a certain veto. Republicans have been vowing to gut the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," since 2010, when the then Democratic-majority Congress...FAA says 181,000 U.S. drones registered in its database
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday that 181,000 drones have been registered in the database it launched just over two weeks ago in response to a surge of rogue drone flights near airports and crowded public venues. The total is a fraction of the 700,000 drones that officials have said they...Neighbor of San Bernardino gunman pleads innocent to terrorism charge
Enrique MarquezCALIFORNIA - The man accused of furnishing assault rifles to the husband and wife who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino, California, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of conspiring with one of the killers in a previous plot. Enrique Marquez, 24, has been indicted on charges he conspired with Syed...Illinois college to fire professor who said Muslims, Christians worship same God
Hawkins. CHICAGO - Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian university outside of Chicago, said on Tuesday it was taking steps to fire a tenured political science professor after she wrote in a Facebook post that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.Dr. Larycia Hawkins wrote on the social media site on Dec. 10 that she was...American al Qaeda suspect faces new U.S. terrorism charges
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors in New York unveiled new criminal charges on Wednesday against a U.S. citizen believed to have once been an al Qaeda operative, accusing him of involvement in a 2009 car bomb attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. According to a nine-count indictment, Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 30, helped...
Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules
January 5th, 20160 Obama wipes a tear while talking about Newtown and other mass shootingsWASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday described new steps his administration will take to tighten gun rules and urged Americans to vote for candidates who do more to prevent gun violence, wiping back tears as he remembered children who died in a mass shooting.As...
Militiamen occupy federal building in Oregon
January 3rd, 20160 Protesters march in Burns, Oregon, Jan. 2OREGON — A group of militiamen on Saturday occupied the headquarters of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon in support of two brothers who are slated to report to prison on Monday on arson charges, the Oregonian newspaper reported."We're planning on staying here for years, absolutely," Ammon...Over 190 Muslims fired at Colorado meat plant for praying conflict
COLORADO - Approximately 190 employees, most of them immigrants from Somalia, have been fired from a meat-packing and distribution plant on Colorado’s Eastern Plains for walking off their jobs in protest to a workplace prayer policy dispute. More than 200 employees walked off their jobs at Cargill Meat Solutions in Fort...
Muslim man charged for setting Houston mosque on fire
December 31st, 20150 TEXAS - A Muslim man has been charged with setting fire to a Houston mosque on Christmas Day. Gary Nathaniel Moore, 37, of Houston, was arrested early Wednesday morning, and appeared in court 7 a.m. that day for the Dec. 25 fire. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent Nicole Strong said......
Judge orders restraining order against California woman who attacked praying Muslims
CALIFORNIA -- A Castro Valley woman on Tuesday was banned from her local park and ordered to have no contact with the man she is accused of throwing coffee at during an anti-Muslim rant that went viral on the Internet. "I want an no contact order from their side too," Denise Slader could be heard saying in a courthouse...Poll: Americans say Muslims should have the least religious rights
Washington - Americans place a higher priority on preserving the religious freedom of Christians than for other faith groups, ranking Muslims as the least deserving of the protections, according to a new survey. Solid majorities said it was extremely or very important for the U.S. to uphold religious freedom in general. However, the......
Latino-Americans are converting to Islam more than ever before
Latinos in the U.S. are considered to be the fastest-growing demographic as well as the fastest-growing group of Muslims in America, the Press-Enterprise reported. Although the statistics haven't been widely tracked, there are an estimated 150,000 Islam converts among the Latino community in the U.S. The...Israeli man in Brooklyn charged with hate crime against Muslims
James Samways.NEW YORK - Police charged a Brooklyn resident with a hate crime after he allegedly chased four Muslim men in Marine Park on Saturday night while screaming “I want to see Arab blood in the streets.” James Samways, an Israeli American who works for the UPS, was arraigned Sunday and charged with menacing as a...Houston mosque set on fire on Christmas Day
HOUSTON – The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) called on local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for a fire at a mosque in the city. Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at the mosque in southwest Houston on Friday afternoon....San Bernardino killer denied militancy in U.S. entry papers
San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik denied having any militant sympathies or intentions when she was asked in an application form for a U.S. visa two years ago according to documents.Information in the documents could bolster complaints of critics in Congress who said flaws in the immigration system meant Malik was not thoroughly......
Pennsylvania man pleads not guilty to supporting Islamic State
A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man pleaded not guilty to charges of supporting Islamic State by trying to help others travel to the Middle East where the militant group is engaging in ground combat.The man, Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, spoke little during a hearing at U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, just entering his plea and indicating he...Young protesters heckle Trump during Grand Rapids speech
GRAND RAPIDS — Protesters heckled Donald Trump at a 9,000-person rally on Monday, December 21, interrupting his speech more than 10 times with shouts before security guards ejected them from the event. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, alternated between criticizing the hecklers and asking the......
Man named Jihad arrested after telling California police he left bomb in backpack
Jihad Mufaddi Khalaf Haddadin. El Monte - A man named Jihad was arrested after telling California police he had a bomb in a backpack. Cops in El Monte carried out a controlled explosion on the bag after Jihad Mufaddi Khalaf Haddadin claimed he had left a bomb outside their police station. The 52-year-old told police he...Psychiatric evaluation ordered for accused Planned Parenthood gunman
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO - The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a Nov. 27 shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was ordered on Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he insisted on acting as his own lawyer.Judge Gilbert Martinez ordered the evaluation to determine whether......