Gunman kills nine at Oregon college, dies in shootout with police
OREGON - A gunman burst into a community college in southwest Oregon on Thursday and opened fire, killing nine people and wounding seven others before police shot him to death, authorities said, in the latest mass killing in America.The suspect, who witnesses say fired dozens of shots into a classroom full of screaming students, was...Trump says he would send Syrian refugees back if elected
"If I win, they're going back."WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would send all the Syrian refugees the United States accepts back to Syria if he is elected, he said on Wednesday at an event in Keene, New Hampshire.Trump also said after President Barack Obama reduced American troop levels in Iraq, rebels forces...
North Carolina poll: 72 percent of Republicans say a Muslim shouldn’t be president
October 1st, 20150 40 percent said the practice of Islam should be outright illegalDetroit Native Ben Carson has enjoyed a polling surge in recent weeks, in part due to his comments asserting that a Muslim should never be allowed to become president. Donald Trump still remains in the lead for the Republican party race.In a recent survey done by...Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years
Pope Francis had urged officials to commute Gissendaner's death sentence.ATLANTA — The state of Georgia executed its only woman on death row on Wednesday, marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman.Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by lethal injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic...Report: Immigrants will drive U.S. population growth in next five decades
Immigrants and their descendants will drive U.S. population growth over the next half century, transforming the country into one where no racial or ethnic group is a majority, a Pew Research Center report released on Monday said.If current trends continue, immigrants and their descendants are projected to account for 88 percent of the...Pope Francis brings message about power and the poor to U.S.
WASHINGTON - Pope Francis arrived on his first visit ever to the United States on Tuesday, bringing to Washington a message that its power and wealth should be used to serve humanity. Bestowing on Francis an honor that few foreign dignitaries receive, both President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden personally greeted the...Family of Texas teen arrested over homemade clock retains lawyers
DALLAS - The family of a Texas teenager who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb has hired two Dallas attorneys to pursue his legal rights, a representative for the two said on Wednesday. The case of Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a Muslim student who dabbles in robotics and attended a Dallas-area high...White House seeks answers from China on U.S. woman detained in spy probe
AUSTIN — The White House has contacted China's Foreign Ministry over the detention of an American businesswoman accused of spying, a spokesman said on Tuesday, in a case that blew up just as President Xi Jinping began a visit to the United States. Sandy Phan-Gillis of Houston, Texas, has been held by Chinese authorities for about...Illinois man accused of trying to join Islamic State may face trial
CHICAGO - A federal judge said he wanted to set a trial date for a Chicago-area man accused of trying to provide support to Islamic State militants, as prosecutors and the defense failed to reach a plea deal in the case. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 20, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook is charged with trying to provide material...
Boxing organization bans Muslim teen in hijab from competing in match
September 24th, 20150 MINNESOTA — A 15-year-old Minnesota teen boxer is fighting for her change to compete in a boxing match after USA Boxing disqualified her from participating in the competition because of her Islamic attire. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on USA Boxing, which oversees and governs amateur boxing in the...Trump says he’s the rare Republican who can woo black voters
"I have a lot of friends, African-Americans in New York, they say, 'You're going to get most of the vote,'" Donald Trump said.Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has been criticized by his rivals over his comments about minority groups, said on Wednesday he is the rare Republican who could win a sizable portion of the...Designer dress named after Palestinian-American comedian
Photo: Carrie HammerMaysoon Zayid is many things: A Palestinian-American, a Muslim, a comedian and an actress. Zayid suffers from cerebral palsy and is also considered a disability advocate. Critics have given her worse labels. Now, Maysoon is a dress. New York City-based designer Carrie Hammer named a black tuxedo dress with...Muslim student arrested for homemade clock withdraws from Texas school
A teenage Muslim student who was arrested last week after high school staff said they mistook his homemade clock for a bomb withdrew from the school district on Monday, the Dallas Morning News reported.Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, the father of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, told the newspaper that he formally withdrew his son from the Irving...
Nearly a quarter of U.S. female undergraduates victims of sexual attacks, survey shows
September 21st, 20150 More than 23 percent of female undergraduate students said they were victims of sexual assault or unwanted kissing and touching, according to one of the largest surveys on sexual violence at U.S. college campuses.About 5.4 percent of male undergraduate students had nonconsensual sexual contact, according to the survey of 150,000...Accused gunman in Charleston church shooting proposes guilty plea
An attorney for the man accused of gunning down nine people at a historic Black church in South Carolina in June said on Wednesday his client is willing to plead guilty to state murder charges if that would spare him a death sentence. A guilty plea by Dylann Roof, 21, in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without parole also......
General says he never ordered ISIS intelligence manipulation
The head of the U.S. military's Central Command on Wednesday told a Senate hearing on the conflict against ISIS that he never asked for intelligence reports to be skewed to present a more positive view of military operations in Iraq and Syria. General Lloyd Austin made the comments after the Pentagon's inspector general confirmed last...US companies plead guilty for misbranding halal products
Two related companies that distribute and certify halal food products have pleaded guilty to conspiring to export misbranded beef products for sale in Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere.Midamar Corp and Islamic Services of America each entered guilty pleas in federal court in Cedar Rapids to one count of conspiracy to make false......
Americans divided on accepting Syrian refugees
Few Americans want their country to take in more Syrian refugees even though many believe the United States should do more to help those fleeing the Middle Eastern country's brutal civil war, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.As European countries struggle to cope with an influx of Syrians fleeing their...Texas Muslim student arrested for “bomb” that was a clock
Ahmed Mohamed in handcuffs, wearing a NASA t-shirtIn Texas, innovation is rewarded with handcuffs. After a 14-year-old Muslim student in Irving, Texas brought a homemade digital clock to school, he was detained and suspended because his teacher thought the clock looked like a bomb. Ahmed Mohamed, an aspiring engineering student,...Research finds a drastic increase in shark population on the east coast
MIAMI — U.S. shark researchers caught and tagged 2,835 sharks along the East Coast this spring, a record number which they say reflects a growing population thanks to federal protections. It surpassed the 1,831 sharks captured and tagged in 2012 during the survey which is conducted every three years by the National Oceanic and...
H & M features hijabi model in new fall campaign
September 10th, 20150 H & M's fall campaign features a Muslim women and a Sikh man. This week, H&M surprised many when they launched a brand new denim collection featuring a Muslim woman in a headscarf and Sikh men in turbans. In the photo, the Muslim woman stands in a doorway, in big round movie star shades with wide legged palazzo pants,......
Two brothers killed in Florida convenience store
September 9th, 20150 The Family of the Yousef brothers grieving at the scene of the crime. PALMETTO- Two brothers were killed in their convenience store in Palmetto Florida on Monday, September 6 by a lone gunman.23-year old Khasen and 17-year old Faares Yousef, were killed execution style at "Snappy's Convenience Store" by a man who has now been identified...Is Obama America’s first Muslim president? Republicans think so
54 percent of Republican voters still think that President Obama is a Muslim, despite numerous times where he identified himself as a Christian. The poll was taken by the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP).Asked whether they thought Obama is a Christian or Muslim or if they were unsure, 32 percent said they were unsure. Only 14......
Appeals court asked to halt NSA phone spying program
A U.S. appeals court appeared reluctant on Wednesday to put an immediate halt to the federal government's collection of millions of Americans' phone records, with the controversial spy program set to expire in November. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York found the program illegal in May, ruling that the Patriot Act did...Teenager faces manslaughter charges for convincing boyfriend to commit suicide
Text messages from a teenager accused of manslaughter are alleged to show that she pressured her boyfriend into killing himself, according to reports. Prosecutors have said that Michelle Carter, 18, understood that messages she sent to Conrad Roy III’s phone were incriminating if found by police. Carter had allegedly asked Roy in a......