June 29th, 20180SOUTHGATE — Peter Thabet, a recent graduate of Southgate Anderson High School, was honored with WXYZ-TV’s 39th annual academic achievement award, Detroit’s Brightest and Best High School Graduates, which recognizes accomplished graduates from 10 Michigan counties.
He was among hundreds of students recognized at a special...
May 25th, 20180By Sarah Kominek
DEARBORN - Maya Audi, a 15-year-old sophomore at Dearborn High School, has her eyes set on becoming an author.
In April 2016, Audi and her mother entered her story “The Raven Gem” in the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read Dearborn, hosted by the Dearborn Public Library.
In partnership with...
April 23rd, 20180DEARBORN — Few could have anticipated that a cultural and heritage club that formed to accommodate a young local Lebanese American community would become a vital social service organization serving Metro Detroit.
Its initial relationship with the community's youth was through a sports program, but 30 years later, the Leaders...
April 13th, 20180DETROIT — A Michigan State University journalism student sued the school on Monday, claiming she was raped by three basketball players and that she was discouraged by counselors from reporting the 2015 attack to police.
Identified as Jane Doe in the U.S. District Court lawsuit, the student, who was 18 at the time, claims MSU had a...
April 6th, 20180An emergency room nurse and two administrators at Beaumont in Dearborn told The AANews they had not heard about the incident or received any notification from the hospital until after the lawsuit was filed.
DEARBORN – She went to the ER for a possible broken jaw and was punched in the face.
A 19-year-old college student was...
January 21st, 20170
DETROIT – As Arab and Muslim Americans prepare to reciprocate Donald Trump’s harsh scrutiny following the fruition of promised policies, a group of federal law enforcement officers are working to bridge the gap between themselves and a community critical of government.
The Middle Eastern Law Enforcement Officers Association...
January 13th, 20170
MADISON, Wis. — A Minnesota man with a string of domestic violence convictions was charged in the death of a Saudi Arabian college that occurred last October.
Cullen Osburn, 27, of Minneapolis, was charged with felony murder and aggravated battery in the death of University of Wisconsin-Stout student Hussain Alnahdi,...
