August 5th, 20220BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP – With 100 percent of the votes counted in the race for the state representative in the newly-drawn District 54, which includes part of Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, Auburn Hills and Orion Township, Shadia Martini of Bloomfield Township won the Democratic nomination, earning 3,785 votes.
Bloomfield...
June 20th, 20220A local professor spent the last few years documenting the history of Arab Americans in Indianapolis. WFYI’s Taylor Bennett spoke with Edward Curtis, chair of Liberal Arts and professor of religious studies in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, about the project — Arab Indianapolis: A Hidden History — and why it was...
March 23rd, 20210COLORADO — On Tuesday, authorities identified 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa as the shooting suspect in a tragic Monday massacre at a Boulder, Colorado grocery store.
Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold announced the identity of the shooter at a press conference. The suspect is accused of killing 10 people, include a Boulder...
June 1st, 20180DEARBORN — Farah, a 9-year-old girl flaunting a colorful dress, proudly hands a drawing she made to a woman who’d just gifted her a toy doll.
Farah, whose name translates to “joy” in Arabic, said she loves drawing and would someday day like to teach art. Mohammed, her 6-year-old brother, sports a black bandana. He’s...
