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Metro Detroit Youth Foundation offering scholarships to high school students
April 13th, 20180 WARREN — In support of the foundation's 36th annual Metro Detroit Youth Day, the Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation is offering 100-125 scholarships per year to graduating seniors who have been accepted to a university, college or collegiate program beginning in the fall of 2018. In an effort to encourage the students to further...
NYPD settles Muslim surveillance lawsuit for $1 million
April 13th, 20180 NEW YORK CITY — Last Thursday, a group of Muslim owned-businesses, mosques, individuals, and student groups reached a settlement with the New York Police Department (NYPD) in a federal lawsuit challenging the discriminatory surveillance of American Muslims in New Jersey. Filed in 2012 in federal court in New Jersey, in Hassan v....
Want to help the world? Resolve conflicts
April 13th, 20180 By Lee H. Hamilton In a world riven by tension, there's one skill that stands above all others: The ability to resolve conflict. It is the paramount challenge of our time. There are so many divisions that fracture our communities, states and nations, that the ability to create common ground — to bring people together, rather than...
The bizarre coverage of U.S. mainstream media on Gaza — How biased is the news?
April 13th, 20181 By Farah Harb The Arab American News While the U.S. media is focused on the coverage of President Trump’s “blurry” tweets bashing Syria and other fellow politicians along with the news about Khloe Kardashian’s cheating boyfriend, major events in Gaza, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon have gone almost...
Federal agents raid Dearborn clinic
April 13th, 20180 DEARBORN – FBI agents conducted a raid April 12 on Detroit Visiting Physicians, a clinic owned by Dr. Fares Yasin, removing boxes of evidence. Yasin has been accused of overprescribing opioids as well as other drugs. Agents also raided Yasin’s home and six cars before visiting the Michigan Ave. clinic. “There'd be lines...
Congress zeroes in on Facebook
April 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg navigated through his first congressional hearings On Tuesday and Wednesday without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business. During nearly five hours of questioning by 44 U.S. senators on the first day,...
Spain signs $2.2 billion deal to sell warships to Saudi Arabia
April 13th, 20180 MADRID — On Thursday, Spain signed a framework deal to sell Saudi Arabia warships worth around $2.2 billion, a Spanish Defense Ministry source said. Under the agreement, Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia will sell five small warships, Spain's army will train Saudi military personnel and contractors will build a naval...
Local pharmacists and doctor charged with insurance fraud
April 13th, 20180 DETROIT – Four pharmacists, a doctor and a patient recruiter have been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in connection with a scheme to bill insurance companies for medicine that was not given to patients. Pharmacists Samir Berri of West Bloomfield, Anthony Cole of Wyandotte, Shamimur Rahman of Clinton Township, Ghassan Hamka...
Trump says decisions coming “very soon or not so soon at all” on Syria action
April 12th, 20180 WASHINGTON/LONDON - President Trump and his national security aides on Thursday discussed U.S. options on Syria, where he has threatened missile strikes in response to a suspected poison gas attack, as a Russian envoy voiced fears of wider conflict between Washington and Moscow. Fears of confrontation between Russia, Syria’s big...
Missiles ‘will be coming’ to Syria, Trump warns Russia
April 11th, 20180 WASHINGTON/BEIRUT — President Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Trump was reacting to a warning from Russia on Tuesday that any U.S. missiles...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg starts testifying in Senate hearing
April 10th, 20180 WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO ―Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg started testifying before Congress on Tuesday as he looks to fend off the possibility of new regulations as a result of the privacy scandal engulfing his social network. The 33-year-old internet mogul faces tough questioning from a joint hearing of the U.S....
Flint school children to be screened for effects of lead after agreement
April 10th, 20180 LANSING ― School children in Flint will receive screening and in-depth health assessments to measure the effects of lead-tainted drinking water on their ability to learn, under a more than $4 million legal agreement reached on Monday. The agreement partially settled a federal lawsuit related to a water crisis in Flint that drew...
Mattis does not rule out ‘anything’ after suspected gas attack in Syria
April 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he would not rule out “anything” after a suspected chemical attack in Syria triggered speculation about a U.S. military response, and he piled blame on Russia for falling short on its obligations to ensure that Syria abandoned its chemical weapons...
Tailor charged with criminal sexual misconduct
April 6th, 20180 LIVONIA – A 57-year-old tailor is facing criminal sexual misconduct charges for allegedly inappropriately touching two of his customers. Majed (Mark) Mohamad Wazni, a Dearborn resident, was charged on March 28 with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. The charges involve...
Sagging school funding fuels teacher protests
April 6th, 20180 CHICAGO — Teacher demonstrations are likely to spread as more educators hit the streets to take on states that they claim are choosing tax cuts over the education of students in elementary and secondary public schools. Protests have erupted in states with some of the lowest teacher salaries in the nation, leading to multi-day job......
Bills under consideration to make registering to vote easier
April 6th, 20180 LANSING — Legislation before the Michigan House of Representatives is expected to make it easier for citizens with driver’s licenses or state identification cards to register to vote. The bill was passed by the Senate unanimously. “Our online services already allow for changes in address for both driver’s license and voter...
NY attorney general probing Brooklyn police shooting death
April 6th, 20180 NEW YORK — The New York attorney general’s office is investigating the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed Black man who pointed a metal pipe at officers in Brooklyn in the latest such killing to prompt street protests. The death of Saheed Vassell on Wednesday was one of a string of fatal shootings of unarmed Black men by...
Trump to order National Guard to protect border with Mexico
April 6th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump, unable to get Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that was likely to escalate tensions with a key U.S. ally. The Trump administration was working with the governors of the four...
Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony takes place April 10
April 6th, 20180 DEARBORN — The 30th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards Ceremony will take place inside studio A at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 10. The awards, which are open to the public at no charge, are presented by the Dearborn Community Arts Council and the mayor’s office. “The DCAC looks forward to......
Student groups at U of M, MSU and EMU join forces to host PALIFEST
April 6th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News ANN ARBOR – On Saturday, March 31, the University of Michigan’s Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), in conjunction with Students for Justice in Palestine (SPJ) at both Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University, hosted PALIFEST — A celebration of...
Lane closures announced for section of Ford Road
April 6th, 20180 DEARBORN — The Michigan Department of Transportation announced that lanes on Ford Road between Telegraph Road and Inkster Road will close for construction beginning April 6. Two lanes will be open in both directions during morning and afternoon rush hours. While during off-peak times, nights and weekends, only one lane will be open......
Ghada Abdallah appointed to Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority board
April 6th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News Abdallah took the fight against substance abuse as a personal mission one month after she lost her 38-year-old cousin to addiction. DETROIT – After being the first Arab American and Muslim woman appointed to the Michigan Pharmacists Association in 2016 and a member of the Detroit Wayne...
Hollywood executives back Netflix over anti-Israel ‘Fauda’ boycott
April 6th, 20180 LOS ANGELES — More than 50 Hollywood executives have thrown their support behind Netflix, which is facing a campaign by a Palestinian-led movement to drop Israeli television series “Fauda” from its streaming platform. In a letter on Tuesday to Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos, the executives from record labels and......
