Family of Muslim boy file $25 million lawsuit against school district
NEW YORK - The family of a 12-year-old Muslim middle school student has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against the East Islip school district, claiming the seventh-grader’s civil rights were violated when school officials forced him to sign a false confession saying he was a terrorist.The family of Nashwan...Man charged with double murder of imam and assistant
NEW YORK CITY — The man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Queens imam and his assistant was arrested and charged with murder, police said Monday night. Oscar Morel, 35, of East New York was charged with both men's murders and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said. The charges come after police found a revolver they...
Man kills neighbor he called “Dirty Arab”
August 15th, 20160 TULSA -- A 37-year-old Arab American man was murdered last Friday following an escalated feud with his neighbor. Police said Khalid Jabara was fatally shot by his neighbor, Vernon Majors, 61, on his front porch.Residents in the area confirmed the suspect and victim had animosity for quite some time. Police said Majors had a criminal...People offer to walk Muslims to mosques after Imam killed
The fatal shooting of a New York City imam and his associate in Queens has prompted people around the country to offer to accompany Muslim worshippers to and from mosques so that they won’t have to fear for their safety. Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant Thara Uddin, 64, were fatally shot in the...Imam, assistant fatally shot in the head in Queens, New York
NEW YORK - Police in New York say an imam and his assistant were shot dead as they walked along a street in the borough of Queens.The men were approached from behind by a man who shot them both in the head, a police spokesman said.Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, moved to the city from Bangladesh two years ago, reports in New York said.Police...Washington policeman charged with ISIS denied bond
WASHINGTON - A Washington transit police officer charged with attempting to help the Islamic State militant group was ordered held pending trial, U.S. court documents showed on Thursday. The suspect, Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested this month in an FBI sting operation. He is the first...Children killed, injured in multiple amusement park accidents
KANSAS - A boy was injured while riding a roller coaster on Thursday and rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital, emergency services and park officials said, in the third accident this week involving children hurt or killed on U.S. amusement park rides. The incident comes following the death of a 10-year-old boy who...U.S. House Democrats’ Pelosi: administration may shift funds for Zika
U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said the Obama administration may announce as early as Thursday that it is shifting more money into fighting the Zika virus. "Maybe today or tomorrow," Pelosi told reporters in a hallway on Thursday. She did not give an amount, but said, "I think they are going to try...Mississippi woman gets 12 years for trying to aid ISIS
MISSISSIPPI- A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced a Mississippi woman to 12 years in prison for providing material support to Islamic State after she and her husband conspired with an undercover FBI employee to travel to Syria and aid the group's media campaign. Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, had pleaded guilty to...Google Maps under fire for ‘Palestine’ blunder
GAZA - Google this week was under fire by Palestinian activists for removing the word “Palestine” from Google Maps.However, according to Google, the word was never there to begin with.An online petition from March condemning Google (and insinuating its “two Jewish founders” removed the word “Palestine” because of...Trump calls Obama, Clinton ‘co-founders’ of ISIS
WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump called U.S. President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton the "co-founders" of Islamic State, ratcheting up his assertion that they are responsible for the rise of the militant group and sparking renewed criticism of his leadership ability. Clinton's campaign called the statements a "false...U.S. DEA denies petition to reclassify marijuana
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday denied requests to loosen the classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use. The decision is the DEA's response to a 2011 petition by two former state governors who had urged federal agencies to re-classify marijuana as...Woman allegedly told sons to shoot homeless man with BB guns
FLORIDA - A Volusia County woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly encouraging her juvenile sons to target a homeless man during a BB gun drive-by.Amina El-Zayat, 36, of DeLand, was with her three sons in a black SUV out to “scare” homeless people and “bums” away from her car wash.According to sources close to The...DNC staffer may have been murdered for leaking emails
The whistleblowing organization Wikileaks wants to catch those responsible for the murder of Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich and are now offering a $20,000 reward for information. Rich was fatally shot in the early morning hours of July 10 while walking to his Bloomingdale apartment in Northwest...Orlando shooter’s father attends Clinton rally
Hillary Clinton's campaign responded to criticism that she did not reject the support of Seddique Mateen — the father of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen — who made headlines earlier this week when he was seen sitting in the crowd at a Clinton rally in Kissimmee, Florida. Earlier in the day, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump......
Trump says ‘Second Amendment people’ can deal with Clinton
August 9th, 20160 TrumpDonald Trump said Tuesday that if Hillary Clinton gets to pick Supreme Court justices, there's "nothing you can do, folks ... although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is."He added: "But I tell you what, that will be a horrible day, if Hillary gets to put her judges in, right now we're tied."Trump's ambiguous comments...Texas allows guns in college classrooms under new law
A new law went into effect in Texas on Monday that allows certain students to bring guns into classrooms, with supporters saying it could prevent mass shootings and critics saying the measure will endanger safety on campuses. The so-called state "campus carry" law allows people 21 and older with a concealed...Muslim families of fallen U.S. soldiers driven to oppose Trump
Nazar Naqvi has faithfully voted Republican for more than three decades. After Donald Trump's feud with Muslim parents who lost a son in battle for the United States, he has vowed not a single Republican will get his vote. Naqvi, 69, a retired U.S. government engineer from Newburgh, New York, is a member...Obama cuts short prison sentences for 214 convicts
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama cut short the prison terms of 214 convicts on Wednesday, the largest number of commutations a U.S. leader has granted in single day since at least 1900, the White House said. Obama has now granted a total of 562 commutations during his presidency, more than the number by the......
Trump takes hit following dispute with Muslim family
WASHINGTON - Supporters of Republican Donald Trump urged him to get back on message on Thursday after a week of dropping opinion poll numbers and a war of words with ranking Republicans over his U.S. presidential campaign. Trump pledged to focus more on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who emerged from...Police Department criticized for releasing mugshots of unveiled Muslim women
PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine sheriff's department is facing backlash from both Muslim and African American civil rights group after four Muslim women were arrested during a #BlackLivesMatter protest.The department is investigating whether the rights of the Muslim protesters were violated when they were booked into a county jail and......
Syrian refugee Jeweler assists crying mother
A Surveillance still from the Jewelry store. DALLAS – A Syrian refugee jewelry store worker left a woman stunned after he gave her money and refused to take her important gold necklace given to her by her mother.Noah, who does not want his last name used, denied the mother of two children the sale.“It...Muslim parents respond back to Trump insults
PHILADELPHIA - Two days after Khizr Khan gave one of the most powerful speeches at the Democratic National Convention, lamenting the loss of his fallen son, a U.S. soldier, Donald Trump responded in a way that many considered over the line, even by Trump terms. Khan's son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004.......
