Man charged with misdemeanor for attempting to run Muslim woman off road
A Tennessee man who allegedly spat at a Muslim woman, attempted to run her off the road, called her a terrorist and threatened to kill her will not be charged with a hate crime. Instead, his case is being prosecuted as a misdemeanor. The incident occurred in May in Rutherford County when 52-year-old Michael Robinson in his truck...Trump adviser calls for electronic ‘tagging’ of Muslims
PHILADELPHIA — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he would be in favor of forcing Muslims on the federal government's terrorism watch list to wear electronic monitoring tags or bracelets for authorities to track their whereabouts."I would think that's an excellent idea," said Giuliani, an adviser to Republican...Man charged for making threats on Facebook to burn down mosque
MASSACHUSETTS - A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with threatening on Facebook to burn down a Boston mosque in the wake of the November attacks in Paris, where Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people.Patrick Keogan, a 44-year-old resident of the Boston suburb of Winchester, was charged with...Bill Clinton under fire for ‘Muslim’ comment
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Clinton's attempts to appeal to Muslims living in America, and counter what some consider xenophobic rhetoric toward them from GOP candidate Donald Trump, appears to have backfired. The 42nd U.S. president delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Tuesday night in which he...Hate graffiti left on Nevada auto shop
PAHRUMP — Spray paint graffiti on a business in Nevada is being investigated as a hate crime. A Muslim business owner discovered that his property had been spray painted with "derogatory terms directed at the business owner," a news release said. "These statements insinuated a bias based on the business owners religion, and...
Clinton makes history, secures Democrats’ White House nomination
July 26th, 20160 ClintonPHILADELPHIA — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party's 2016 nomination for the White House on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in U.S. history.In a symbolic show of party unity, Clinton's former rival, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, told the...
Michelle Obama at DNC: This country is already great
July 26th, 20160 The first lady speaking at the conventionPHILADELPHIA — Democrats divided over the future of their party agreed on at least one thing at their national convention in Philadelphia on Monday night: Michelle Obama was a star.The first lady gave a speech in support of a former first lady, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, and...Head of Democratic party resigns following leaked emails, joins Clinton campaign
WASHINGTON -The head of the Democratic Party resigned on Sunday amid a furor over embarrassing leaked emails, hoping to head off a growing rebellion by Bernie Sanders supporters on the eve of the convention to nominate Hillary Clinton for the White House. Lingering bitterness from the heated primary campaign...
Shooting after Florida nightclub’s teen party leaves two dead
July 25th, 20160 Club Blu after a shooting attack in Fort Myers, Florida, July 25FORT MYERS, Florida — The shooting on Monday outside a party for teenagers at a Florida nightclub, where a 14-year-old and 18-year-old died and up to 17 other people were wounded, was not an act of terror, the Fort Myers Police Department said in a statement.The latest...Clinton picks Kaine as vice presidential running mate
Clinton and Kaine (D-VA) during a campaign rally in Annandale, Virginia, July 14WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton named U.S. Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate on Friday, making a safe choice that will help her present the Democratic ticket as a steady alternative to the unpredictable campaign of Republican presidential rival Donald...Muslim cop being hailed a hero for reacting swiftly to fake bomb
NEW YORK -- Two New York City police officers, one of them a Muslim, are being hailed heroes after they drove away what appeared to be a bomb from Times Square Wednesday night, police said. A man, later identified as Hector Meneses, threw the device from his passing SUV onto the dashboard of the police car of Sgt. Hameed Armani and...
Trump vows law and order if elected, sharply criticizes Clinton
July 22nd, 20160 CLEVELAND - Donald Trump accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of a legacy of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness" as U.S. secretary of state and vowed to be tough on crime and illegal immigrants in a speech on Thursday accepting the Republican presidential nomination. Trump's speech was designed...
Obama holds eid reception, defends Muslims
July 21st, 20160 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the contributions of Muslim immigrants to the United States, saying any effort to discriminate against the Islamic faith plays into the hands of terrorists."Muslim Americans are as patriotic, as integrated, as American as any other members of the American family," Obama said at a...
Indian man mistaken as Muslim, beaten outside restaurant
July 21st, 20160 NEBRASKA - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged attack on a Nebraska man by an assailant who reportedly shouted “ISIS” and obscenities at the victim.The Indian immigrant, who is not Muslim, said he suffered a fractured nose, split lip and...
Trump employee apologizes for Melania speech ‘chaos’
July 21st, 20160 CLEVELAND - A staff writer for the Trump Organization took responsibility on Wednesday for the "chaos" caused by a speech given by the wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that drew accusations of plagiarism and cast a shadow over the party's convention this week. The writer, Meredith......
Man surrenders after tossing fake bomb into police van in Manhattan
July 21st, 20160 NEW YORK - A New York City man accused of tossing a fake bomb into a police van in Times Square and later barricading himself inside a vehicle in an hours-long standoff was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation on Thursday after surrendering to police. Hector Meneses, 52, gave up at about 8 a.m. EDT after forcing police to shut down...
American Airlines flight attendant tells Muslim passenger “I’ll be watching you”
July 20th, 20160 NORTH CAROLINA - A muslim man was removed from an American Airlines flight after a flight attendant publicly announced his name, seat number and said she would be “watching him."Mohamed Ahmed Radwan had boarded a plane in Charlotte, North Carolina and the flight attendant went to the tannoy and said: "Mohamed Ahmed, Seat 25-A: I...Police investigate ISIS note left at Muslim home
NEW YORK - Police are investigating a possible bias crime against a Muslim family in Staten Island, after a note threatening them was found at their home.A husband and father returned to his St. George home Monday to learn that a threatening note had been scribbled on notebook paper.“I’m going to kill you Muslim bitches,” the...
‘Muslims for Trump’ founder leads prayer at Republican Convention
July 20th, 20160 Sajid TararCLEVELAND—The unlikeliest supporters of a once-unlikely candidate had their moment in the spotlight Tuesday night, as Sajid Tarar, the founder and leader of a group calling itself Muslims for Trump led a blessing at the Republican National Convention. “Let us pray again to get our country back,” Tarar told convention......
Melania Trump accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech
July 19th, 20160 Trump and ObamaCLEVELAND — Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention has ignited controversy because it contained a section strikingly similar to words delivered at the Democratic convention in 2008 by the woman she hopes to succeed as first lady, Michelle Obama.An official with the campaign of Republican...Australian man photographs himself urinating on prayer rug
Activists have asked the public to help identify an Australian man photographed urinating in a Muslim prayer room somewhere in Queensland. The grotesque image was posted on a Facebook account called ‘Extremely Fed Up Aussie Patriots’ and has still not been deleted. It was accompanied with the caption:......
Louisiana gunman targeted and ambushed cops
The black U.S. Marine Corps veteran who shot dead three police officers in Louisiana's capital specifically targeted them, police said on Monday, as the United States reeled from the latest deadly violence involving police and black people.Following Sunday's shootings, Baton Rouge police officers took steps to increase their own...Three police officers shot dead in Baton Rouge, gunman killed
Three police officers were shot to death and several others wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday, the city's mayor said, as the country remained on edge in the wake of police shootings of black men and the killings of five Dallas officers. The officers in Baton Rouge were responding to a call of shots fired when they were......
