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More sales tax coming to Michigan from online retailers

August 19th, 20180 LANSING — State Treasurer Nick Khouri said the state’s sales tax administration will now require many mail order and online retailers located outside of Michigan to...

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Census citizenship question slammed by scientists, civil rights groups

August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. government closed a public comment period on Wednesday on its plans for the 2020 Census, scientists, philanthropists and civil rights...

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Study ranks Michigan schools at 31st place in the U.S.

August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a new study by WalletHub, which ranks state with the best and worst school systems, Michigan ranked at number 31 in the United States....

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New Mexico judge gets death threats after granting bail to Muslim compound members

August 17th, 20180 TAOS, N.M. — A New Mexico judge received death threats and Islamophobic abuse on Tuesday, a day after she granted bail to five Muslims charged with child abuse and who...

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Charlottesville confronts identity one year after clashes

August 10th, 20180 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — For many residents of Charlottesville, Virginia, last year’s White nationalist rally shattered the city’s carefully curated reputation as a...

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No arrests after 66 shot, 12 killed, in weekend Chicago gun violence

August 8th, 20180 Chicago police have made no arrests tied to the shootings of 66 people over the weekend, 12 of them fatal, but dozens were taken into custody on gun charges, the...

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Car dealer deceived consumers and falsified information

August 6th, 20180 Shopping for a car can be exciting. But wading through ads and promotions from car dealers, and deciding how to pay, can make it stressful. If you decide to finance...

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Teen creates website to help children of deportees

August 5th, 20180 HARTFORD, Conn. — A 16-year old high school student designed a website with resource intended to help immigrant children and teenagers understand and prepare for the...

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Head of Revolutionary Guards says Iranian president will never meet Trump

July 31st, 20180 TEHRAN - The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday dismissed President Trump’s tentative offer of talks with Tehran, saying the Islamic Republic was not...

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Report: FBI vastly undercounts hate crimes targeting Arab Americans

July 30th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — There were nearly twice as many hate crimes against Arab Americans in 2015 and 2016 than were reported by the FBI, underscoring the shortcomings of...

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Soleimani warns Trump: ‘If you begin the war, we will end it’

July 29th, 20181 Major-General Qassem Soleimani, a powerful commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, said on Thursday, July 26, that Donald Trump should address any threats...

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New York Arabic Orchestra hosts summer workshops

July 29th, 20180 NEW YORK — The New York Arabic Orchestra (NYAO) hosts its annual Summer Workshops through the end of August. The NYAO invites musicians, students and vocalists to...

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Judge allows lawsuit against citizenship question on 2020 Census to continue

July 27th, 20181 WASHINGTON — On Thursday, July 26, U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman of the Southern District of New York rejected the government’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit...

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The Trump-Putin summit uncovers the depth of divisions in America

July 22nd, 20180 For nearly 80 years the U.S. and Russia (or the former Soviet Union) have held summits. In each case, it has been a forum for domestic political debate. The...

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Texas man convicted of hate crime in 2017 mosque burning

July 21st, 20181 VICTORIA, Texas — A Texas man was found guilty this week of a hate crime in the burning of a local mosque in January 2017, an attack that a rights group connected to...

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EPA’s watchdog urges better water oversight after Flint crisis

July 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was slow and ineffective in its response to the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and needs to improve...

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Arab Americans share their heritage at 12th annual Bazaar in Bay Ridge

July 19th, 20180 BROOKLYN, NY - Sunday, July 9, Arab Americans celebrated their heritage at the 12th annual Arab American Bazaar in Bay Ridge, sponsored by the Arab American Association...

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TSA screeners win immunity from flyer abuse claims

July 11th, 20180 PHILADELPHIA — Fliers may have a tough time recovering damages for invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, after a federal appeals court on Wednesday...

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Federal court blocks detention of asylum seekers

July 6th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court has blocked the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture or death in their countries of origin. It also...

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Comedian Dean Obeidallah wins lawsuit against neo-Nazi from Ohio

July 6th, 20180 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal district court here issued an entry of default against an American neo-Nazi in a lawsuit filed by an Arab American comedian, Dean...

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First Arab American sworn in as mayor of Paterson, New Jersey

July 6th, 20180 PATERSON, NJ —Andre Sayegh was sworn in as the mayor of Paterson, New Jersey on Sunday afternoon, July 1, becoming the first Arab American to hold the city’s...

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Jewish American BDS activist denied entry into Israel

July 6th, 20180 WEST BANK — A Prominent Jewish American activist, Ariel Gold, was denied entry into Israel on Sunday, July 1, over her activism in the Boycott, Divestment and...

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Study: Media coverage of American Muslims Is bigoted and inaccurate

July 6th, 20182 NEW YORK— An organization looking to use data to combat the overwhelming amount of misinformation about Muslims in the media has released an in-depth report to...

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DHS extends temporary protection status for 1,250 Yemenis

July 6th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration said on Thursday it would allow some 1,250 Yemenis to remain in the United States for at least another 18 months under...

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Officials’ reactions to U.S. Supreme Court decision on Muslim Travel Ban

July 1st, 20180 Japanese American protesters: What happened to us should never happen again WASHINGTON/DEARBORN — Outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, many protesters...

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Arab American police officer promoted in Youngstown, OH

June 30th, 20180 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Youngstown Police Department made history Thursday with the first promotion of an Arab American and Muslim police officer. Mohammad Awad, who...

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Yemeni Americans grapple with travel ban fallout as protests erupt in large cities

June 30th, 20181 NEW YORK — Yemeni Americans are most affected by President Trump's Muslim travel ban among the Arab and Muslim Americans. Yemen is one of the countries listed on the...

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