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Arab American cop files claim against his employer after his colleagues called him ‘Beirut Bomber’ and ‘ISIS’

May 11th, 20180 SAN JOSE, CA — A Lebanese-American police officer in San Jose filed a claim against the city and his employer after enduring years of harassment based on his ethnicity...

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Trump via Twitter: I will announce my decision on Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday

May 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON - President Trump said he would announce a decision on the future of the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday as European countries piled pressure on Washington to...

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Trump skips White House Correspondents’ dinner in D.C. for rally in Washington, MI

May 4th, 20180 WASHINGTON, MI — While the First Amendment and award-winning journalism were being honored at the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner in...

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Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Trump’s travel ban

April 27th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to...

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Supreme Court curbs human rights claims against companies

April 27th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Foreign corporations cannot be sued in American courts for human rights abuses committed overseas, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, refusing to...

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Pentagon: Man linked to 9/11 attacks captured in Syria

April 23rd, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A man linked to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, who was said to have praised "violent jihad", was captured in Syria by U.S.-backed...

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Arab American actor lands role on HBO’s ‘Westworld’

April 23rd, 20180 LOS ANGELES — Boualem Hassaine has always loved acting. He would stand in front of the mirror and practice as a child for hours. All that practice has led to roles in...

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Dr. Maya Hammoud first Muslim appointed as president of national OB-GYN education association

April 23rd, 20180 NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — As the nation's communities become more diverse, so do the health needs of its women. The Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics...

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Trump’s Muslim travel ban faces U.S. Supreme Court showdown

April 22nd, 20180 WASHINGTON - The ultimate showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over President Trump’s immigration policies and in particular the “Muslim Travel Ban” is set for...

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Starbucks to close 8,000 U.S. stores on 5/29 for racial-bias training

April 17th, 20180 Starbucks Corp will close 8,000 company-owned U.S. cafes for the afternoon on May 29 to train nearly 175,000 on how to prevent racial discrimination in its...

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U.S. launches crackdown on sexual harassment in housing

April 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration is launching an initiative on Thursday to crack down on sexual harassment of women by landlords and encourage victims to...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Fifty years after King’s assassination, U.S. civil rights leaders lament Trump’s rise

April 6th, 20180 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A half century after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders say they are fearful President Trump could reverse...

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States, cities sue U.S. to block 2020 Census citizenship question

April 6th, 20180 NEW YORK — A group of states and cities sued the Trump administration to stop it from asking people filling out 2020 census forms whether they are citizens. The...

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Shooter attacked YouTube for filtering her videos

April 4th, 20180 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — An Iranian-born woman who blogged about surviving in a world filled with “injustice and diseases” opened fire at YouTube’s California...

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Woman wounds three at YouTube HQ before killing herself

April 3rd, 20180 SAN BRUNO, Calif. — A woman opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, wounding at least three people before taking her own life, as...

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Protests erupt as family buries police shooting victim Stephon Clark

March 30th, 20180 Sacramento, CA — Scores of Black Lives Matter activists protested in Sacramento on Thursday after the funeral of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by police in...

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U.S. gymnastics doctor’s boss at Michigan State charged with sex crime

March 29th, 20180 DETROIT ― A former Michigan State University dean, who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, was himself charged on Tuesday with...

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Saudi Arabia must face U.S. lawsuits over Sept. 11 attacks

March 29th, 20180 NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to dismiss lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and should pay...

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Orlando nightclub shooter’s father was FBI informant, widow’s attorney says

March 26th, 20180 ORLANDO, Fla. — A widow on trial for aiding her late husband, the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, should have a mistrial declared, defense...

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Prosecutor: Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims with weapon of mass destruction

March 23rd, 20180 WICHITA, Kan. - Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment complex in western Kansas, where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque, wanted to...

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Trump’s red-carpet reception for Saudi crown prince: Give us your money!

March 23rd, 20180 WASHINGTON — President Trump gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday and credited U.S. defense sales to the Saudis with...

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Texas serial bomber made video confession before blowing himself up

March 23rd, 20180 PFLUGERVILLE, TX — The serial bomber whose deadly attacks terrorized Austin, Texas, for weeks left a 25-minute video "confession" on a cell phone found after he blew...

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Two wounded in Maryland school shooting, student gunman killed

March 23rd, 20180 GREAT MILLS, MD — A 17-year-old boy opened fire at a Maryland high school on Tuesday in an attack that left two fellow students wounded, then died after a gunfight...

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