I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
During an interview Tuesday with Palestinian journalist Sameh Habeeb, Michigan Messenger was able to ask Dr. Muhammad Karril about the conditions in Gaza. Dr. Karril is a graduate doctor working at Al-Shifa Hospital who was in Habeeb’s company at the time of the interview.
Dr. Karril said the hospital was dangerously close to losing power due to a fuel shortage in Gaza, attributed to Israel’s closure of the borders and a blockade of all trade into Gaza months ago.
The doctor told Michigan Messenger that fuel was being transported into Gaza through tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, but the tunnels were attacked Saturday as the Israeli air force unleashed this latest round of attacks.
Israel has said those tunnels served to transport weapons in Gaza.
Audio of the interview follows, posted to YouTube:
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