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Proud moment, says kin of Kashmiri-origin woman named in Biden team

8:13 pm January 16, 2021

Srinagar: Kashmiri-origin Sameera Fazili’s parents wanted her to be a physician, but she was not quite in agreement. Fazili’s plans fructified on Friday when the Biden-Harris Transition named her as the deputy director of the National Economic Council at the White House. The council coordinates the economic policy-making process and provides advice to the US president. Fazili is the second Kashmiri-origin Indian-American appointed […]

Biden ally Clyburn brings civil rights legacy to DNC

3:02 pm August 17, 2020

Washington: In October 1960, a young James Clyburn gathered with other students and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr as frustrations mounted over civil rights protests in what was becoming a tumultuous, dangerous year. John Lewis was there. Marion Barry, too. The one-hour meeting at Atlanta’s Morehouse College stretched to 4 am Clyburn, who said he had not “bought into nonviolence,” emerged to view […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Despite virus threat, Black voters wary of voting by mail

5:02 pm August 2, 2020

Detroit: Despite fears that the coronavirus pandemic will worsen, Victor Gibson said he’s not planning to take advantage of Michigan’s expanded vote-by-mail system when he casts his ballot in November. The retired teacher from Detroit just isn’t sure he can trust it. Many Black Americans share similar concerns and are planning to vote in person on Election Day, even […]

$10,000 reward offered in Atlanta killing of 8-year-old girl

8:03 pm July 6, 2020

Atlanta: The shooting death of an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta prompted a $10,000 reward for information as authorities searched Monday for at least two people who opened fire on the car she was riding in near a flashpoint of recent protests. Police identified the girl killed on Saturday night as Secoriea Turner. And officers returned to the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Alabama officer fired over post of protester in rifle scope

1:25 pm June 28, 2020

Hoover: An Alabama police chief says one of his officers has been fired after posting a photo on social media that depicted a protester in the crosshairs of a rifle scope. Former Officer Ryan Snow was fired Friday, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said. The officer posted the image on Facebook Tuesday in response to an article about protesters […]