Afghan immigrant opens Middle Eastern restaurant on Parade Street after 4 years in Erie
The former doctor with the U.S. Army during the second Gulf War brought his family to Erie to avoid the Taliban, which had threatened his life.
Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military blocked from reaching American soil
He was not alone. Thousands of Aghan families were separated in the rushed withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Babies ...
Trump's executive order delivers 'death sentence' to Afghan refugees hoping to resettle in US from Pakistan
Afghans who fled after the Taliban takeover were all set for new lives in the United States until Donald Trump signed an ...
U.S. aid cuts could be ‘death sentence’ for Afghan women studying abroad
A group of more than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban regime to study in Oman say they are at risk of imminent ...
They crossed the world to reach the US; now deported under Trump, they're stuck in Panama
They crossed oceans to get to the U.S., fleeing conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in ...
Pakistan's leader to meet with survivors and commandos who ended an insurgents' train attack
Pakistan’s prime minister traveled to restive southwestern Balochistan province to meet survivors of a train attack and the ...
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Homelessness to hope: an Afghan refugee chasing cricket stardom
My name is Chris* and I am 18 years old. My journey has been anything but ordinary. I have faced challenges that most people couldn’t imagine in a lifetime, ...
State-run psilocybin program could be on the horizon, under bill approved by Senate
SANTA FE — New Mexico could become the second state to enact a state-run psilocybin program for medical purposes, under a bill approved Wednesday by the state Senate. The bipartisan legislation, ...
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William Harvey comes back to his earliest roots in Flint
Worth-Nelson Violinist William Harvey, featured performer at the FIM Flint Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Saturday, March 15 ...
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Afghans who helped Americans fear Taliban retribution after U.S. suspends refugee program
Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received ...
Group is producing documentary on life and death of Detroit urban fiction legend Donald Goines
It's been more than 50 years since Goines and his common-law wife, Shirley Sailor, were found shot to death on Oct. 21, 1974 in their flat in Highland Park, a small enclave of Detroit. Each had been ...