Out-of-Towners: Pakistani journalist now glad to know all about Pittsburgh September 6, 2013 12:20 am By Waqas Banoori I had never heard of Pittsburgh until I was informed, while living and working 7,000 miles away in Pakistan’s capital, that ...
Daniel Pearl Fellows: Reshaping hate August 28, 2013 By Rob Eshman On the evening of Aug. 22, I had a public conversation with three Muslim journalists, two from Pakistan and one from Bangladesh, at the Los Angeles Press Club. All ...
Jennifer Alfonso, the woman whose murder was made public on Facebook, is laid to rest AUGUST 13, 2013 BY GLENDA ORTEGA About 100 family and friends gathered in Doral Tuesday to pay their final respects to Jennifer Alfonso, the 26-year-old ...
Drone Exhibition Draws Fans, Protesters August 13, 2013, 7:17 PM By Dion Nissenbaum and Khalid Khattak Drone makers from across the globe converged on Washington Tuesday to seek out new frontiers for the controversial technology. With more than 28 ...
A joyous day for Pittsburgh’s Muslims as Eid-al-Fitr begins August 9, 2013 12:11 am By Waqas Banoori / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Muslims throughout the Pittsburgh area on Thursday welcomed Eid-al-Fitr, one of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar. Local Muslims joined ...
Stolen Road Ranger truck slams into Hialeah condo building AUGUST 7, 2013 BY GLENDA ORTEGA Reynaldo Aspuro, fast asleep in his Hialeah apartment with his wife and 3-year-old granddaughter, didn’t expect to be jolted out of bed by a real ...
North Avenue Beach gets hot spot on Bing By Mugambi MutegiTribune staff reporter 1:52 p.m. CDT, August 5, 2013 Microsoft search engine Bing on Monday featured Chicago’s North Avenue Beach on its home page, amassing more than 1,300 Facebook ...
Chicago area served heaping helping of frozen yogurt business Several new chains look to launch ambitious expansion Teenagers enjoy cups of the product this month at Forever Yogurt. (Abel Uribe, Chicago Tribune / May 7, 2013 By Mugambi Mutegi Published in the ...
By Emran Hossain He stutters and cannot speak English fluently. Yet, whenever the 70-year-old man comes across a priest of the Vatican’s United States Embassy, he introduces himself: “My name is John Wojnowsky. What is your name?” Wojnowsky cannot say ...
By Mugambi Mutegi When I was informed that this week’s blog topic is social media, my mind drew a blank, for a couple of days. I found the writer’s block ironic given the amount of time I spend on Twitter, ...
