Tara Russell, left, under the guidance of instructor Dr. Fozia Ali, adds dates to the sheer khurma dish, a Pakistani dessert made with vermicelli that is traditionally served at the end of the ...

He was accompanied by his wife, Fozia Ramazan Ali Qurban Ali; two sons, ages 15 and 4; and three daughters, ages 11, 8 and 6. "This is the first time in our lives we have been welcomed," he said.

A federal grand jury indicted Fozia Sheik Ali, 50, of Hopkins, on four counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of public money for an alleged scheme in which she "greatly overstated" the ...