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Mother who killed her children and put them in the freezer charged
DETROIT—Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy has charged Mitchelle Angela Blair, 35, of Detroit, in connection with two children discovered in a freezer in her home in the 800 block of on St. Aubin Street in Detroit. On March 24 at 10:45 a.m., Detroit Police Officers were called to Blair’s apartment because two...
Dearborn soldier on ISIS hit list
March 25th, 20150 The "Islamic State" released a list of 100 U.S. soldiers with their names and home addresses, urging its followers to attack them. The list prompted cautions for heightened security measures in the cities where the military members reside. A Dearborn soldier is on the "hit list."The Associated Press reported that the Pentagon is...Students seek donations to create two community gardens in heart of East Dearborn
DEARBORN—Fordson High School's (FHS) Political Science Club has received permission from the City of Dearborn to create two community gardens in the heart of East Dearborn. “As we are just now starting this project, we have not yet collected enough donations to begin building,” said FHS senior Sara...
Suspect caught on camera stealing waitress’ cell phone at Dearborn restaurant
March 24th, 20150 The suspect is the man in the hat to the rightDEARBORN— On Saturday, Mar. 21 at around 12:30 p.m. a male suspect was observed stealing a waitress’ cell phone from behind the cash register at a local restaurant. The suspect is described as being a heavyset, white male with light-complexion in...
Muslim family is shocked to discover cemetery buried a stranger in their purchased plot
March 20th, 20150 PLYMOUTH — Last week, while visiting a loved one’s grave at United Memorial Gardens, a local Muslim family was devastated to discover that the cemetery had buried a stranger's body in a plot purchased by the family years ago. Abdul Charara visited the grave of his wife, Mahassen Charara, on March 17, the anniversary of her death,...
Local experts weigh in on Israeli elections
March 20th, 20150 Netanyahu.DEARNORN — Benjamin Netanyahu won his fourth term as Israeli prime minister comfortably Tuesday, shocking many political and media observers who were expecting an administration shakeup. His victory follows a slew of backlash about his racist and fear-mongering rallying cry, that some critics say stole him the...
Dearborn’s alleys an eyesore for residents and business owners
March 20th, 20150 An alley in east Dearborn with visible trash and potholes.DEARBORN — While efforts have gone underway to repair roads across the city, the same cannot be said about the alleys behind businesses and alongside residential streets. Over the years, alleys in several neighborhoods have slowly deteriorated due to little to no maintenance...
Al-Ajami West embodies the transformation of West Dearborn
March 20th, 20150 DEARBORN — After years of struggles with the recession and poor planning, West Dearborn is starting to attract new businesses, but one new establishment is already a familiar name to residents. Al-Ajami West will open this weekend, bringing more than 13 years of experience in upscale Middle Eastern cuisine to the west side of...
Century 21 honors broker Sam Baydoun
March 20th, 20150 Sam Baydoun displaying the award with his family.DETROIT — Real estate associate broker, Sam Baydoun received the Grand Centurion Award, which is the highest recognition within the Century 21 system. During his career of 25 years with Century 21, Baydoun has sold over 300 million in residential and commercial sales. Baydoun...
Whiston offered state superintendent position
March 20th, 20150 DEARBORN — The State Board of Education conducted its final interviews for State Superintendent on Wednesday afternoon and selected Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Brian Whiston as the one to take the job. The State Board and Whiston need to work out the details of a contract before he officially accepts the...Judge sentences Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad to 8-15 years in prison
DETROIT — On Friday, March 13, a judge sentenced Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad to 8-15 years in prison for a punch that killed 44-year-old John Bieniewicz. "It's murder in my eyes," Bieniewicz’s widow, Kris, said Friday. "It will always be murder in my eyes." Saad was also ordered to pay more than $9,200 for Bieniewicz's funeral...
Students center of attention at Dallo Martial Arts
March 20th, 20150 Dallo training one of his students.SOUTHFIELD — Jalal Dallo's students call him “Sifu.” The traditional Chinese term is used to refer to a highly respected martial arts instructor. A sifu is not only your teacher, but also your father. “Si” means teacher and “fu” means father. Dallo, an attorney, is the owner of the...
Court denies Judge Somers’ request for a rehearing
March 20th, 20150 Somers.CINCINNATI — On Friday, March 13, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied 19th District Court Judge Mark Somers’ request for a rehearing in the $1.2 million judgment against him in the case of former deputy court administrator Julie Pucci. The court unanimously affirmed the judgment on Feb. 13 and Somers filed a motion for...
Florida parents dissatisfied with five-day suspension teacher received for calling student “Taliban”
March 20th, 20150 14-year-old Deyab Houssein Wardani, a freshman at Cypress Bay High School in Weston.WESTON, Fla. — A Muslim family is demanding that a local public school properly discipline a teacher for humiliating their son during class when she called him a "rag head Taliban." Youssef Wardani, the Lebanese father of 14-year-old Deyab...United flight diverted after man rushes toward cockpit
WASHINGTON — A United Airlines flight to Denver returned to a Washington airport late on Monday when a passenger shouting about jihad rushed toward the cockpit before other passengers grabbed him, ABC News said. United Flight 1074, carrying 33 passengers and six crew members, returned to Washington Dulles International Airport when......
Business owners applaud eliminating paid parking in west Dearborn
March 20th, 20150 A no-longer-enforced parking meter in west Dearborn.DEARBORN — The parking meters in downtown west Dearborn covered with plastic bags are not out of order; they were rendered useless by the decommissioning of paid parking— at both meters and structures— that started on March 15. Downtown business owners are hoping that just...
U.S. drone lost in Syria, government claims to have downed it
March 20th, 20150 The United States lost one of its Predator drone aircraft over northwest Syria on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, as Syrian state media reported its air defenses brought down the spy plane in the government-controlled Latakia province.If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces took down the U.S. aircraft - something U.S. officials said......
Ten arguments for raising minimum wage
Darlene Handy of Baltimore holds up a sign during a rally to support raising the minimum wage in Maryland.One: Seven Nobel laureates in economics endorse the higher minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016, saying it does not lead to fewer jobs. Two: Job losses from raising the minimum wage are negligible. Minimum wage has already been raised 23...Clean up Dearborn
Bottles and plastic bags on a lawn in east Dearborn, March 18.As an Arabic saying puts it, "tomorrow the snow will melt and the field will be revealed." That quote demonstrates the truth's ability to eventually manifest itself through barriers of falsehood. In east Dearborn the snow melted last week, but the truth that the fields...Abbas: Two-state solution not possible with Netanyahu
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.RAMALLAH — A two-state solution to the Middle East conflict will be impossible with an Israeli government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday. "Netanyahu's statements against a two-state solution and against a Palestinian state ... are...Libyan government forces bomb Tripoli airport
TRIPOLI — Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognized government on Thursday bombed the only functioning commercial airport in the city, delaying the arrival of a delegation from a rival parliament for U.N. peace talks, officials said. The attack on Matiga airport, a military base used for commercial flights after the main......
Egypt announces plans to build new capital city
A scale model of a planned new capital for Cairo is displayed at an investment conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday.CAIRO — Over the weekend, Egypt unveiled plans to build a wholly new capital. The new city would lie somewhere to Cairo's east, closer to the Red Sea. It would sprawl across some 150...Study: Syria bloodiest conflict of 2014
DAMASCUS — The death toll in the world's most brutal conflicts climbed by more than 28 percent last year from 2013 with bloodshed in Syria worse than all others for the second year running, according to a study released on Wednesday. The Project for the Study of the 21st Century think tank analyzed data from sources including the......
Yemeni president evacuated after air raid targets his palace
Abedrabbo Mansour HadiADEN — Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi was evacuated to safety Thursday after a warplane targeted a palace in Aden where he was staying after fleeing political turmoil in the capital, an aide said. "President Hadi has been evacuated to a safe place, but he has not left the country," the source said as...“Islamic State” claims responsibility for deadly terror attack in Tunisia
A policeman stands past blood stains, inside the compound of the national Bardo museum in Tunis, March 19.TUNIS — Tunisia said it would deploy the army to major cities and arrested nine people on Thursday, after 20 foreign tourists were shot dead in an attack on a museum, which "Islamic State" militants called "the first drop of......