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Biden signs sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill into law
March 11th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden signed into law his sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief and stimulus package on Thursday, just hours before delivering his first prime-time address since taking office. The signing on Thursday means some Americans could expect their $1,400 stimulus payments to begin arriving in their bank...
Chase Bank to discontinue Chase Pay from merchant apps and websites
March 9th, 20210 Chase Bank is discontinuing its Chase Pay digital wallet service at the end of March, the company announced on its website. The option to pay through Chase Pay will be removed from all merchant apps and websites. JPMorgan Chase & Co says its customers can instead link their Chase credit cards to their preferred shopping sites or...
Dearborn Police seeking witness in fatal crash on M-39
March 8th, 20210 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a witness to a fatal March 7 collision. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to the area of M-39 south of Hubbard Drive for a fatal traffic collision. Their investigation showed a Dodge Journey was traveling southbound...
$1,400 checks will start to go out this month
March 7th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden said on Saturday that the U.S. Senate passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill means that $1,400 payments to most Americans will start to go out this month and the bill’s provisions will speed up manufacturing and distribution of vaccines. Biden, speaking at the White House after the...
Michigan widely increases indoor capacity limits
March 2nd, 20210 MICHIGAN — Restaurants in Michigan are now allowed to be at 50 percent capacity, with up to 100 people, thanks to changes to the state's COVID-19 orders, which also effect other indoor activities. On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced updates to two of its epidemic orders, allowing for...
Dingell, dozens of law makers ask Biden for more transparency on U.S. involvement in Yemen war
February 25th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is joining dozens of lawmakers in urging transparency from the Biden administration regarding U.S. involvement in the Saudi/UAE-led coalition’s war in Yemen as the U.S. ends its support for "offensive" operations. In a letter expressing their strong support for President...
Nessel’s office charges two for threats made to officials, including Stabenow
February 23rd, 20210 LANSING – Two men are facing criminal charges for reportedly making threats against public officials in the events leading up to and following the November election, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday. Daniel Thompson, 62, formerly of Gregory and now living in Harrison, is charged with three counts of...
Trump says he will suspend all immigration into U.S. over coronavirus
April 21st, 20200 WASHINGTON,D.C. - President Trump said on Monday he will suspend all immigration into the United States temporarily through an executive order in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect U.S. jobs. The move, which Trump announced on Twitter, effectively achieves one of his long-term policy goals of curbing immigration,...
CENTCOM relocates operations from Qatar, fearing an Iranian missile attack
October 3rd, 20190 Although Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar still is home to thousands of Americans, the ability to carry out command and control functions from South Carolina means that the chances of a “Pearl Harbor” type of strike by the Iranians on the base is limited but not completely avoidable. It also perceived that it won’t take the U.S. seven...
Southern Yemeni separatists tell Saudi Arabia: Evict Islah and give us governing power or lose the war
August 17th, 20190 ADEN — Yemen’s southern separatists vowed on Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led military alliance was for Islamists and northerners to be removed from positions of power in the south. The separatists, supported by coalition member the United Arab Emirates,...
DTE Energy: Stay safe and cool while keeping energy bills affordable during extreme heat
July 22nd, 20190 DETROIT — DTE Energy wants all of its customers to remain safe and comfortable, as well as save on their energy bills, during the next several days of extreme heat in Michigan. DTE performs power plant maintenance and inspections along with energy grid upgrades to help ensure system reliability year-round, including...
Saudi-led coalition strikes Sanaa’s densely-populated district, civilian casualties reported
May 17th, 20190 SANAA – The Saudi-led military coalition carried out several air strikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Thursday after the Houthi movement claimed responsibility for drone attacks on Saudi oil installations. The Sanaa strikes targeted nine military sites in and around the city, residents said, with humanitarian agencies...
Gaza laments deadly start to Ramadan, amid funerals and destruction
May 6th, 20190 GAZA - After two sleepless days and nights of Israeli shelling and Palestinian rocket fire, Gazans on Monday faced a first day of Ramadan overshadowed by funerals and the grim task of pulling bodies from collapsed buildings. As dawn brought a ceasefire of uncertain duration, few Palestinians in the impoverished coastal enclave were...
Trump administration deploying carrier and bombers to Middle East, escalating tension with Iran
May 6th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling “indications and warnings” from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with “unrelenting force” to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Though Bolton cited...
EXCLUSIVE: Dearborn police bust local prostitution ring that included minor
May 3rd, 20190 DEARBORN — A 39-year-old Dearborn Heights resident has been charged with two counts of prostitution and engaging the services of a minor, a 16-year-old student at a Dearborn High School, last November and December. Omar Maher Taji was arraigned in 19th District Court on March 9 in Judge Gene Hunt’s courtroom and released on a......
Far-rightists cleared for Israel election, Arab party blocked
March 9th, 20190 TEL AVIV — Israel’s election board has approved far-right Jewish candidates accused by rivals of racism for next month’s election while disqualifying an Arab party that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said supported terrorism. The Central Elections Committee’s decisions, taken late on Wednesday, were unlikely to be...
Arab American driver charged with felonious assault for striking pedestrians
March 1st, 20190 ROYAL OAK — A 28-year-old Sterling Heights man has been charged with two counts of felonious assault with a motor vehicle for allegedly ramming his car into two people after a bar fight in downtown Royal Oak. Manhal Najib was also charged with two counts of failing to stop at the scene of a personal injury accident, one count of......
Dearborn police request public’s assistance in identifying armed suspects at Ram’s Horn
March 1st, 20190 DEARBORN— Dearborn police are requesting assistance from the public in identifying suspects involved in an assault and gunshots fired at the Ram's Horn restaurant on Greenfield Road last month. On January 5, Dearborn Police officers responded to a call from the restaurant on a report of gunshots being fired. Witnesses described an...
Cities in Michigan with the most affordable housing
February 22nd, 20190 Housing affordability is a top consideration when determining where to live. In 2018, the economy was strong and real estate prices went up. In 2019, many are predicting a downturn in the housing market. The team at HomeArea.com created the cities in Michigan with the most affordable homes using the most recent Census Bureau data of...
Dearborn native Moe Ayoub appointed as planning director for Westland
February 22nd, 20190 WESTLAND — The Westland City Council unanimously approved the appointment of Moe Ayoub as the new planning director at its meeting on Tuesday, February 19. Ayoub, a Dearborn resident, has worked for the city of Dearborn since 2015 and currently holds the position of senior planner. He has a master's degree in urban planning from...
Starving girl shows impact of Yemen war, economic collapse
February 15th, 20190 HAJJAH, Yemen — Displaced by war, starving and living under a tree, 12-year-old Fatima Qoba weighed just 10kg when she was carried into a Yemeni malnutrition clinic. “All the fat reserves in her body have been used up, she is left only with bones,” said Makiah al-Aslami, a doctor and head of the clinic in northwest Yemen. “She......
Report: U.S. negotiating multibillion-dollar fine with Facebook
February 15th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. government and Facebook Inc. are negotiating a settlement over the company’s privacy lapses that could require the online social network to pay a multibillion-dollar fine, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The newspaper said that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Facebook had not agreed on an...
House backs measure to end U.S. support for Saudis in Yemen war
February 15th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC — The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Wednesday that would end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, as many lawmakers sought to push President Trump to toughen his policy toward the kingdom. It was the first time the House of Representatives has......
Federal judge sentences three men to up to 30 years for plot to bomb Somalis, mosque
January 27th, 20190 WICHITA, Kansas - A federal judge sentenced three white men to 25, 26 and 30 years in prison on Friday for a 2016 plot to bomb a Kansas apartment complex that is home to Somali immigrants and their mosque. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichita, Kansas sentenced Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright to 25 years and Patrick Stein to 30...
Nasrallah: Hezbollah could enter Israel now and before tunnels were found
January 26th, 20190 BEIRUT — Hezbollah has “for years” been able to enter Israel, the Lebanese group’s leader said on Saturday, responding for the first time to Israel’s discovery of tunnels dug into Israeli territory from Lebanon. Israel’s unveiling of what it called Hezbollah “attack tunnels” last month, and Lebanon’s accusation that......
