Israeli strike targets media personal in Lebanon, kills three journalists
October 26th, 20240 BEIRUT – An Israeli strike early on Friday morning killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses used by media in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's health ministry and local media reported. Those killed were camera operator Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohamed Reda of the pro-Iranian...
Dearborn Heights Police investigate late night shooting resulting in one injury
October 23rd, 20240 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – Police Officers responded to a Wednesday night shooting incident in the city’s South end that left one injured. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on October 23, officers responded to a report of shots fired near the area of Hazel Street and Powers Avenue. On arrival, they found a single victim who was transported to a...
Republican Senator John Kennedy repeatedly accuses Arab American activist of being a “Hamas” supporter at hate crimes hearing
September 20th, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, a Senate hearing on hate-related incidents was capped off by a male Republican Senator yelling at a witness and falsely accusing her of supporting terrorism. The strange scene played out in front of the cameras at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which met to discuss rising rates of...
Dearborn Police investigating armed robbery at local jewelry store
August 17th, 20241 DEARBORN – The Police Department is seeking assistance identifying individuals involved in an armed robbery of a jewelry store on the city’s east side on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Police responded to the 7000 block of Schaefer on reports of an armed robbery that had just occurred. An investigation revealed two...
Arab American police officer killed on duty in Melvindale; suspect in custody
July 26th, 20240 MELVINDALE – Within approximately 31 hours, authorities managed to arrest a criminal with a record who shot and killed an Arab American police officer in Melvindale while trying to arrest him last Sunday morning. The killing of the young officer, Mohamed Said, 23, brought sorrow and grief to the local community and officials...
Reckless driver kills Arab American doctor, a wife and mother of three children
July 26th, 20240 DEARBORN – A 33-year-old Arab American doctor tragically lost her life in a devastating car accident on the morning of Friday, July 19. According to Dearborn police, a reckless driver from Taylor was driving her car at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour on Michigan Avenue in West Dearborn when she ran a red light and collided with...
Assassination attempt on former President Trump marks a significant and troubling event in American politics
July 14th, 20240 BUTLER, Pennsylvania – In a dramatic turn of events, former President Trump survived an assassination attempt while speaking at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. The assailant, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire, hitting Trump in the ear. Trump was swiftly evacuated by Secret Service agents...
BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP quickly removed of stage after gunshots rang through the crowd
July 13th, 20240 Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. Trump was showing off a chart of border crossing numbers when bangs started ringing through the crowd. Trump could be seen reaching with his right hand toward his neck. There appeared to be blood on his face. He...
Police ask Texas prosecutors to treat attempted drowning of 3-year-old Palestinian American child as a hate crime
June 28th, 20240 DALLAS — A Texas woman allegedly tried to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian American at an apartment complex pool in suburban Dallas after making racist remarks toward the child’s mother in a case investigators are asking to be treated as a hate crime, a police spokeswoman said Monday. Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has been charged with...
Adobe used hidden fee to trap people into paying for subscription plans, FTC says
June 22nd, 20240 By Andrew Rayo Maybe you want to try out a product for a little while before you make a long-term decision. So, you sign up for a monthly subscription plan. Everything is fine until you want to cancel and it turns out to be a yearly subscription with monthly payments. Surprise! That’s what the FTC says...
Five sisters indicted in multi-state $1 million mail fraud and retail scheme
June 21st, 20241 Five sisters are facing decades in federal prison for an elaborate mail fraud scheme that netted them more than $1 million over about two years. Federal prosecutors say the sisters would make fraudulent returns by pretending to return an item through the mail to get a refund, then returning the item at an actual store to then get a...
New House bill would increase fines for loud cars and showy drivers in Michigan
June 14th, 20240 LANSING – As the school year ends and high school graduation parties take place during a period that annually sees a significant increase in reckless and annoying driving behaviors, the Michigan legislature is moving towards passing a new bill aimed at tightening the pursuit of noisy drivers. Under...
“Immense” scale of Gaza killings amount to crimes against humanity, U.N. inquiry says
June 14th, 20240 GENEVA — Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a U.N. inquiry found on Wednesday, saying that Israel's actions also constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses. The findings were from two parallel reports, one focusing on the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and another...
Trump is a convicted felon. Now what?
May 31st, 20240 Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. After two days of deliberation, the 12-member jury pronounced Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts he...
Hassan Alwaily, 37, sentenced to 10-40 years in the death of Balkees Sadek
May 26th, 20240 DETROIT — Wayne County Judge Paul Cusick sentenced Hassan Alwaily to 10 to 40 years May 24 for second-degree murder in the April 6, 2020 death of 29-year-old Balkees Sadek in Dearborn. If it were up to Cusick, Alwaily would spend the maximum 40 years of his sentence in prison for fatally strangling Sadek, who was his girlfriend, and......
Former state employee sentenced for using state vehicles for personal use
May 24th, 20240 LANSING – Last Friday, Rufus Chappell, 64, of Farmington Hills, was sentenced before Judge Mariam Bazzi in Wayne County's Third Circuit Court to three years’ probation and restitution in the amount of $47,214.85 to the Unemployment Insurance Agency after a jury found the former state employee guilty of embezzlement in April,...
Detroit man charged in fatal road rage attack that claimed the life of Reda Saleh
May 17th, 20240 DETROIT – Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Desmond Burks, 33, of Detroit, with second degree murder in connection with a road rage incident that killed Reda Saleh, 67, of Dearborn. On April 17, at approximately 6:45 p.m., Detroit police officers were dispatched to intersection of West Chicago Street and Greenfield Road......
Dearborn man gets 10-30 years in fatal 2023 shooting of 28-year-old Dearborn Heights resident
May 17th, 20241 DEARBORN – A Dearborn resident has been sentenced to 10 to 30 years for the fatal shooting of Ahmed Nasserdine, 28, a resident of Dearborn Heights on July 6, 2023, court records said. Zayed Albodour, 53, received the sentence Friday in Detroit from Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Bridget Hathaway on a count of second-degree murder...
Two Arab American doctors charged with child abuse, causing mental harm
May 17th, 20240 BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Two Arab American doctors from Brookfield are charged with child abuse and causing mental harm to a child. A physician’s oath is "first, do no harm", but Brookfield police say two doctors didn't practice that this week. Prosecutors charged both Iyad Azzam and Wiaam Taha with two counts of felony child abuse and...
Sexual assault complaint filed against Warren chiropractor, video evidence presented
April 26th, 20240 Dearborn attorney Azzam Elder filed a complaint in Macomb County Circuit Court April 19 alleging that his client, referred to as Jane Doe in the court document, was sexually assaulted by Warren chiropractor John Pispidikis. Pispidikis owns the Spinal Recovery Center on 12 Mile Road. Elder held a press conference on the sidewalk...
Mass graves discovery in Gaza: What do we know and what are the consequences under international law?
April 26th, 20240 THE HAGUE – The discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals, said by Palestinian authorities to contain hundreds of bodies, have triggered calls by the U.N. rights chief and others for an international investigation. While not defined under international law, a mass grave is a burial site containing multiple bodies, the existence......
Dearborn Heights landlord agrees to pay $185K to eight women he sexually harassed
April 12th, 20240 DETROIT – On Monday, April 8, the Justice Department announced that a Dearborn Heights landlord, Mohamad Hussein, has agreed to pay $185,000 in damages and a civil penalty to the government to resolve the Fair Housing Act (FHA) lawsuit concerning his sexual harassment of actual and prospective female tenants. Hussein has owned and...
Former Grosse Pointe Park pharmacist sentenced to prison for filling fake prescriptions
March 22nd, 20240 DETROIT – On Wednesday, March 15, a New Baltimore resident and former Grosse Pointe Park pharmacist was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months in federal prison for filling fake prescriptions, following her convictions for 26 drug-related crimes, including unlawful distribution of controlled substances and conspiracy to unlawfully......
Dearborn Police make arrest in violent home invasion
March 18th, 20240 DEARBORN – On March 17, at approximately 2 p.m., Dearborn Police officers responded to a residence near Southfield Rd and Outer Dr following a reported home invasion and assault. Upon arrival, officers discovered two elderly female residents who had been severely abused and sexually assaulted by an unknown adult male who illegally...
Sure ways to spot a scammer
March 15th, 20240 By Jennifer Leach Scammers say and do things that can tell us they’re lying — and they’re not who they pretend to be. Of course, to hear or see those clues, we have to get past the panic scammers make us feel, thanks to the so-called emergencies they......
