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November 16th, 2018

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Flint airport stabber convicted in terror case

FLINT — Amor Ftouhi, a Tunisian national charged with terrorism and stabbing a police officer during a terror attack last year at Bishop International Airport in Flint, was convicted of all charges Tuesday. Ftouhi, 51, faces up to life in...

November 16th, 2018

Local

Coyote seen in residential area of Dearborn

DEARBORN — There have been several confirmed coyote sightings across Dearborn in recent months, some in highly-populated residential areas. A more recent sighting was near Grindley Park. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources offered...

November 16th, 2018

World

U.S. senators seek clampdown on Saudis over Yemen, journalist’s murder

WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to strike back at Saudi Arabia over the death of a Saudi journalist at a consulate in Turkey and for its role in Yemen’s devastating civil war. If...

November 16th, 2018

World

Yemeni father mourns baby girl who died of starvation

SANAA, Yemen — Saleh al-Faqeh held the wasted arm of his baby daughter as she took her last breath on Thursday at the malnutrition ward of the main hospital in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. Four-month-old Hajar al-Faqeh reached the al-Sabeen...

November 16th, 2018

Local

Police officers find weapons, ammo cache during check of licensed dealer

DEARBORN — Police officers found a large cache of weapons and ammo Nov. 7 after a postal carrier-initiated wellness check of a legally licensed Dearborn arms dealer, who died of natural causes. Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad said at a Nov. 12...

November 16th, 2018

Local

Private investigator hired to follow Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan

DETROIT — Mayor Mike Duggan released a statement after allegations emerged that he is having an affair and cheating on his wife of 32-years, Lori Maher. The allegations were made after Detroit businessman Robert Carmack hired a private...

November 16th, 2018

World

Trump nominates retired general John Abizaid as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced his intention to nominate retired general John Abizaid as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, after two years of the position being vacant. The nomination of Abizaid, a decorated military commander who...

November 16th, 2018

World

U.S. imposes sanctions on Saudi officials for Khashoggi killing

WASHINGTON — The United States imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor sought the death penalty for five suspects in the...

November 16th, 2018

World

‘Everything is a target’: Gaza residents decry indiscriminate Israeli strikes

GAZA — Ahmed Abu Saif struggles to maintain a straight face as he looks at the amorphous pile of rubble of what used to be a five-story building he owned. The structure is one of the several civilian sites that have been flattened over the past...