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Dearborn’s Levagood Park restroom facility to be renovated, expanded by summer 2019

December 10th, 20180 DEARBORN – A pending renovation of the comfort station at the city's Levagood Park will provide a more user-friendly experience in the city’s most-visited...

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Dearborn Public Library implements guidelines for students during busy study period

December 10th, 20180 DEARBORN - The Dearborn Library Commission has once again approved temporary safety guidelines in effect during the busy study period between January 7 and January 18....

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Businessman sentenced to one year in prison for bribery

December 9th, 20180 NORTHVILLE — A technology company CEO has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for delivering bribes to a Detroit city official in restaurant...

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Senators working behind the scenes to pass anti-Israel boycott law during lame duck session

December 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Boycott movements have long been an effective tool for protesters, but a new bill being pushed through Congress aims to penalize people speaking in favor...

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Wayne State University research examines Muslim response to Trump administration

December 8th, 20180 DETROIT — Wayne State University’s Department of Communication presented research Tuesday Nov. 27 that examines the effects of the Trump administration on North...

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Dearborn Police report: Crime is down by 9.1 percent

December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — On Monday, December 3, the Dearborn Police Department and Mayor Jack O’Reilly held a press conference to address crime updates and issues in the...

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Nationally recognized company brings personalized weight loss and wellness services to Dearborn, Metro Detroit

December 7th, 20180 DEARBORN — When it comes to nutrition and weight loss, temptation is all around us (not to mention ever-present clouds of stress), which makes it difficult to focus on...

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Lebanese man fined $50 million, sent to prison for helping Hezbollah

December 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON — A Lebanese businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for being an important financial supporter of Hezbollah pleaded guilty on Thursday to...

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Applications being accepted for short-term vacant Dearborn Public School Board seat

December 7th, 20181 DEARBORN — After being elected to fill the remaining two years of a six-year term on the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education, Mary Lane resigned from her...

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FBI Detroit Division offers tips to avoid holiday scammers

December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT - The FBI's Detroit division is warning holiday shoppers about the high potential for scams this holiday season; and this time around the scams are expected to...

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DMC hospitals fail federal inspections due to contaminated instruments

December 3rd, 20180 DETROIT — Detroit Receiving Hospital was under inspection again this week after it failed a federal review in October when federal investigators found multiple cases...

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Snow is coming: What to do if you are involved in a car crash

December 2nd, 20180 Visibility is low. Roads are slick. Snow is tumbling faster than windshield wipers can wipe. It’s that classic Michigan winter storm. Then, just yards away, is a...

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From Gaza to Dearborn: Mohammed Abu Hussein lost his leg, but not his hope

December 2nd, 20181 DEARBORN – The Palestinian struggle carries countless stories of suffering and injustice. Such is the case with Mohammed Abu Hussein, a young Palestinian boy who lost...

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Judge dismisses lawsuit by family of Muslim Marine who died during boot camp

December 1st, 20180 TAYLOR, MI — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the family of Raheel Siddiqui, a 20-year old Marine who died two years ago in boot camp at Parris island,...

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Dearborn loose-leaf and bagged leaf collection on trash day ends Dec. 14

December 1st, 20180 DEARBORN — The city’s two separate programs to collect loose leaves and bagged leaves from in front of residential properties are both ending the week of December...

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The mother of all Arabic dictionaries makes its debut online

December 1st, 20180 WEST BANK — A computer science professor at Birzeit University has built an online tool called Arabic Ontology that is both a comprehensive dictionary of Arabic and a...

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New infrared technology women-only gym opens in Dearborn Heights

November 30th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Red Effect Infrared Fitness opened a new women-exclusive location on Ford Road in Dearborn Heights on Friday Nov. 23, the first of its kind for the...

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Arab American community launches donations drive to help Yemeni children

November 30th, 20180 DEARBORN – Yemen is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history, with more than 22 million people, 60 percent of the population, in urgent need of food,...

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Beloved Arab American activist Don Unis passes away at age 79

November 30th, 20180 DEARBORN - The passing of anyone, let alone a man as beloved to his family and community as Don Unis, is usually a solemn occasion. But even as Unis, 79, lay in a...

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General Motors to close three assembly plants including Hamtramck

November 30th, 20180 DETROIT — General Motors announced Monday it will close three assembly plants by the end of 2019. A total of 1,500 jobs in Hamtramck are at stake at the plant where...

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Muslim police recruit settles discrimination lawsuit with city of Memphis

November 30th, 20180 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A settlement has been reached between a young Muslim man who filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Memphis, Mayor Jim Strickland in his official...

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FBI: Surge in hate crimes in 2017 the largest since 9/11

November 25th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Hate crimes in the United States in 2017 saw the largest increase — to more than 7,000 — since a period immediately after the terrorist attacks of...

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For Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy every case should be treated with the same gravity

November 24th, 20180 DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, the first African American woman in Michigan to serve as a county prosecutor, internationally recognized for her work and...

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Palestinian awareness group at U of M-Dearborn hosts art expo under theme of resistance

November 24th, 20180 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, November 20, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn hosted its second art expo dedicated to the...

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Court orders release of Iraqi detainees, sanctions ICE

November 22nd, 20180 DETROIT — A federal judge ordered the release Tuesday of roughly 100 Iraqi detainees held for more than 16 months, saying the federal government cannot indefinitely...

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Dearborn: Trash collection delayed one day for Thanksgiving

November 19th, 20180 DEARBORN – All City of Dearborn buildings will be closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 22. The Dearborn Administrative Center, all Dearborn Public Library...

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City Hall Artspace Lofts in Dearborn announces new arts and technology lab

November 19th, 20180 DEARBORN — Artspace, the national arts nonprofit developer, and four partners recently celebrated the development of the City Hall Artspace Lofts in Dearborn. On Nov....

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Man charged with felony for pulling gun on Muslim teens at McDonald’s in Minnesota