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Man arrested for scamming travelers at several airports including Detroit Metro Airport

August 13th, 20190 DETROIT - On Saturday, August 10, the Wayne County Airport Authority Police Department arrested 44-year-old H. Michael Borovetz in Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County...

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Gunman kills 20, wounds 26 at Walmart store in El Paso, Texas

August 3rd, 20190 EL PASO, Texas - A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 26 as shoppers and employees...

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Kym Worthy charges Detroit man for two Hamtramck assaults

July 31st, 20190 DETROIT - On Friday, July 26, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged Marcus Maxwell Ross, a 32 year old Detroit man, in connection with two separate incidences of...

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FBI’s Wray says most domestic terrorism arrests this year involve White supremacy

July 28th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. - FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that the agency has made about 100 domestic terrorism-related arrests since October, and the majority were...

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Canadian Somali journalist Hodan Nalayeh killed in terror attack

July 22nd, 20190 KISMAYO, SOMALIA - A prominent Canadian Somali journalist who was among 27 people killed in a terrorist attack in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo Saturday is...

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There are no ‘quick fixes’ to clean up your credit

July 5th, 20190 By Lisa Lake If you're trying to clean up your credit, you'll come across plenty of companies offering an easy fix. But any company promising instant results for a...

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Chapel Hill man gets three life sentences for murdering Muslim neighbors

June 22nd, 20190 DURHAM, N.C. — Moments after a North Carolina man pleaded guilty to gunning down three Muslim university students, a prosecutor played a cellphone video of the...

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Mohamed Morsi died in court, in a soundproof cage under guards’ watch

June 18th, 20190 CAIRO - Egypt's former civilian president, Mohamed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, collapsed in a courtroom and died on Monday, June...

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Yemeni American Osama Saleh wins $4.7M lawsuit for being called ‘Bin Laden’

June 18th, 20190 BROOKLYN —A federal jury awarded $4.7 million to Osama Saleh, a Yemeni American who was punched and bullied by a co-worker who had repeatedly called him "Bin...

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Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza, calling attack a “response” to rocket fire

June 13th, 20190 SDEROT, Israel — Israeli aircraft attacked a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a Palestinian rocket strike, the Israeli military said, in the first...

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Bangladeshi American cab driver from Hamtramck killed on the job in Detroit

May 31st, 20190 DETROIT — A Bangladeshi American father of seven was shot and killed while driving his cab Saturday morning. Hamtramck resident Joynul Islam, 60, was a cab...

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FTC offers a parental advisory about dating apps

May 20th, 20190 Parents be warned: some dating apps – like FastMeet, Meet24 and Meet4U – allow adults to find and communicate with children. Concerned parents should remove these...

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Avoid crowdfunding scams

May 20th, 20190 Crowdfunding is one way to support a project you believe in and get rewards for that support. But the project you’re backing is only as good as the people behind it....

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Get a one-ring call? Don’t call back

May 10th, 20190 A while back, we warned you about the “one ring” scam. That’s when you get a phone call from a number you don’t know and the call stops after just one ring....

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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...

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Suspect in attack at San Diego synagogue also investigated for mosque arson

April 29th, 20190 POWAY - The 19-year-old suspect accused of opening fire at a synagogue in Poway on Saturday brings concerns about rising incidents of anti-Jewish hate across the...

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Massage therapist summarily suspended for alleged inappropriate sexual contact with clients

April 25th, 20190 SOUTHFIELD — The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) served an order suspending the massage therapist license belonging to Carl Ellis of Southfield...

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Police arrest Florida man for threatening calls to Tlaib, others

April 24th, 20190 Washington — Police have arrested a Florida man and charged him with making threats by phone last week to freshman U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit, and two other...

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Expungement fair to be held in inkster Sunday, May 4

April 23rd, 20190 INKSTER – People with up to two misdemeanor convictions or one felony conviction can apply to have the convictions expunged from their records and receive access to...

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Abbas family relatives sue Kentucky bars for over-serving drunk driver before fatal crash

April 12th, 20190 NORTHVILLE, MI - Relatives of the Abbas family of Northville filed a wrongful death lawsuit this past Wednesday against two Kentucky bars, saying that they over-served...

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A mother pleads for justice in 17-year-old son’s death, says he was a U.S. Army soldier

March 29th, 20190 ANN ARBOR – Tragedy struck the home of Lola Bzeih and Mohamed Jaafar last Friday, March 22. Their son, Ismail Mohamed Jaafar, a soldier in the U.S. Army according to...

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Juvenile charged in Dearborn Heights homicide

March 9th, 20190 DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Daylon Jamar Wooten, 16, of Dearborn Heights in connection with the homicide of James Newman, 17, of...

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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...

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Dearborn police search for suspects involved in assault at Taco Bell

March 1st, 20190 DEARBORN — Dearborn Police request assistance from the public in identifying the suspects involved in an assault at the Taco Bell on W. Warren Avenue earlier this...

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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...

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Police arrest Detroit man accused of making terror threats

February 22nd, 20190 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Authorities said a man has been arrested at a residence in Ohio for threatening a mass shooting in Michigan. The U.S. Marshals Service said...

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Holt woman who allegedly killed her husband, fellow defendant back in court

February 22nd, 20190 MASON, MI – A Holt woman and a fellow co-defendant were back in court on Thursday for a probable cause hearing for open murder charges against them, WILX-Lansing...

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