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Tactical Paramedics Join Dearborn SWAT Team
DEARBORN - Dearborn Police in conjunction with the Dearborn Fire Department announce the addition of two paramedics to the Dearborn Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team.The two added SWAT Team paramedics are part of a Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) initiative. TEMS is also supplemented by an Oakwood Hospital...Dearborn resident arrested for possession of child pornography
DEARBORN - On December 18, 2013 the Dearborn Police in conjunction with the Michigan State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Edward Bak of Dearborn for possession of Child Sexually Abusive Material.Bak was arrested on 12 separate charges including Child Sexually Abusive Material – Possession, Child Sexually...Detroit reaches deal to end interest-rate swaps
DETROIT - The city of Detroit reached an agreement on Tuesday with two banks to end a costly interest-rate swap agreement, a significant step as the city negotiates with creditors to put together a plan to exit the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.Detroit will pay $165 million, plus up to $4.2 million in costs, to end the...Snow shoveling tips as Winter looms
Shoveling snow can increase your risk of heart attack, and you should take precautions to protect yourself, an expert says."When the temperature outside drops, our blood vessels narrow to prevent our bodies from losing heat," Dr. Holly Andersen, director of education and outreach at the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute of...Five common New Year’s resolution mistakes and how to fix them
Every new year we make a list of resolutions, hoping to better ourselves and our lives, only to abandon our efforts entirely by Feb. 1 (if not by Jan. 2). Such failures are not mere disappointments, as they can create emotional wounds that impact our psychological well-being. Indeed, too often the annual ritual that is meant to...Law corner: Healthcare fraud criminal prosecutions are on the rise
Last week, I presented a general overview of the meaning of the word “fraud.” This week, I explore a certain type of fraud commonly known as “healthcare fraud.”In general, healthcare fraud involves the filing of false claims by medical practitioners, with private or government payers, for the purpose of obtaining money....Dearborn inauguration ceremony for newly elected officials scheduled for Jan. 2, public invited
DEARBORN - The public is invited to attend the inauguration ceremony at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2 for the City of Dearborn elected officials who will serve January 2014-December 2017 The ceremony will be inside the Michael A. Guido Theater at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave. A dessert reception...Poetry corner: Strangers
As a part of its continuing effort to share a portion of the literary wealth of Arabic poetry with the English reader, The Arab American News translates a poem by Syrian poet Muhammad Maghout.Maghout was a poet, playwright and essayist, who spent a lifetime advocating for political freedom in an Arab World run by totalitarian regimes. He...BCBSM extends enrollment deadline for off marketplace individual health plans
DETROIT - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is extending the enrollment deadline for some of its individual health plans to Dec. 31, giving Michigan consumers more time to enroll in a health plan and ensure uninterrupted coverage into the New Year.Deadline extended to December 31 for off-marketplace plans – for consumers who...Christmas bombings kill 34 in Iraq
BAGHDAD - At least 34 people were killed in three bombings in Christian areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, Dec. 25, including a car bomb that exploded as worshipers were leaving a Christmas service, Iraqi police and medics said.Elsewhere in Iraq, at least 10 people were killed in three attacks that targeted police and Shi'a pilgrims.The...Saudi Arabia restored as defendant in suit by 9/11 families
NEW YORK -- A New York federal appeals court has restored Saudi Arabia as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by thousands of people affected by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who co-chaired a joint congressional inquiry into the attacks, called the ruling a "very significant breakthrough," BrowardBulldog.org...Egypt designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
CAIRO - The Egyptian government intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, Dec. 25, formally listing the group as a terrorist organization after accusing it of carrying out a suicide bomb attack on a police station that killed 16 people.The move marked a major escalation in the army-backed government's campaign to...Arab American honored for work with homeless community
Jabbar.DEARBORN - Nawal Jabbar of the Arab American Community Center for Economic and Social Services Department’s Emergency Service Team was recognized by the Out Wayne County Homeless Services Coalition during its recent Homeless Awareness Week Recognition Luncheon. Jabbar has helped clients by providing translation services,...Snyder signs new laws to protect consumers against ‘skimmers’
LANSING – Gov. Snyder has signed a package of bills intended to safeguard Michiganders from devices used to steal their personal information and use it to commit fraud. The bills are included among 14 other pieces of legislation intended to help protect Michiganders and their property in a variety of ways.The five-bill package...Egypt to try Morsi for international conspiracy with Hamas, Hizbullah and Iran
CAIRO - Egypt's public prosecutor charged former President Mohamed Morsi and 35 other top Islamists on Wednesday, Dec. 18, with conspiring with foreign groups to commit terrorist acts in Egypt, in a case that could result in their execution.Declaring it "the biggest case of conspiracy in the history of Egypt", a statement detailed a......
Yemeni parliament votes against drone attacks
SANAA - Yemen's parliament on Sunday, Dec. 15, called for a stop to drone attacks in a symbolic vote that reflected growing public anxiety about Washington's use of the unmanned aircraft to combat al-Qaeda in the impoverished country.Motions passed by the Yemeni parliament are not binding and can be struck down by the president, and are...Suicide bombers kill 36 Shi’a pilgrims in Iraq
BAGHDAD - Suicide bombings in Iraq killed at least 36 people on Thursday, Dec. 19, in attacks targeting Shi'a pilgrims ahead of a major holy day next week, police said.Two years after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, violence is at its highest level since 2006-7, when sectarian violence killed tens of thousands of people.The first major...
Local singer sentenced to 11-22 year prison sentence for sexual assault
December 20th, 20130 DETROIT - Local singer Nasser Mohamad Bazzi, who goes by the stage name Nasser Habib, was sentenced to a minimum of 11 years and a maximum of 22 years in prison on Thursday, Dec. 19 for criminal sexual conduct involving his niece, who was a minor at the time the incidents occurred. Bazzi’s sentencing hearing took place at the...
Amnesty International: Syria Islamists perpetrate ‘shocking abuses’
December 20th, 20130 DAMASCUS - Islamist militants are perpetrating "a shocking catalogue of abuses" in secret jails across northern Syria, including torture, flogging and killings after summary trials, Amnesty International said on Thursday, Dec. 19.It said in a report that the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS), one of the most powerful......
Two former Guantanamo detainees face ‘rehab’ for militants in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH - Two Saudi detainees sent home from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay will go through the kingdom's rehabilitation program for militants, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, Dec. 17.Muhammad Husayn Qahtani and Hamood Abdulla Hamood were repatriated to Saudi Arabia on Monday after spending 11 years in Guantanamo,...U.S. scholars’ group backs call for academic boycott of Israel
WASHINGTON - An association of American scholars has voted for an academic boycott of Israeli colleges and universities in protest against Israeli policies towards the Palestinians, the group said this week.Members of the American Studies Association voted by a 2-to-1 margin to endorse a boycott resolution, which stems from a broader......
Webcams can be covertly compromised by cops and hackers
Security experts in the United States have figured out how hackers can remotely access without being detected the built-in webcams installed in millions of Apple computers, but law enforcement agencies already have that exploit in their toolbox of tricks.Researchers at John Hopkins University revealed their findings in a paper published...Sanctions against Iran harm innocent people, peace
What are President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry up to with Iran? First they boasted of a historic interim agreement with Iran regarding its civilian nuclear program — an agreement which demonstrates that the Islamic Republic won’t be making nuclear weapons — something it has shown no inclination to do anyway. Then......
