Police in New Zealand are monitoring a man accused of swallowing a $19,000 pendant with the intention of smuggling it out of a jewelry store.

Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date and $449.99 price tag for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.

Police are searching for the driver involved in a critical hit-and-run on Detroit’s west side.

Finding support and guidance during a period of grieving can make a profound difference in the journey toward healing.

More than a third of Americans are under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as a blistering heatwave continues across the Southwest and California.

Crews were on a crash scene after a semi-truck hit a bridge on Detroit's west side.

This is not a drill! Hummingbirds have been sighted in Michigan for the first time this year.

It’s a cold combination of clear skies and cool breezes as we get going on this Friday morning. Happy Weekend! It’s our first full day of Fall and temperatures around Metro Detroit have bottomed out with most of the area in the low to middle 40s if you are heading out before sunrise. There are a few suburbs flirting with the 30s and there are Frost Advisories in Central and Northern Lower Michigan as we will stay frost free. It’s still light jacket weather if you are walking to work or school with a slight warm up later today.

Here is the weather forecast for Metro Detroit.

Conditions are very pleasant with mostly cloudy skies overnight and temperatures cooling down to the middle 40s as you head out around Metro Detroit.

China is easing government exchange rate controls to let the Russian ruble fall faster in value against the Chinese yuan in a move that would help to insulate Beijing from economic sanctions on Moscow.

Thailand's Central Group and Signa of Austria have confirmed plans to buy luxury British department store chain Selfridges.

Slovenia's health minister is warning the country could face a nightmare scenario if it does not contain its coronavirus outbreak, which is coming amid a surge in infections in low-vaccination countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has called the fall of Afghanistan’s capital and the resurgence of the Taliban “a catastrophe” and “nightmare” that laid bare a failure of intelligence and trans-Atlantic cooperation.

U.S. wildlife managers have set aside areas in seven states as habitat that's critical to the survival of a rare songbird that migrates each year from Central and South America to breeding grounds in Mexico and the United States.

Now their first scheduled game with Houston has been added to the postponement list. ___The Big 12 has announced the reschedule dates for nine women’s basketball games postponed this season because of COVID-19 protocols. ___The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Thursday that Louisville's men's basketball game at Virginia Tech scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Ad___Saturday’s men's basketball game between Texas A&M and Florida has been postponed due to COVID-19. It's the third straight Florida men's game affected by the coronavirus.

China is ready to consider "vaccine cooperation" with Central and Eastern European countries, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday in a meeting held by video link with European leaders. Serbia has received 1 million doses of a Chinese-developed coronavirus vaccine and Hungarian and Chinese vaccine developers are cooperating. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)BEIJING – China is ready to consider “vaccine cooperation” with Central and Eastern European countries, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday in a meeting held by video link with European leaders. Serbia has received 1 million doses of a Chinese-developed coronavirus vaccine, and Hungarian and Chinese vaccine developers are cooperating, Xi said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. “We need to deepen agricultural cooperation,” Xi said, according to Xinhua.

Here are the current standings for the NHL’s 2021 Central Division.

There is another report on what the realigned NHL divisions will look like when the new season starts in 2021. As previously reported, if the season can start mid-January, the league expects to have a 56-game regular season. They ended up playing a 48-game season, just as they did in 1994-95 due to another lockout. Bettman: NHL divisions must realign for 2021 season, Canadian-only division probableIf you like my stuff, sign up for my newsletter. You can still sign up for the newsletter and send me your critical feedback as much as your heart desires:

National Hispanic Heritage Month is held annually from mid-September to mid-October, but what does that mean, exactly? The month is dedicated to celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America, hispanicheritagemonth.gov explains. It started as Hispanic Heritage Week, until President Ronald Reagan expanded it to a month in 1988. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Da de la Raza, which is Oct. 12, falls within this 30 day period.