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Michigan gas prices have climbed to nearly $5 a gallon, with motorists in Metro Detroit facing another sharp increase as the US-Iran conflict and continued disruption around the Strait of Hormuz drive up global oil costs. The statewide average for regular unleaded reached $4.75 on Thursday, up from $4.54 the previous day, according to AAA Michigan. The average had risen by 28 cents in the week to September 14 and was more than a dollar higher than at the same time last year. Prices in the Detroit area were higher still. A Shell station on Dequindre Road in Madison Heights…

US stocks opened higher as investors welcomed a drop in global oil prices, offering relief to financial markets. The rise on Wall Street came as easing oil costs provided a reprieve for investors.

NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir are preparing to return to Earth after completing an expedition of more than seven months aboard the International Space Station. Meir, the current commander of the orbiting laboratory, and Hathaway discussed their mission in an interview with CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann as their time in space draws to a close. The conversation covered recent spacewalks and SpaceX’s Starship, as well as the astronauts’ expectations for returning home after their extended stay aboard the International Space Station. Hathaway and Meir also reflected on what they are most looking forward to once…

China’s oil supplies are under growing pressure as disruption to Middle Eastern exports sends prices to record highs and forces refiners to compete for replacement cargoes from further afield. Saudi Arabia has shut a key pipeline carrying crude across the Arabian Peninsula to the Red Sea after attacks by a group described as Iran-backed in Iraq. The closure has removed an important route to China and other Asian markets while shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted. Beijing now faces a difficult choice: secure enough oil for its refineries without adding further pressure to prices in China and on…

The Bank of England has halted sales of long-dated gilts and rewritten its plan for unwinding quantitative easing (QE). The move changes how the central bank intends to reduce its holdings of government debt, with long-dated gilt sales paused as part of the revised approach.

Clavicular has named Elon Musk as the celebrity he most wants to meet, saying a conversation with the billionaire would likely be “quite neurodivergent”. The streamer made the comments during an interview with Charlie Neff on The TMZ Podcast, when asked which celebrity he had yet to meet. Clavicular said he admired what Mr Musk had done with X, formerly known as Twitter, and wanted the chance to pick the billionaire’s brain. He has met a number of people since rising to prominence on social media, but said an encounter with the technology entrepreneur would be particularly appealing.

The Football Association has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino over a World Cup sell-off plan and the controversy surrounding Folarin Balogun. The move brings the two issues directly to FIFA’s attention, although no further details of the correspondence or the concerns raised have been disclosed.

A Florida man has been extradited to Georgia after DNA evidence allegedly linked him to the kidnapping and rape of a 19-year-old woman in DeKalb County a decade ago. Julius Hunter, 42, was indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury on 11 August on charges of rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping. He was arrested two days later in Fort Lauderdale while on probation following a 2021 felony sexual battery conviction. Hunter was returned to Georgia in co-operation with the US Marshals Service, Fort Lauderdale police and the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office. He is being held without bond at DeKalb…

King Charles has warned AI leaders of “existential dangers” if increasingly powerful technology falls into the wrong hands, urging the industry to establish safeguards before it is “too late”. The King issued the warning during a meeting at his Dumfries House estate in Scotland, attended by Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis, OpenAI chief financial officer Sarah Friar and Britain’s artificial intelligence minister, Kanishka Narayan. Charles said artificial intelligence could improve and save lives, particularly in medicine and the life sciences. But he said its creators were also warning that the technology could develop more dangerous…

An inquest has heard that Bethany Hewitt told a GP she was experiencing thoughts of suicide and self-harm after waiting three years for an ADHD assessment. The 34-year-old mother of two was found hanged in Runcorn, Cheshire, on February 22, 2026. Ms Hewitt had disclosed suicidal thoughts during a GP appointment 19 days earlier, on February 3. She scored 15 out of 27 on a PHQ9 depression questionnaire, one point below the level at which healthcare guidance says an urgent referral to specialist mental health services should be considered. She denied having an active suicide plan, and the GP did…