Matt Gaetz says he is removing himself from consideration to be the next attorney general.

In a stunning announcement, Gaetz said on Thursday, "It was clear my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance transition."

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gaetz to be the attorney general last week. The nomination was immediately met with pushback from Democrats and Republicans.

Gaetz has faced serious allegations involving his personal life. In 2021, Gaetz was accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl and violating federal sex trafficking laws, but the Department of Justice said it would not bring charges against him last year after a multi-year investigation into the allegations. Gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, however, his actions have also been subject to a bipartisan House Ethics Committee.

It's unclear what Gaetz's future holds as he resigned from Congress as he was nominated for the attorney general job.

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trumps pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation.

The Florida Republican made the announcement Thursday on X.

"While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition. There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General," Gaetz said in a statement.

Members of the House Ethics Committee met this week and voted against releasing the panel's investigation into Gaetz. The House panel expects to meet again Dec. 5 to reconsider releasing its findings.

"There was no consensus on this issue," said Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, the panel's ranking Democrat, who said the vote fell along party lines on the evenly split committee.

Trump has in Gaetz a valued ally who is bringing wide-ranging proposals to rid the Department of Justice of those perceived to have weaponized their work against the president-elect, his allies and conservatives in general.

At least one Republican senator decried the scrutiny as a lynch mob forming against Gaetz.

Im not going to legitimize the process to destroy the man because people dont like his politics, said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., as he left the private senators meeting.

Our Grant Me Hope child this week is 14-year-old Jaheim, who said he wants to be a surgeon or a lawyer when he grows up.

According to the Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange, Jaheim's favorite subject in school is health class.

If he had three wishes, he's wish for wealth, happiness and most of all, a family.

Jaheim has a big heart and has a strong desire to be part of a family, says an adult close to him.

Jaheim also loves playing video games, playing basketball and football, and is part of a reading club.

According to one of the adults who knows him best, Jaheim is an outgoing young man who values connection and relationships. Jaheim is very resilient. He has a big heart and carries a lot of emotions. He has a contagious laugh and a smile that can make anyone feel better.

Jaheim would do best with two parents who are experienced, and trauma informed. Hed do best in a stable and structured home environment. His new forever family must advocate for the services that will help Jaheim excel. He would do best as the only child in his new family. Jaheim loves animals, so hed love a family with pets. Lastly, his family must support ongoing communication with his sister.

For more information about Jaheim, visit the MARE website, and view a list of waiting children there. You can see more stories on our Grant Me Hope page.

The nine finalists have been announced for the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of Year (NACTOY) awards.

Those awards will be announced at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show. We will stream the results of the awards live as they are announced at the Auto Show.

Here are the nine 2025 vehicles:

Car of the Year Finalists

Honda Civic Hybrid Kia K4 Toyota Camry

Truck of the Year Finalists

Ford Ranger Ram 1500 Toyota Tacoma

Utility Vehicle of the Year Finalists

Chevrolet Equinox EV Hyundai Santa Fe Volkswagon ID. Buzz

These vehicles were voted on 50 automotive journalists across the U.S. and Canada. Jurors will evaluate the finalist vehicles in the coming weeks before the Auto Show announcement.

You can purchase tickets to the Auto Show at this link.

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The Detroit Auto Show announced on Thursday it is partnering with the Detroit Grand Prix for "Racing Day" during one day of the show.

According to auto show officials, racing day will take place on Friday, Jan. 17 at Huntington Place, and is the collaboration of two iconic Detroit brands.

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During racing day, the auto show will feature interactive Detroit Grand Prix display areas both on the floor of the auto show itself and in the concourse area of Huntington Place, which is free and open to the public.

This year, the auto show will also feature two indoor tracks for ride-and-drives. On racing day, the Detroit Grand Prix-themed track will be active and dedicated to Racing Day programming.

The Detroit Grand Prix embodies innovation and the spirit of Detroit, Detroit Auto Show Co-Executive Direct Sam Klemet, Co-Executive Director of the Detroit Auto Show. We are thrilled to have a partnership with the Detroit Grand Prix and bring this amazing experience of Racing Day to the 2025 Detroit Auto Show.

Were excited to partner with the Detroit Auto Show and bring together two great Detroit traditions, Detroit Grand Prix President Michael Montri added in a statement. For many years, Racing Day was a popular attraction at the Detroit Auto Show and we look forward to bringing this tradition back to the Motor City with some of the high-powered stars and cool race cars that take center stage every summer at the Detroit Grand Prix.

Attendees will also have a chance to interact with some of the top drivers from the NTT IndyCar Series and Indy NXT by Firestone.

More announcements are expected in the coming weeks regarding Racing Day.

The Detroit Auto Show returns to Huntington Place starting Jan. 10 with the annual Charity Preview. Flo Rida will headline the Charity Preview.

The full schedule is below.

Media Day, Friday, Jan. 10 Charity Preview - Friday, Jan. 10 Public Show - Saturday, Jan. 11 through Monday, Jan. 20 Industry Days and AutoMobili-D, Wednesday, Jan. 15 and Thursday, Jan. 16 Mobility Global Forum, Wednesday, Jan. 15 and Thursday, Jan. 16 Future Leaders Forum, Wednesday, Jan. 15 and Thursday, Jan. 16

Circle K is offering a 40-cent discount on all types of gas for National Fuel Day, but there's a catch: the discount is only available for three hours.

Drivers must visit Circle K between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday to get the discount, which will be applied directly at the pump.

Circle K has thousands of locations across the country. Click here to find your nearest location.

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The discount comes as people prepare for one of the busiest travel seasons of the year.

An estimated 79.9 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home during the week of Thanksgiving, according to the auto club AAA. Most of them 71.7 million will be traveling by car, AAA estimates.

Lower gas prices appear to be helping drive the travel boom. As of Thursday, the average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. is $3.06, a drop of 20 cents from this time last year.

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People in Oklahoma are currently paying less for gas than others across the country. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in the state is $2.56. Unfortunately, there are no Circle K locations in Oklahoma.

California and Hawaii have the highest average gas prices, at around $4.50 per gallon of unleaded. There are Circle K locations in both states.

As President-elect Donald Trump named his nominee for the United States' ambassador to Canada, Canada's provincial and territorial leaders are calling for a new trade pact.

On Wednesday, Trump said he will nominate former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra as his ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra was an 18-year member of Congress representing Michigan and chaired the House Intelligence Committee for two terms. He was also the United States ambassador to the Netherlands under Trump from 2018-2021.

With the U.S. and Canada sharing the world's longest international border, the two nations are key trade partners. The North American Free Trade Agreement came to an end during the first Trump administration, and was replaced by the United StatesMexicoCanada Agreement. That agreement is subject for renegotiation during Trump's second term.

The agreement kept much of the same language as NAFTA, but allowed the U.S. to export more dairy products into Canada. In exchange, Canada could export peanuts, processed peanut products, and a limited amount of products made with sugar into the U.S.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed on Thursday it is time for Canada to renegotiate the agreement.

"As everyone here knows, there is no partnership more important to the economic success of Ontario and Canada than our close ties with the United States," Ford said. "As we head into the review of the USMCA, our government is doing everything we can to strengthen and grow our historic partnership. We are continuing to build relationships with our U.S. counterparts at all levels of government and all political stripes driving home the message that we need to reject protectionism and promote a buy Can-AM approach. Because while free-trade is essential to economic growth, free trade has to be fair."

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Ford accused Mexico of becoming a backdoor for cars made in China, which he says is hurting manufacturing in the U.S. and Canada. Ford said he and other provincial leaders are wanting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider ending the USMCA in lieu of a direct, one-on-one agreement with the U.S.

"We must prioritize our deepest economic partnership by working directly with the U.S. on a bilateral free-trade agreement that puts Canadian and American workers first with separate discussions for a bilateral agreement with Mexico," Ford said.

Ford's comments come as Trump has proposed massive tariffs on goods imported from China.

Trump has also said he would like to renegotiate the USMCA.

"There are always things that you can do better. I got a clause that gives me the right to re-negotiate [the USMCA]. Who else would think of that except a business person?" Trump told Fox News told host Maria Bartiromo before the 2024 election. "We've been screwed by Mexico and by China and by Canada and by the European Union."

The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office said it will work with the Michigan Attorney General's Office to start an investigation into the Oxford High School shooting.

On Wednesday night, Chief Assistant Prosecutor David Williams told 7 News Detroit that the office will provide Attorney General Dana Nessel "whatever is necessary" to get an investigation started.

It comes just days after the families of the victims of the shooting held a press conference renewing their call for an independent investigation into the deadly Nov. 30, 2021 shooting.

The AG's office said in a statement to 7 News Detroit on Thursday that they are in discussions with the legislature and governor's office to ensure they have adequate resources for an investigation.

"We look forward to working with the Oakland County Prosecutors Office and Oakland County Sheriffs Department on a timeline for them to provide all the necessary materials relevant to this review," a spokesperson said.

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Four students were killed during the shooting: Tate Myre, Justin Shilling, Hana St. Juliana and Madisyn Baldwin. Seven other people were injured.

"We'll fight. We'll fight to our grave. I'm never going to give up this fight," Buck Myre, the father of Tate Myre, said at the press conference.

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The families say they continue the fight in order to make schools safer.

When my kids have kids, I want schools to be better. I want it to be safer for my grandkids, said Buck Myre. "We want the full truth to come out. I know we kind of sound like a broken record but how do we know what to change if we dont do a legit investigation that our state funded schools will recognize."

Steve St. Juliana, Hana's father, said: What were here today trying to drive is looking at the big picture and how do we fix the broken pieces of the system itself. We know theres a lot more there."

In a press conference later on Monday, Nessel said her office has offered the Oakland County Sheriff's Office and Oakland County Prosecutor's Office several times to assist in their investigations, and that their offers were "soundly rejected."

"We offered immediately to help the Oakland County Sheriff's office in their investigation. They declined the sheriff flat-out refused. I asked the Oakland County Prosecutor if they desired or were interested in our help. I offered it over and over and over again and each time the Oakland County Prosecutor refused," said AG Dana Nessel.

Nessel said that they've never withdrawn the offer and that neither the prosecutor's office or sheriff's office has asked the AG's office to help in the investigation. She says per policy her office will not supersede any criminal investigations being handled at the local level without a formal request.

Nessel also said that she doesn't have any more subpoena power than the sheriff's office or prosecutor's office.

"We dont have some specific statute on the books that allows us to have civil authority to launch a civil investigation. We just have the criminal authority. Thats exactly what they have," said Nessel. "So I guess my question is to Sheriff Bouchard: If there are additional things you think need to be investigated and specifically Im talking about any crimes being committed by members of the school board, administration or staff, why didnt you investigate it?"

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard released a statement later on Monday that reads in part, "As we have said from the beginning, we are more than willing to participate in any state review or investigation, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. I told the victims of this tragedy I would support any effort that would answer all questions they have. If the attorney general would like access to our investigative reports or our people, I will happily provide them."

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald then released a statement, saying that her office doesn't have the authority to conduct the investigation the families have asked for.

"We are not aware of any mechanism for our office to refer a matter to the Attorney Generals office when it has not been presented to our office. And what the families are asking for is much broader. We are not aware of any action needed by my office to activate the Attorney Generals authority, but we will do everything possible to enable such an investigation. And my office will fully cooperate with any such investigation," McDonald said in the statement.

Oxford did hire Guidepost Solutions to conduct an investigation, however, the families said that many people refused to cooperate and left key questions unanswered because they didn't have subpoena power.

That investigation was released in October 2023 and was a 572-page report that detailed what district officials may have known about the shooter.

While the report says the district's actions did help save lives and keep students safe with its training and safety protocols, there were certain areas where the district failed.

"... in certain critical areas, individuals at every level of the District, from the Board to the Superintendent and his cabinet to the OHS administration and staff, failed to provide a safe and secure environment. Although only the Shooter is guilty of murder and assault, and his parents will be tried for their alleged gross negligence with respect to their son, the District was responsible for keeping Madisyn, Tate, Justin, Hana and all of the other OHS survivors and students safe and secure at OHS on November 30, 2021, but failed to do so," part of the report said.

The report also said the "tragedy was avoidable" and that district officials often denied responsibility and shifted it elsewhere.

The firm says the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office provided everything they requested.

The live larvae of a rare fruit fly was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection earlier this year, according to the department's Office of Public Affairs.

The larvae was seized off of a traveler arriving from Italy with fresh caper flowers who customs says refused to answer agriculture questions back in June and was referred for a baggage examination.

Officials identified the larvae as a caper fruit fly. Customs says it's only been seized one other time, 20 years ago, in Tampa, Florida.

Authorities say that the larvae belongs to a family of flies that includes the Mediterranean fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, melon fly, and Mexican fruit fly, considered to be the most dangerous pests in the world.

Our CBP officers and agriculture specialists work hand-in-hand to stop potential threats before they have potential to cause economic damage, said Port Director Fadia Pastilong. Pests like this may be the next introduced species of concern if they go undetected.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police.

Smollett's appeal argued that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the Cook County state's attorney initially dropped charges. The state's highest court heard arguments in September.

Smollett, who is Black and gay, claimed two men assaulted him, spouted racial and homophobic slurs and tossed a noose around his neck, leading to a massive search for suspects by Chicago police detectives and kicking up an international uproar. Smollett was on the television drama "Empire," which filmed in Chicago, and prosecutors alleged he staged the attack because he was unhappy with the studio's response to hate mail he received.

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A jury convicted him of five counts of disorderly conduct in 2021. Smollett has maintained his innocence.

His attorneys have argued that the case was over when the Cook County state's attorney's office dropped an initial 16 counts of disorderly conduct after Smollett performed community service and forfeited a $10,000 bond.

A grand jury restored charges after a special prosecutor took the case.

Testimony at his trial indicated Smollett paid $3,500 to two men whom he knew from "Empire" to carry out the attack. Prosecutors said he told them what slurs to shout, and to yell that Smollett was in "MAGA country," an apparent reference to the Donald Trump's presidential campaign slogan.

Smollett testified that "there was no hoax" and that he was the victim of a hate crime in his downtown Chicago neighborhood.

He was sentenced to 150 days in jail six of which he served before he was freed pending appeal 30 months of probation and ordered to pay about $130,000 in restitution.

A state appellate court ruling upheld Smollett's conviction, declaring that no one promised Smollett he wouldn't face a fresh prosecution after accepting the original deal.

His attorneys have argued that Smollett has been victimized by a racist and politicized justice system.

Pete Hegseth, the nominee to lead the Defense Department in the next administration, claims the military watered down its fitness requirements to accommodate a directive to allow women to serve in the most physically demanding roles.

"The standards have been lowered," Hegseth said during a Nov. 7 interview on the Sean Ryan Show. "I'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles."

But the military has said it did not lower qualification requirements for women to serve in some of the toughest jobs on the battlefield.

Although women have long fought in combat, the Department of Defense officially opened those roles to women in 2016.

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Ash Carter, the defense secretary at the time, said women would still have to prove they could handle the grueling physical demands.

"As long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will now be able to contribute to our mission in ways they could not before," Carter said during a news conference in 2015. "They'll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars and lead infantry soldiers into combat."

In 2022, the Army lowered general physical standards for women and older troops female and male but that only applies to the annual physical fitness exam.

The Army and all of the branches still require women to pass strict fitness tests if they want to take on the most physically challenging specialty jobs, like an Army Ranger or Green Beret.

While only a small number of women have been able to meet the rigorous physical requirements to join those elite ranks, there are now thousands of women serving in positions that were male-only until nine years ago.

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Before that, many fought in the intense battles of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, who flew combat missions in Iraq, says keeping women from the most intense warfare is impractical given the nature of war in the 21st century.

"This idea that you can exclude women from combat is one that really shows (Hegseth's) lack of experience," Duckworth said. "Let's be real, in modern warfare there is no forward line of troops like you had, where you could keep women."

When Duckworth and other senators consider Hegseth's nomination during confirmation hearings, they are likely to press him on what actions, if any, he would take as defense secretary to try to remove women from combat roles.

Two of the nation's largest plumbing repair companies said they expect to be quite busy after Thanksgiving on a day it calls "Brown Friday."

Roto-Rooter said it experiences a 50% increase in call volume the day after Thanksgiving compared to an average Friday. The company also said Thanksgiving weekend has a 21% uptick in business over any other four-day weekend period.

Mr. Rooter also describes the day after Thanksgiving as its busiest of the year. The company said that it's not clogged toilets causing all of the issues, but instead items getting into kitchen drains, clogging lines.

"A typical Thanksgiving dinner puts a far greater demand on your kitchen sink than it receives on a normal day. To make things worse, the type of food that typically gets made during Thanksgiving is exceptional at clogging sinks," Mr. Rooter said.

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"Houses full of holiday guests take extra showers and flush more toilets, so that alone puts a strain on residential drain systems," said Paul Abrams, spokesman for Roto-Rooter. "But once the kitchen gets busy and the sink and disposal receive peelings, rice, poultry skin and oily turkey drippings, things start clogging up fast."

Roto-Rooter issued the following tips to prevent drain trouble during Thanksgiving weekend:

Never pour grease, turkey drippings or cooking oil down drains. They solidify in pipes like candle wax and choke drains. Don't put potato peels, poultry skins, bones, rice or pasta down the garbage disposal. Disposals can handle small quantities of scraps, but most food should go into the trash can or compost pile. Make sure the garbage disposal is running when you add food scraps. Don't flush wet wipes down toilets. Most won't dissolve and may clog drainpipes and sewers. Place plungers in guest bathrooms to save guests the embarrassment of asking for one. Spread out showers and laundry loads so pipes have time to drain.

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Both Roto-Rooter and Mr. Rooter said they'll be fully staffed on Black Friday to assist customers with the plumbing needs.

A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur.

Comedian, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was a phenomenon when it debuted in 2019 at Art Basel Miami Beach, as festivalgoers tried to make out whether the single yellow piece of fruit affixed to a white wall with silver duct tape was a joke or cheeky commentary on questionable standards among art collectors. At one point, another artist took the banana off the wall and ate it.

The piece attracted so much attention that it had to be withdrawn from view. But three editions sold for between $120,000 and $150,000, according to the gallery handling sales at the time.

Five years later, Justin Sun, founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, has now paid more than 40 times that higher price point at the Sothebys auction. Or, more accurately, Sun purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it Comedian.

The piece attracted heavy attention at the busy auction at Sotheby's, with attendees in the crowded room holding up phones to take photos as two handlers wearing white gloves stood at both sides of the banana.

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Bidding started at $800,000 and within minutes shot up to $2 million, then $3 million, then $4 million, and higher, as the auctioneer, Oliver Barker, joked Don't let it slip away.

Dont miss this opportunity," Barker said. These are words I've never thought I'd say: Five million dollars for a banana.

The final hammer price announced in the room was $5.2 million, which didn't include the about $1 million in auction house fees, paid by the buyer.

In a statement, Sun said the piece represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community. But he said the latest version of Comedian" won't last long.

Additionally, in the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience, honoring its place in both art history and popular culture, Sun said.

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Sothebys calls Cattelan among Contemporary Arts most brilliant provocateurs.

He has persistently disrupted the art worlds status quo in meaningful, irreverent, and often controversial ways, the auction house said in a description of Comedian.

The sale came a day after a painting by the Belgian surrealist Ren Magritte sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at a separate auction.

The Empire of Light, an eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky, sold Tuesday as part of Christies sale of the collection of interior designer Mica Ertegun, who died last year at age 97.

The sale lifts Magritte into the ranks of artists whose works have gone for more than $100 million at auction. Magritte is the 16th member of the club, which also includes Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol, according to the market analyst firm Artprice.

The Empire of Light, executed in 1954, was one of 17 versions of the same scene that Magritte painted in oil. Marc Porter, chairman of Christies Americas, called the sale a historic moment in our saleroom.

The $121.2 million price included the auction houses fees. The buyer was a telephone bidder whose identity was not disclosed.

We want to take a moment to celebrate someone very special to us here at Broadcast House.

Assignment Editor Mickey McCanham is retiring after 31 years here at Channel 7.

Mickey is a multi-award-winning journalist who has manned the nerve center of our newsroom  the assignment desk  for the past three decades.

In the overnight and early morning hours, while most of Detroit was sleeping, Mickey was on the hunt for breaking news, working his sources, his relationships and any piece of information at his disposal to get an advantage.

While Mickey was sleeping, a police scanner sat by his bedside, so he wouldn't miss a thing. Over the years, he has served as a mentor to so many people who have come through our newsroom.

Mickey has made so many connections and impacted so many here at WXYZ and out in our community.

We'll miss seeing Mickey every day but we wish him all of the best in retirement!

2024 was a big year for Detroit, and a new list of the best places to travel for 2025 includes the city.

According to Travel + Leisure, Detroit is one of the 50 best places to travel in 2025.

The city was listed as the first place to travel if you're looking for "big city thrills."

"If you werent one of the nearly 800,000 people who hit Detroit for the 2024 NFL Draft, 2025 may be the year you join those in the know. The city has its swagger back, as adaptive-reuse and ground-up projects are bringing new energy to its neighborhoods," Paul Brady wrote for Travel + Leisure.

According to the website, the staff vetted 120 contenders.

"To make it on our list requires more than just a hotly anticipated opening or two. These are places that feel of the moment, whether thats because they offer unparalleled access to the outdoors, a cultural immersion you cant find anywhere else, a pulse-quickening hit of excitement, or the sort of blissful luxury only a true five-star property can deliver," the website reads.

Other places to go for "big city thrills" include Hong Kong and Shenzen, China, Marrakesh, Portland, Rome and Sacramento.

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The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming that Google has maintained a monopoly in search services and text advertising through "anticompetitive practices."

The suit comes after a judge ruled in August that Google exploited its dominance to squash competition.

"Googles exclusionary conduct has, among other things, made Google the near universal default for search and ensured that virtually all search access points route users valuable queries and interaction data to Google," the DOJ said in its suit. "Googles unlawful behavior has deprived rivals not only of critical distribution channels but also distribution partners who could otherwise enable entry into these markets by competitors in new and innovative ways. Googles conduct has resulted in significant anticompetitive effectscausing 'market foreclosure,' 'preventing rivals from achieving scale,' and 'diminishing the incentives of rivals to invest and innovate.'

The Department of Justice was joined by dozens of states as co-plaintiffs. In response to the August ruling, the DOJ suggested that Google sell its Chrome web browser and relinquish control of Android as a remedy.

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"Googles ownership and control of Chrome and Androidkey methods for the distribution of search engines to consumersposes a significant challenge to effectuate a remedy that aims to unfetter [these] market[s] from anticompetitive conduct and ensure that there remain no practices likely to result in monopolization in the future," the DOJ's lawsuit says.

In response to the DOJ's lawsuit, Google said that prosecutors could have proposed other remedies, such as search distribution agreements with Apple and other smartphone makers.

"Instead, DOJ chose to push a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and Americas global technology leadership," Google said in a statement. "DOJs wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Courts decision. It would break a range of Google products even beyond Search that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

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Google added that losing control of Chrome and Android would "endanger the security and privacy" of millions of Americans and chill its investment in artificial intelligence.

"DOJs approach would result in unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses and jeopardize Americas global economic and technological leadership at precisely the moment its needed most," Google said.

Statcounter estimates that Google accounts for about 90% of all internet searches. Bing is second, drawing a mere 4% of web searches.

Here at 7 News Detroit, we want to make sure you start your day off on the right foot, informed about weather, traffic, the latest news and more. That's why we have the 7 Morning Digest, where we'll get you out the door informed and ready to go.

What's the weather for today? Metro Detroit Weather: Snow makes an appearance today

7 First Alert Meteorologist Mike Taylor said snow showers in the area this morning could have an impact on some of the roads. Temps will climb into the 40s with minor snow sticking to the grass on the west side of metro Detroit and farther west.

Light rain showers continue Friday for Light Up the Season. So don't forget your raincoat! Temperatures remain in the 40s for highs and lows in the 30s.

Any traffic issues?

Despite some wet roads and the first snow, we're not seeing any major crashes on the roads throughout metro Detroit! Be sure to check the live traffic map before you hit the roads!

The top stories to know about Family of Orion Township explosion victim: 'He is doing exceptionally well' Family of Orion Township explosion victim: 'He is doing exceptionally well'

One day after the Tuesday explosion that rocked Orion Township, we're learning that a man who was hospitalized is recovering well and is expected to be OK.

Multiple buildings were affected. Eighteen units were completely destroyed across the complex and 12 others are being questioned for their stability. Miraculously, everyone is alive.

It is an absolute miracle, an absolute miracle if you have seen that scene that we are currently talking about no fatalities," Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett said.

A man and a woman were sent to the hospital with serious injuries, including Ann Oddens 80-year-old brother who she wants to keep anonymous.

Odden says her brother was working in his office and about to make a pot of coffee when he heard a loud boom. Everyday heroes stepped in to help guide him and others to safety.

The gentleman was standing in the middle of the house with his clothes got blown off and he was coherent. He talked and he said he wanted a chair, so we got him a chair and moved him from here to the street until the medics got here," neighbor Paul Kastran said.

Odden's brother was transported to a burn unit in Detroit where he is recovering. She said her brother lost everything in the explosion but is just grateful that he's alive.

He is doing exceptionally well. I mean, everybodys just shocked at how well hes doing because he shouldnt be here," she said.

Float designed by middle school student for Detroit's Thanksgiving Day parade revealed 10-year-old Harmony Henry explains her design for America's Thanksgiving Parade float

Some Detroit students were honored for their creativity, continuing 33 years of tradition during the unveiling of this years float for The Skillman Foundation.

This year's theme is "We are better together."

Ten-year-old Harmony Henry's drawing was chosen out of the hundreds of submissions to be the winner of this year's competition. She said that is the meaning behind her drawing.

I was like, oh my gosh, woah. My mom was jumping up and down. She was like you earned it, you earned it. But I was really excited and proud of me, myself and I. Harmony said.

Angelique Power, president and CEO of the Skillman Foundation, said it's not easy to choose a winner, but Harmony's drawing checked all their boxes.

All the different types of people working together to make the world better, not people who were like each other, but specifically people who were different, Powers said.

Family mourns loss of 72-year-old pedestrian hit by car, killed in Rochester Hills Family mourns loss of 72-year-old pedestrian hit by car, killed in Rochester Hills

A man who was critically injured earlier this month after being hit by a car in Rochester Hills has since died.

Seventy-two-year-old Stephen Singleton, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, was out for his morning walk on Nov. 3 when he was hit and killed crossing Rochester Road near Avon Road around 6:45 a.m.

Investigators say he was wearing a reflective vest and was in the marked crosswalk.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office says the driver is a citizen of Colombia who was in the country illegally. However, he did have a valid foreign drivers license, which is accepted in Michigan.

I was sitting at the table reading my bible waiting for him to come back and he left about 6 o'clock or so," the victims wife Teri Singleton recalled. "It started being 7 (o'clock) and then 7:30 and I started thinking did something happen?"

I was sitting there as there was a knock on the door and it was unusual for someone to knock on the door that early in the morning," Teri Singleton said. "I went to the door and when I looked out, I saw a sheriff."

The deputy informed Teri Singleton of the accident and she says her husband was initially alert at the time.

Initially, he was talking," Teri Singleton said of her husband. "I don't know how he was talking because the car hit him so hard that he flew in the air and hit the windshield and broke it.

Stephen Singleton was a former WXYZ-TV employee back in the 80s. During 9/11, he went to Ground Zero as a volunteer. It was one of his many selfless actions that we highlighted with a story back in 2022.

I started tearing because I couldn't find survivors," Stephen Singleton said during the 2022 interview. "We would find people who were perished, but we couldn't find survivors.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as the leader of Hamas Mohammed Deif for alleged war crimes committed.

Two other arrest warrants were considered for senior Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, but were withdrawn after confirmation of their deaths. The ICC also issued an arrest warrant against Yoav Gallant, who served as Israel's minister of defense from 2022 through earlier this year.

The ICC said that Netanyahu and Gallant were accused of war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts. Israel objected to the ICC's jurisdiction, but the court ruled against Israel.

"The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity, from at least Oct. 8, 2023, to May 20, 2024," the ICC said. "This finding is based on the role of Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant in impeding humanitarian aid in violation of international humanitarian law and their failure to facilitate relief by all means at its disposal.

"The Chamber found that their conduct led to the disruption of the ability of humanitarian organizations to provide food and other essential goods to the population in need in Gaza. The aforementioned restrictions together with cutting off electricity and reducing fuel supply also had a severe impact on the availability of water in Gaza and the ability of hospitals to provide medical care."

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Many international groups have condemned Israel for blocking aid efforts in Gaza amid its response to the attack by Hamas. The U.S. has backed Israel militarily but has urged Israel and Hamas to work out a peace agreement to bring an end to hostilities.

Deif is accused by the ICC of being one of the leaders in Hamas' deadly attack against Israel that left hundreds dead and taking hundreds more hostage.

U.S. and Israeli sources said Deif died in July, but Hamas has publicly disputed his death. The ICC said it is not in a position to judge whether Deif is alive or not.

The ICC has successfully arrested and sentenced past world leaders, including former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

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The ICC primarily charges world leaders for offenses such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression. There are 123 nations that are parties to the ICC. Both the United States and Israel are among those that have not agreed to the Rome Statute, which helped form the ICC.

President Bill Clinton agreed to join the ICC in 1998, but the treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.

Although Clinton signed the treaty, his administration expressed concern about the U.S. participating in the ICC. The Clinton administration was particularly concerned the court would supersede domestic courts.

According to the ICC, its judges have issued 59 arrest warrants. Of those, 21 have been detained.

The ICC has issued 11 convictions in its history.

A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday.

Hegseth, a Fox News personality and President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing, the report said.

News of the allegations surfaced last week when local officials released a brief statement confirming that a woman had accused Hegseth of sexual assault in October 2017 after he had spoken at a Republican womens event in Monterey.

Hegseth's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Thursday. He has said Hegseth paid the woman in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit.

The 22-page police report was released in response to a public records request and offers the first detailed account of what the woman alleged to have transpired one that is at odds with Hegseths version of events. The report cited police interviews with the alleged victim, a nurse who treated her, a hotel staffer, another woman at the event and Hegseth.

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The woman's name was not released, and The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually assaulted.

A spokeswoman for the Trump transition said early Thursday that the report corroborates what Mr. Hegseths attorneys have said all along: the incident was fully investigated and no charges were filed because police found the allegations to be false."

The report does not say that police found the allegations were false. Police recommended the case report be forwarded to the Monterey County District Attorneys Office for review.

Investigators were first alerted to the alleged assault, the report said, by a nurse who called them after a patient requested a sexual assault exam. The patient told medical personnel she believed she was assaulted five days earlier but couldnt remember much about what had happened. She reported something may have been slipped into her drink before ending up in the hotel room where she said the assault occurred.

Police collected the unwashed dress and underwear she had worn that night, the report said.

The womans partner, who was staying at the hotel with her, told police that he was worried about her that night after she didnt come back to their room. At 2 a.m., he went to the hotel bar, but she wasnt there. She made it back a few hours later, apologizing that she must have fallen asleep. A few days later, she told him she had been sexually assaulted.

The woman, who helped organize the California Federation of Republican Women gathering at which Hegseth spoke, told police that she had witnessed the TV anchor acting inappropriately throughout the night and saw him stroking multiple womens thighs. She texted a friend that Hegseth was giving off a creeper vibe, according to the report.

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After the event, the woman and others attended an afterparty in a hotel suite where she said she confronted Hegseth, telling him that she did not appreciate how he treated women, the report states.

A group of people, including Hegseth and the woman, decamped for the hotel's bar. That's when things got fuzzy, the woman told police.

She remembered having a drink at the bar with Hegseth and others, the police report states. She also told police that she argued with Hegseth near the hotel pool, an account that is supported by a hotel staffer who was sent to handle the disturbance and spoke to police, according to the report.

Soon, she told police, she was inside a hotel room with Hegseth, who took her phone and blocked the door with his body so that she could not leave, according to the report. She also told police she remembered saying no a lot, the report said.

Her next memory was laying on a couch or bed with Hegseth hovering over her bare-chested, his dog tags dangling over her, the report states. Hegseth served in the National Guard, rising to the rank of major.

After Hegseth finished, she recalled him asking if she was OK, the report states. She told police she did not recall how she got back to her own hotel room and had since suffered from nightmares and memory loss.

At the time of the alleged assault in 2017, Hegseth, now 44, was going through a divorce with his second wife, with whom he has three children. She filed for divorce after he had a child with a Fox News producer who is now his wife, according to court records and social media posts by Hegseth. His first marriage ended in 2009, also after infidelity by Hegseth, according to court records.

Hegseth said he attended an after party and drank beer but did not consume liquor, and acknowledged being buzzed but not drunk.

He said he met the woman at the hotel bar, and she led him by the arm back to his hotel room, which surprised him because he initially had no intention of having sex with her, the report said.

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Hegseth told investigators that the sexual encounter that followed was consensual, adding that he explicitly asked more than once if she was comfortable. Hegseth said in the morning the woman showed early signs of regret, and he assured her that he wouldnt tell anyone about the encounter.

Hegseths attorney said a payment was made to the woman as part of a confidential settlement a few years after the police investigation because Hegseth was concerned that she was prepared to file a lawsuit that he feared could have resulted in him being fired from Fox News, where he was a popular host. The attorney would not reveal the amount of the payment.