Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign policy.

The president-elect of the Maldives says he's sticking to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he will initiate the process.

Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been transferred from prison to house arrest, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff.

Media in the Maldives say opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz, who supports closer ties between the Indian Ocean archipelago and China, won the presidential runoff on Saturday with more than 53% of the vote.

Police still have not identified the body of a boy between the ages of 16 - 25 who was found floating in the Detroit River 15 years ago.

Detroit officials are urging residents to get vaccinated against COVID as city vaccine rates dwindle amid the region's virus surge.

Police say the Maldives’ first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast near his home.

There were comments coming from both sides of the issue, but the overwhelming majority did support the transgender policy change in the district. “We passed this policy to provide a more safe, welcoming environment for all of our students,” said Patti McCoin, Plymouth-Canton School Board president. McCoin was playing a bit of defense Tuesday night during a virtual meeting as she explained the new transgender policy had been under consideration for quite some time. What the change meansThe change allows transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that they identify with. The board president also pointed to communities such as Ann Arbor where they have a similar transgender policy and have not had any issues.

"Anybody would feel lucky to be alive after a situation like that, he told Inside Edition. We had a car just flip off the tow truck. "The tow truck driver tried to disengage the boom, it would not disengage, it added. The tow truck driver told police the buttons that operate the lift had been "sticking for a while." The tow truck company tells Inside Edition it was an equipment malfunction and they've taken steps to ensure it doesn't happen again.