Why did a banana duct-taped to a wall just sell for $6.2 million at an auction?

A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York.

Sun slips away as rain takes over in Metro Detroit this week. A quick warm up on Tuesday will be followed by a significant cool down by Thursday.

The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to the New York governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about China’s efforts to influence U.S. politics.

The arrest of a former aide to two New York governors highlights a broad effort by the federal government to root out covert agents advancing China’s interests on American soil.

Federal prosecutors say a former aide to two New York governors has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government.

Those without air conditioning or a cool place to stay can stop by one of several cooling sites around the county.

The WNBA annual Commissioner’s Cup gets underway this week using a new format for the in-season tournament.

If you’ve ever spotted cars with chameleon, chrome-like finishes, patterns such as stripes and camouflage, or just an off-beat pink or lime green, you’ve likely seen a vinyl wrap.

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America and all of Michigan will at least get to see a partial eclipse. Watch live coverage here.

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America and all of Michigan will at least get to see a partial eclipse. Watch live coverage here.

Why it still won't even be enough to see the solar eclipse at 99.9% totality.

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America and all of Michigan will at least get to see a partial eclipse. Watch live coverage here.

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America and all of Michigan will at least get to see a partial eclipse.

Why it still won't even be enough to see the solar eclipse at 99.9% totality.

Ohio, Indiana, and a small portion of Michigan will be in the path of the total solar eclipse, providing a nearly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for residents to see it within driving distance.

Ohio, Indiana, and a small portion of Michigan will be in the path of the total solar eclipse, providing a nearly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for residents to see it within driving distance.

What if you’re somewhere, like Monroe, Michigan, where there will be 99.9% totality? Isn’t that good enough? Scientists say no, it’s not good enough.

Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday.

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe.

North Korea says it's hosting a Chinese government delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, as it continues its efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing and Moscow.

With winter weather on its way again, Washtenaw County community members can turn to these temporary daytime weather havens when things get bad.

Metro Detroit weather forecast for Nov. 21, 2023.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

A partial solar eclipse happens when the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, but the Moon only partially covers the Sun’s disk.

Let’s talk about the Solar Eclipse coming this weekend.

Scientists discovered a black hole in a distant galaxy repeatedly nibbling on a Sun-like star.

Those without air conditioning or a cool place to stay can stop by one of several cooling sites around the county to escape the hot weather.

A new study suggests water on Mars may be more widespread and recent than previously thought.

Soak up the sun while you can because, as you well know, it won’t last forever.

Washtenaw County has numerous locations for individuals to escape the cold and keep warm.

Some non-election related Nov. 8 content for you, the last lunar eclipse for three years will occur early Tuesday morning, according to NASA.

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away.

First, wind ruins everything.

After clouds for most of Friday, sunshine and drier weather moves back into the region for Saturday

Michiganders could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights this week.

Michiganders could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights this week.

WNBA enters final month of the season with 11 of 12 teams in contention for playoff spots and five franchises within three games of each other atop the standings.

Whenever we experience “feels like” temperatures of more than 100 degrees in Michigan, here is a quick explanation on what the heat index is and how to read it.

Summertime is rapidly approaching in Michigan, which means we’ll be seeing much more sunshine. And where there’s sun, there are harmful rays that can significantly damage our skin.

Welcome to Sunday, Motown.

Stormy weather continues through the midnight hour and during the early hours of Monday. A total lunar eclipse will occur late Sunday night into early Monday morning.

Once the rain clears out of Metro Detroit this weekend, we’re in for a late-night treat: A total lunar eclipse!

By now, you’ve likely put away the bulky winter sweaters and perhaps pulled out your summer wardrobe.

This past week has been a busy one in the space world: We’re talking about a telescope’s final destination one million miles from Earth, four tons of metal barreling toward the moon and a mystery in the cosmos that is baffling scientists.

I am sick of everybody asking me when winter begins -- just kidding.

A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.

Showers and storms are possible again Saturday. They will be more widely scattered and less frequent than yesterday or earlier this week. We’ll experience more sunshine and warmer than average weather is here to stay for the holiday weekend.

After some morning rain and gray skies, the afternoon evening are filled with the sun’s rays and blue skies. Tonight will be fair with a bit of a chill in the air.

Keep the umbrellas handy to start the day today as a few showers are around. This rain isn’t causing much of an issue, but more of a nuisance. This rain should be wrapping up at around 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. this morning.

Sunday is the day. If you’ve been yearning for a great day of fall golf, this is it. If you want one more great day at the lake (on either the water or the beach), this is it

These storms will also have torrential downpours, so some localized flooding is possible.

Any lingering clouds behind the Saturday night cold front first thing this morning will move out, and the day should become mostly sunny and a little breezy.

Aside from a few early morning sprinkles and scattered light showers, we’ve had a splendid first day of the three-day holiday weekend!

We are starting our Saturday dry, and today will be the day of the three-day holiday weekend in which we’ll have the most clouds.

The threat of isolated thunderstorms popping up in a few spots will continue into the evening hours, although many more of us will not see rain than will, with the threat ending by late evening.

It’s been quite a summer. As if the numerous high-end flooding events weren’t enough, the stifling heat and humidity has made life rough especially for those who work outside and those without air conditioning.

We’ll have partial cloud cover and some fog developing later at night.

We are waking up to another muggy morning but, as expected, it’s another dry start to the day with no showers or thunderstorms in the area.

After a great start to the weekend on Saturday, we’re looking forward to an awesome finish Sunday.

China won the women's team event at the Olympics for the fourth straight Games.

Temperatures will be inching above normal before the weekend. But there are some oppressive days looming toward the end of the forecast.

Chen Meng won an all-Chinese matchup to take the gold medal in women's table tennis Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics.

We're collecting beautifully mysterious photos of the smoke-veiled Sun in southeastern Michigan.

Welcome to Saturday, Motown!

Experts are encouraging people to be extra cautious with their cell phones during the holiday weekend.

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A new study says there are lots of stars and planets in our galactic neighborhood that can get a good glimpse of Earth and its civilization.

The Ford Fireworks are coming up!

Pitbull and Iggy Azalea are scheduled to play the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston on Aug. 20, 2021.

Heat will be building as we head into the weekend. And storms will be returning to our backyard as well.

Just a single bad sunburn in childhood can raise the risk for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 weather forecast update.

Overnight Wednesday and through sunrise on Thursday, June 10, the moon passed between the earth and the sun, partially blocking the solar disk and creating a solar eclipse.

Here is the Metro Detroit weather forecast update for June 9, 2021 afternoon and evening.

Overnight Wednesday (Detroit time), the moon will pass in front of the sun, blocking part of the sun and casting its shadow on the earth.

Here is the Metro Detroit weather forecast update for June 8, 2021 afternoon and evening.

Here is the Metro Detroit weather forecast update for June 7, 2021 afternoon and evening.

Saturday, May 15, 2021 weather forecast.

Man oh man, woman oh woman (as Chuck Gaidica used to say), those past two days were spectacular, eh? But now it’s prime time…the weekend…and I think we’ll do okay today.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 weather forecast update.

Welcome to Saturday and Mother’s Day weekend, Motown.

This is not the forecast a lot of us want, but it’s the forecast we need.

I’ve always been thankful that I was born with my mother’s skin…she has a darker skin tone that tans, and never had skin cancer in her life.  My late father, on the other hand, had very fair skin.  That, compounded with extensive sun exposure when he was stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico during World War II, caused him all sorts of problems later in life.  He had several skin cancers removed from his head, face and ears, and many, many other pre-cancerous lesions proactively removed.  It seemed like every few months he was coming home from the dermatologist with bandages all over his face and scalp.

Welcome to Saturday, Motown!

Here is the Metro Detroit afternoon and evening weather forecast update for April 13, 2021.

Tuesday was the warmest day of 2021 so far. But Wednesday will be even warmer and near record territory.

Wind: E 4 to 9 knots; Waves: 1 to 2 feet; Water Temp: 38 degrees. Water Temp: 38 degrees. Wind: E 4 to 9 knots; Waves: 1 to 2 feet; Water Temp: 36 degrees. Water Temp: 36 degrees. Wind: E 4 to 9 knots; Waves: 1 to 2 feet; Water Temp: 34 degrees.

DETROIT – Another 70-degree finish awaits before a more seasonably spring finish to the forecast, including plenty of wind and rain. Three Rounds of RainOur weather pattern gets very active this week as we’ll deal with three rounds of rain in seven days. Model calculations show we may end up with more than an inch of rain out of that system alone. And we’ll be back below normal by Monday of next week, with a high in the low 40s. By then our normal high will be 52 with only three days remaining in March.

Today will include sunshine after some morning clouds, and we go from cold to chilly or cool. The game is in Indianapolis, Indiana, where it will be partly sunny with afternoon temperatures in the middle 50s. We move our clocks forward one hour before going to bed, tonight, for the start of Daylight Saving Time. Afternoon temperatures will be in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. Morning temperatures will be in the 20s.

The COVID-19 relief measure Senate Democrats planned to unveil will also retain the $400 weekly emergency jobless benefits that were included in a House-approved version of the legislation, the official said. But under Wednesday’s agreement, those checks would end for individuals making $80,000 and couples earning $160,000, the official said. The Senate bill was expected to largely mirror the House-approved package, with the most glaring divergence the Senate’s dropping of language boosting the federal minimum wage to $15 hourly. Progressives, though, were still smarting over the virtual certainty that the Senate bill will lack the minimum wage boost, up from $7.25 hourly locked in since 2009. Opposition by moderates including Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., has left Democrats without the votes needed to salvage it.

DETROIT – Temperatures tumble tonight to our coldest point in more than two years. Temperatures will tumble to their lowest point since February 2019. But a lot of areas (if not most) outside the Metro Zone are on their way to negative numbers for overnight lows. Here’s some hope: temperatures will be on a slow, steady rise from that point into early next week. Past that point, we can actually look for some above normal temperatures.

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)GENEVA – The Swiss supreme court explained Friday why it has ordered a retrial for Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang in a doping case, citing anti-China bias related to killing dogs for food by one of the judges in the case. Hostile social media posts on Twitter by Court of Arbitration for Sport judge Franco Frattini persuaded the federal court he should not have presided over banning the Chinese swimmer. “In his tweets, the arbitrator (Frattini) castigates a Chinese practice of dog slaughter and denounces the consumption of this meat at a local festival in China,” the Swiss court said in a statement. After CAS published its verdict last February, Sun's lawyers appealed to the Swiss supreme court. The 10-hour hearing in Montreux, Switzerland, was a rare CAS case held in open court, at the three-time Olympic champion’s request, and streamed live online.

Today’s sunset is at 5:21 p.m.Cloudy Sunday night, with lows in the mid 20s (-4 degrees Celsius). Clouds increase overnight Monday night, with lows in the mid 20s (-4 degrees Celsius). A light rain or snow shower is possible Thursday night, with lows in the low 30s (0 degrees Celsius). Highs in the low 30s (-1 to 0 degrees Celsius), with wind chills remaining in the teens (-9 degrees Celsius). Tracking the weather· Track the live Michigan Weather Radar here· Track severe weather alerts here· Submit storm photos here· Find more weather forecast articles at Weather Center

Highs should reach the middle 30s (2 degrees Celsius), with a light and variable wind. Mostly cloudy and becoming breezy on Wednesday, with highs warming into the upper 30s to near 40 degrees (4 degrees Celsius). A light rain or snow shower is possible Thursday night, with lows in the low 30s (0 degrees Celsius). Highs in the low 30s (-1 to 0 degrees Celsius), with wind chills remaining in the teens (-9 degrees Celsius). Tracking the weather· Track the live Michigan Weather Radar here· Track severe weather alerts here· Submit storm photos here· Find more weather forecast articles at Weather Center

Temperatures will rise into the mid 30s (2 degrees Celsius) this afternoon, then continue rising to near 40 degrees (4 to 5 degrees Celsius) by late evening after a warm front passes. The cold front crosses the area late at night, which will push out the rain and usher in colder temperatures and breezy conditions for the start of the new work week. Temperatures nearly steady in the low to mid 30s (0 to 1 degrees Celsius). Highs Wednesday and Thursday in the low 40s (5 degrees Celsius). Temperatures falling from the upper 30s (3 degrees Celsius) into the 20s (-3 degrees Celsius).

Clouds will increase this afternoon, however, and a scattered shower is possible after 4 p.m. Temperatures will rise into the mid 30s (2 degrees Celsius) this afternoon, then continue rising to near 40 degrees (4 to 5 degrees Celsius) by late evening after a warm front passes. Temperatures nearly steady in the low to mid 30s (0 to 1 degrees Celsius). Highs Wednesday and Thursday in the low 40s (5 degrees Celsius). Temperatures falling from the upper 30s (3 degrees Celsius) into the 20s (-3 degrees Celsius).

At stake in a second CAS hearing would be Yang’s chance to compete at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics now set for July 2021. The Swiss court ruling appears to have swung on an objection by Sun’s lawyers to the chairman of the three-judge panel, former Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini. It is even possible to overturn a CAS verdict in the federal court and still lose the re-trial. When Canas went to federal court, Swiss judges ruled his right to be heard had been breached and sent back the case. Immediately, Sun said he planned to appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, which is Switzerland’s highest court.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 file photo, actor Tom Cruise wears a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he greets fans during a break from shooting Mission Impossible 7, along Rome's Fori Imperiali avenue. Tom Cruise has launched an expletive-laden rant at colleagues on the set of his latest Mission: Impossible movie after he reportedly spotted two workers failing to abide by social distancing rules. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)LONDON – Tom Cruise has launched an expletive-laden rant at colleagues on the set of his latest “Mission: Impossible” movie, after he reportedly spotted two workers failing to respect social distancing rules. Many movies have either been delayed until after the pandemic is over or because of COVID-related delays on set, including the seventh instalment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise. During his outburst, Cruise notes the higher costs for insuring a movie in these times.