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A widow has been left ‘distraught’ after her late husband’s beloved vintage tractor was stolen.

The threat of a demographic crisis has been building in Ukraine for a while but Russia’s full-scale invasion has pushed it to the breaking point. The country had a population of 41 million in 2021, by the government’s reckoning. The UN has estimated that 6.2 million refugees left the country during the full-scale invasion and only one million have come back.

Millions of Ukrainians have fled the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion in early 2022, and now the authorities in Ukraine with the support of the United Nations are planning ahead for their eventual return.

The Detroit Water and Sewer Department is adding 24 bioretention gardens in the Brightmoor area to reduce flooding.

As the UN marks the International Day of Family Remittances on Thursday, there is concern that economic contraction and job losses in Russia — likely to now rise further as a result of sanctions imposed since the invasion of Ukraine — are already having an impact on remittance-dependent communities in Central Asia, according to experts with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The Michigan State Fairgrounds may soon be the new home of the Detroit Department of Transportation transit center on Woodward Avenue.

Rules on base If you live in base housing on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune or Marine Corps Air Station New River, you are allowed to have a limit of two domestic pets, though certain protocols outlined in the Domestic Animal Control order must be followed.  For example, all dogs and cats must be microchipped and registered, then re-registered annually, through the Domestic Animal Control Office (DACO). Base residents have up to five days to register their pet once moved in on the installation...