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SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons begin their follow-up to a 60-win season Tuesday when the Boston Celtics come to Little Caesars Arena, with tipoff set for 3 p.m. ET and the game on NBC and Peacock. It is the first game of the league’s…
SportsALLEN PARK, Mich. — Coming out of their bye week, the Detroit Lions expect to get two key players back for Sunday’s NFC North opener against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field, coach Dan Campbell said Monday in Allen Park. Safety Brian Branch, sidelined…
SportsSEATTLE, Wash. — The Detroit Red Wings open their swing through the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada on Tuesday against the Seattle Kraken, bringing a four-game point streak west with them. Detroit sits at 3-3-2 after rallying past San Jose 4-3 in a shootout Saturday…
From the HERE City State DeskEAST LANSING, Mich. — Two weeks of near misses at Spartan Stadium leave Michigan State facing its toughest assignment yet. Coach Pat Fitzgerald used his Monday news conference to close the book on a 24-21 loss to Northwestern, the program he used to lead, and…
From the HERE City State DeskEAST LANSING, Mich. — Both of Michigan's Big Ten basketball powers start the 2026-27 season in the national rankings. Michigan State checks in at No. 6 in the preseason men's Top 25 released Monday, and Michigan, the defending national champion, sits at No. 16. No…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan has settled on its quarterback for Saturday's noon game against Indiana, but coach Kyle Whittingham is not telling anyone who it is. At his Monday news conference he said the staff reached its decision late Sunday night after the usual…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Baseball will crown a first-time champion this fall. The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays open the World Series on Friday night at American Family Field, the first meeting of two franchises without a title since Philadelphia beat Kansas City in 1980, and…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies let go of a first-round pick from just a year ago on Monday, waiving guard Walter Clayton Jr. along with wing Micah Peavy as they trimmed down to their opening night roster. The cuts brought Memphis to the league limit…
From the HERE City National DeskNISHINOMIYA, Japan — The Hanshin Tigers said Monday they will let reigning Central League MVP Teruaki Sato pursue a move to Major League Baseball through the posting system this offseason, adding one of the most potent bats on the international market to an already crowded…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama headlined a short list of 2023 draftees who locked in long-term money before the NBA's rookie-scale extension deadline passed at 6 p.m. Eastern on Monday. Only seven players from that first round agreed to new deals, the smallest group since…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The defending champion New York Knicks will collect their rings and watch a banner go up at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night before opening the NBA season against a Philadelphia 76ers roster that now includes LeBron James and Jaylen Brown. The…
From the HERE City National DeskEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers released guard Dalton Knecht on Monday to get down to the 15-man limit for the regular season, a move that leaves Bronny James as the only remaining player from the team's 2024 draft class. Los Angeles had…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is putting more money into its public schools than it did before the pandemic, even after inflation, but the results students post on state tests keep heading the other way. Senate Fiscal Agency figures put combined local, state and federal school funding at $21.28 billion for…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — Dan Gilbert will put $1 billion he does not expect back into a new nonprofit that would take over, rebuild and run the Renaissance Center and roughly 35 acres of Detroit's east riverfront, officials said Monday. Under the new setup, the nonprofit rather than General Motors or…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Two dozen broadband builds funded by the federal BEAD program are now under contract in Michigan, after the state labor and economic opportunity department reported Monday that 23 subgrantees have signed their grant agreements. Together the projects carry a price tag of about $1.447 billion. Federal BEAD…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan farmers worried about forever chemicals on their land now have a state-funded way to find out. On Monday the state agriculture department, known as MDARD, announced a $3.5 million, five-year agreement with Michigan State University Extension to expand PFAS monitoring on farms statewide. Under the program,…
Public Safety
DETROIT, Mich. — A space heater placed too close to things that could burn started the house fire that killed a 69-year-old man on Detroit’s west side Sunday, the Detroit Fire Department said Monday as it urged residents to heat their homes with care. Crews pulled up to find flames…
Traffic
DETROIT, Mich. — A road rage confrontation turned into gunfire Monday afternoon on the eastbound side of I-94 close to Trumbull Avenue in Detroit, shutting down that side of the freeway while troopers worked the scene. Traffic backed up as drivers looked for other ways around the closure. The Michigan…
Crime
ROMULUS, Mich. — Two drivers accused of steering into terminals at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus months apart now face attempted murder counts, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday. Prosecutor Kym Worthy told reporters there was no sign that either crash was an act of terrorism. The cases are…
Politics
INKSTER, Mich. — A plan to turn an empty Inkster warehouse into a data center went nowhere Monday night after residents filled City Hall to speak against it and no City Council member offered a motion to approve the needed permit. Klever Technology Center LLC had asked for a special…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Money for political ads in this year’s midterm elections has blown past $10 billion, a record for a non-presidential year, and the total is on track to climb to about $11.6 billion by the Nov. 3 vote, according to the tracking firm AdImpact. The previous midterm high was…
From the HERE City National Desk
DETROIT — Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers used a televised town hall in the Detroit area on Monday night to argue that his Democratic rival, Abdul El-Sayed, can be beaten among two groups that usually anchor Democratic wins in Michigan: Black voters and Jewish voters. The race for the open…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Fines collected from nursing homes that fall short of federal standards are being put back to work for the people who live in them. Michigan's health department, MDHHS, is now taking proposals for $5 million in grants meant to make daily life and care better for residents.…
From the HERE City State Desk
DETROIT, Mich. — The invasive spotted lanternfly has now been confirmed in eight Michigan counties, with Wayne, Oakland and Macomb among them, and Michigan State University Extension used a Monday appearance to update residents on how the pest has spread over the past year. Southeast Michigan is still the core…
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