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SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Lions are building Week 9 around a simple charge: prepare and play like 46, with linebacker Jack Campbell still recovering in the hospital after a neck injury in Sunday's win over Minnesota. Campbell released a Wednesday update saying he has…
SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Red Wings lost 2-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday when a late third-period goal decided it. Anton Johansson put Detroit ahead early in the third off a carom from Carter Mazur. Braeden Bowman answered…
SportsDETROIT, Mich. — Central Michigan left Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, with a 35-7 Mid-American Conference win over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday night in the Motor City MACtion showcase. Nick Woodford carried the Chippewas' ground attack, finishing with 123 rushing yards and touchdown runs of…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigans opening availability sheet for Saturday nights Paul Bunyan Trophy game against Michigan State shows a mostly healthy roster, with one starter ruled out and five others tagged as questionable. The Wolverines (5-3, 2-3 Big Ten) host the Spartans (2-6, 0-5)…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — The state's biggest college football rivalry comes back to Michigan Stadium on Saturday night, when Michigan hosts Michigan State in the 119th meeting between the schools with the Paul Bunyan Trophy at stake. Michigan, 5-3 overall and 2-3 in the Big…
From the HERE City State DeskEAST LANSING, Mich. — No. 5 Michigan State women's soccer collected a program-best seven Big Ten postseason honors on Tuesday, two days before the Spartans open conference tournament play. Four Spartans made the All-Big Ten first team for a second year in a row. Kennedy…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Victor Wembanyama turned in the biggest game of his career Wednesday night, piling up 52 points, 24 rebounds and eight blocked shots as the San Antonio Spurs survived a late Dallas rally and won 112-111 at Frost Bank Center. The deciding…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State Valkyries fans turned out by the thousands along the city waterfront on Wednesday, cheering the newest champions of the WNBA during a two-hour victory parade down The Embarcadero. The route ran from the Ferry Building near Mission Street south…
From the HERE City National DeskCINCINNATI, Ohio — The Cincinnati Reds have a new pitching coach, and manager Terry Francona went back to his Cleveland roots to find him. The club announced Wednesday that it hired Joe Torres, who has been the No. 2 pitching coach for the Guardians since…
From the HERE City National DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — Down two quarterbacks, the Baltimore Ravens are closing in on a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for veteran passer Jacoby Brissett, with the deal expected to be wrapped up over the weekend. Neither club has announced the move, and the terms have…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Luka Doncic made sure arena security noticed a courtside spectator who hurled the ball at a referee Wednesday night, and the man was escorted out of Golden 1 Center as the Los Angeles Lakers went on to beat Sacramento 116-103. The incident…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND, Ohio — The hottest team in the Eastern Conference heads to Cleveland on Friday night. The Philadelphia 76ers, 8-1 and atop the East, take on the 4-4 Cavaliers in an NBA Cup group-stage game, with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. It is the…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Democrats swept the statewide races for Michigan State University trustees and Wayne State University governors, locking in new eight-year terms that begin in early 2027. MSU Board Chair Brianna Scott of Muskegon and Trustee Kelly Tebay Zemke of Detroit, both Democrats first seated in 2019, beat Republicans…
Events
DETROIT, Mich. — Downtown Detroit has its holiday centerpiece. Crews hoisted a 70-foot Norway spruce into place at Campus Martius Park on Wednesday, Nov. 4, during a ceremony put on by the Downtown Detroit Partnership. The tree made a 226-mile trip from Mesick, a small town in northern Michigan. A…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit-based DTE Energy is shedding its non-utility DTE Vantage arm in a cash deal worth nearly $3 billion. Buyers are institutional funds advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Global Infrastructure team. An SEC Form 8-K says DTE locked in the purchase agreement on Nov. 1 with Velocity…
From Merger Monday
Zipline International Inc. raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion post-money valuation, betting that retail and ride-hailing partners will turn drone delivery from a pilot project into a national network. The round announced Thursday was led by Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global. Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity Management & Research,…
From Merger Monday
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. priced an upsized $1.05 billion convertible note offering as the centerpiece of a broader refinancing that will retire $2 billion of higher-coupon bonds and extend its bank facilities into 2031. The 2.75% convertible senior notes due Dec. 1, 2031, were increased from a planned $1 billion and…
Traffic
DEARBORN, Mich. — A Dearborn Heights teen is dead after a one-car wreck at the Monroe and Beech intersection area, authorities confirmed. Dearborn Police found the scene while already on patrol. The young driver left the roadway and hit a tree. People nearby said the car had been going fast.…
Crime
DETROIT, Mich. — A Detroit mother is facing a Michigan gun-storage charge after her toddler got hold of a handgun left unsecured at a west-side Detroit home and shot himself in the abdomen. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office charged Amoya Black, 26. Detroit Police arrived Tuesday morning on Evergreen Road…
Crime
GIBRALTAR, Mich. — Investigators have identified a suspect in a bomb threat that emptied Carlson High School in Gibraltar on Election Day, when the building was serving as a polling place, and the case is now with the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office for a charging review. The threat came in…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — Metro Detroit voters delivered a pair of cultural funding wins on Nov. 3, clearing a first-ever millage for major Detroit history museums and renewing the tax that underwrites the Detroit Zoo. Unofficial tallies with most Wayne County precincts in showed the regional historical museum authority millage ahead…
From the HERE City State Desk
DETROIT, Mich. — Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson opened her transition by ranking cheaper health coverage, stronger public schools and housing relief as the work she wants done first after she is sworn in. Speaking Wednesday after her win over Republican John James, Benson said her early agenda centers on cutting household…
From the HERE City State Desk
MIDLAND, Mich. — Less than a day after Michigan voters approved Proposal 2, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy asked a federal judge to freeze key speech and donor-disclosure pieces of the new campaign-finance rules. The Midland-based group filed Mackinac Center v. Benson in federal court in western Michigan, listing…
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