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SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Tigers are adding infield depth for next season, picking up Tsung-Che Cheng in a cash deal with Boston, a Red Sox team source said Thursday night. Cheng, 25, is a Taiwan native whose calling card is his glove. He played…
SportsNEW YORK, N.Y. — The Detroit Pistons bring a 4-1 record and first place in the Eastern Conference to Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, when they meet the winless Nets in their first NBA Cup group game. Detroit and Brooklyn share East Group A with…
SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Lions got a lift on the injury front Thursday, with running back Jahmyr Gibbs and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown both fully back at practice before Sunday's NFC North matchup with the unbeaten Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field. Both had…
From the HERE City State DeskCEDAR PARK, Texas — Fourth-ranked Michigan State heads to Texas this weekend for one of the most talent-heavy college hockey games ever scheduled, taking on No. 8 North Dakota in Saturday night's U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame showcase. Puck drop is set for 7:07 p.m.…
From the HERE City State DeskPISCATAWAY, N.J. — Michigan goes looking for its first Big Ten road victory of the season Saturday when the Wolverines visit Rutgers at SHI Stadium, a building where they have rarely struggled. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m. Eastern, with the game on BTN and streaming on…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Coach Mike White enters…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City State Desk
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Four public universities that serve large stretches of rural Michigan are asking state lawmakers to let their two-year students use the free tuition program now reserved for community and tribal colleges. Ferris State, Northern Michigan, Lake Superior State and Michigan Technological are the only schools among Michigan's…
From the HERE City State Desk
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Five more Michigan schools are getting hands-on manufacturing programs, paid for with state career and technical education money and run with SME, the Southfield-based manufacturing association. High schools in Brown City, Clintondale and Bentley will launch SME PRIME programs, which supply shop equipment, curriculum, teacher training and…
From the HERE City State Desk
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A second elected member of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees has gone to federal court over the board's rewritten ethics code, arguing it punishes trustees for publicly disagreeing with the majority and campus leadership. Balow brought his case Wednesday in the federal court that…
Business
DETROIT, Mich. — A Lions victory over the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday at Ford Field in Detroit would earn fans a free snack the next day from a homegrown chicken chain. Detroit Wing Company says it will give each customer an order of five boneless wings at no charge on…
Business
LIVONIA, Mich. — Metro Detroit lost its final Daly Drive-In on Wednesday, when the Livonia burger stand closed for good after 67 years and a farewell crowd big enough to empty its kitchen. The restaurant, which opened in 1959, stands where Plymouth and Merriman roads meet. The Daly name goes…
From the HERE City National Desk
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Alphabet shares were down about 11% before the opening bell Thursday after the Google parent fell short of Wall Street forecasts on both sales and profit for the first time in nearly four years and reported that its massive artificial intelligence buildout pushed free cash flow…
Crime
DETROIT, Mich. — A Detroit man who traded shots with federal agents trying to arrest him last fall has admitted to attempted murder, and he now faces at least 17 years behind bars. Terrance Markyce Davis, 34, of Detroit entered the plea Tuesday in federal court. Besides the attempted murder…
From the HERE City National Desk
URDA, Spain — Investigators in Spain are focusing on a decision made inside a Madrid rail control room after a high-speed train plowed into the back of a stopped train Wednesday morning in the central province of Toledo, killing 68 people in the country's second deadly high-speed crash this year.…
From the HERE City National Desk
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — Three people died Thursday afternoon after two helicopters collided in the air and fell into a farm field a few miles from McMinnville Municipal Airport, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office. The crash happened around 2 p.m. southeast of the city, close to where Southeast Stringtown…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — The race for control of the Detroit Public Schools Community District board is crowded but not well funded, according to campaign finance statements filed ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Eleven candidates have reported a combined $108,360 in contributions and loans. By the same point in 2024,…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit election officials expect somewhere between 40% and 45% of the city's registered voters to take part in the Nov. 3 general election, a pace they say looks a lot like the 2018 midterm. City Clerk Janice Winfrey said Thursday that 105,000 to 125,000 people should vote…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — Mayor Mary Sheffield wants builders to put up 1,000 new homes on vacant Detroit lots by 2031, and she rolled out a citywide plan Wednesday meant to clear their path. Sheffield introduced the effort, called Project 1,000, at an event in the Northwest Goldberg neighborhood. The city…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michiganders who buy their own health coverage will see an average 14.2% price increase for 2027, and small businesses face an average 9.6% jump, under rates approved by state insurance regulators ahead of open enrollment that begins Sunday, Nov. 1. Regulators at the state Department of Insurance…
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