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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 National DeskSEATTLE, Wash. — With its new manager in place, the Seattle Mariners now have to build the staff around him. The club formally introduced Jason Kanzler on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park, and team leaders say roughly half of the major league coaching jobs are still…
From the HERE City National DeskSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brandon Aiyuk, the San Francisco 49ers receiver who has spent months on the team's reserve/left squad list, has asked to be reinstated and intends to report to the club's training facility on Friday afternoon, a step that will force the club…
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…
From the HERE City National Desk
TRENTON, N.J. — A lone ticket bought in New Jersey matched every number in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, landing a jackpot of $847 million, the ninth-biggest top prize the game has ever paid. The numbers drawn on Nov. 4 were 15, 34, 41, 53 and 56, and the red Powerball…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fuel costs helped drive voters away from Republicans on Tuesday, but drivers hoping the incoming Democratic Congress will bring quick relief at the pump are likely to be disappointed. GasBuddy's weekly survey of more than 150,000 stations put the national average for regular gasoline at $4.12 a…
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…
Traffic
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A driver is dead after a car moving at high speed plowed into the back of a slow pickup on eastbound Interstate 96 in Redford Township, Michigan, on Tuesday afternoon and then burst into flames. Redford Township police were sent to the crash at 2:47 p.m.…
Traffic
DETROIT, Mich. — Drivers who use I-94 west of Detroit should not expect the construction zone to clear out this winter. The shift that moved traffic onto the westbound side between Wayne Road and Oakwood Boulevard is set to stay until late summer 2027. Once that phase ends, traffic will…
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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