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SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Tigers reshaped their pitching staff for 2027 on Monday, keeping swingman Drew Anderson and parting ways with closer Kenley Jansen as the deadline for club option decisions arrived. Anderson will earn $10 million next season after Detroit exercised his club…
SportsCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Detroit Pistons won their third game in a row Monday night, pulling away from the Charlotte Hornets for a 124-91 road victory. Cade Cunningham led the way with a season-high 33 points, hitting 13 of his 20 shots. He also piled…
SportsDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Lions lost rookie linebacker Jimmy Rolder for the rest of the season, head coach Dan Campbell said Monday, a day after Rolder hurt his hamstring in the win over the Minnesota Vikings. Campbell called it a significant injury and said…
From the HERE City State DeskDETROIT, Mich. — Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell was still in a hospital Monday recovering from a neck injury, and the team said early indications about his condition are encouraging. In a statement released Monday afternoon, the Lions said Campbell continues to rest and recover…
From the HERE City State DeskSUNRISE, Fla. — Two goals 45 seconds apart early in the third period carried the Detroit Red Wings past the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday night, on an evening that also brought Carter Mazur his first NHL goal. Mazur opened the scoring 5:26 into the…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is back home this week with the Paul Bunyan Trophy on the line, as the Wolverines host Michigan State on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Michigan Stadium in the first of their two rivalry games this season. Michigan arrives at…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Tipoff Club released its preseason Naismith Trophy watch list for men's college basketball on Monday, Nov. 2, naming 50 players who will be tracked for national player of the year honors this winter. Iowa State senior guard Tamin Lipsey is…
From the HERE City National DeskDALLAS, Texas — The Sacramento Kings are winless no more. The last NBA team without a victory this season knocked off the Dallas Mavericks 115-100 on Monday night at American Airlines Center. Rookie Darius Acuff Jr., the seventh overall pick out of Arkansas, led Sacramento…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — Milwaukee will be well represented when baseball hands out its biggest individual honors next week. The Baseball Writers' Association of America revealed its top three vote-getters for each major award on Monday, and the Brewers placed four people among the finalists.…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES, Calif. — Three sons of former NBA All-Stars put their stamp on the USC season opener Monday night, as the No. 21 Trojans ran away from Milwaukee 95-63 at the Galen Center. Freshman forward Adonis Ratliff scored a game-high 25 points in his…
From the HERE City National DeskINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana took the floor Monday night with exactly one substitute, and the Atlanta Hawks still had to sweat out a 108-104 win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Eleven Pacers were unavailable because of injuries, illness or rest, a group that accounts for roughly 93…
From the HERE City National DeskNORMAN, Okla. — East Texas A&M opened its season with one of the biggest surprises of the first night of college basketball, beating Oklahoma 68-64 on Monday at Lloyd Noble Center. The loss ended a 30-game home winning streak for the Sooners, who were heavy…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — School construction money is on the line across Michigan on Election Day, with 42 districts asking voters Tuesday to approve bond issues that add up to nearly $4 billion. Bonds are only part of the school-tax picture on this ballot. Voters will also settle 14 requests to…
Events
DETROIT, Mich. — Wu-Tang Clan is coming to Ford Field for Thanksgiving. The Detroit Lions said Sunday that the New York rap group will headline the halftime show when the Lions host the Chicago Bears on Thursday, Nov. 26. It will be the 87th edition of the team's Thanksgiving Day…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Local governments, businesses, nonprofits and tribes across Michigan have two new state grant programs to chase for clean energy projects, after a pair of state agencies opened application rounds on Monday totaling close to $10 million. The larger pot in dollars available right now comes from the…
Crime
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — A 21-year-old Oak Park man faces a first-degree premeditated murder count in the deadly Oct. 30 shooting of a Detroit man at the entrance of a Spirit Halloween store in Madison Heights. Madison Heights police said John Benson and Anthony Thompson, both 21, met at the…
Traffic
DETROIT, Mich. — Three women from Detroit were killed early Sunday when their car ran off the southbound Lodge Freeway, also known as M-10, near Wyoming Avenue and slammed into a concrete barrier, Michigan State Police said. Troopers were sent to the scene at about 2 a.m. on Nov. 1.…
Traffic
DETROIT, Mich. — A child died and five other people were hurt late Saturday when a three-vehicle crash tore through the westbound Davison Freeway near Interstate 75 in Detroit, Michigan State Police said. Troopers were called to M-8 near I-75 at about 11:45 p.m. on Halloween. Investigators said a silver…
Politics
DETROIT, Mich. — Two days before Michigan votes on its open U.S. Senate seat, Democratic U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens stood beside Republican nominee Mike Rogers at a Detroit church on Sunday and said she would vote for him over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. The pair attended a service at Perfecting Church…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan polling places opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday with close to a third of the electorate already done voting, according to the Michigan Department of State. More than 2.3 million ballots were in before Tuesday, which works out to 31.2% of the 7.42 million Michiganders on the…
From the HERE City National Desk
QESHM ISLAND, Iran — American forces hit targets Monday on Qeshm Island, which sits in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials said, describing the action as a narrow, defensive response after Iranian forces fired on a U.S. aircraft. Officials said the strikes do not mean the United States is restarting…
From the HERE City National Desk
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Measles has claimed the life of a Lewis County child, marking the first death tied to the disease in New York in more than three decades, state and county health officials announced Monday. The state Health Department and the county health agency made the announcement together on…
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