A woman who accused former WWE chief Vince McMahon of sexual battery and trafficking in a lawsuit is now asking him and the wrestling company to waive nondisclosure agreements with other current and former employees and contractors.

Beverly Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock festival in August 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw.

Hugh Grant says he accepted “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him.

A Newaygo County man had to get his blood pressure checked when he won $1 million playing the Michigan Lottery’s $1,000,000 Extravaganza instant game.

Linn Grant has won her first LPGA Tour title after an outstanding start to her career in Europe.

Linn Grant missed a chance to become the second LPGA Tour player to break 60.

Leona Maguire won two more matches Saturday at Shadow Creek to advance to the semifinals in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.

Authorities say they have captured one of two inmates who escaped Sunday night from a Philadelphia prison.

United Way of Washtenaw County has granted $50,000 to five local organizations that help women and families maintain financial stability.

United Way of Washtenaw County is releasing $16,000 in grants to three local nonprofits to supplement recent food shortage efforts.

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Food Gatherers has been awarded $100,000 to continue its efforts to combat hunger in Washtenaw County.

Funding will go towards several areas identified as needing additional support including prevention, mental health training courses, facilitating support for parents and coordinating mental health initiatives.

The premier food rescue and food bank serving Washtenaw County was awarded the United States Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Food Assistance Program Reach and Resiliency Grant.

U-M continues to be the top ranked public university for research volume in the country.

A federal grant is going to help Michigan evaluate more than 1,7000 cases where someone convicted of a crime proclaimed their innocence.

Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning.

The University of Michigan will receive more than $10 million in grants for medical research.

A person with knowledge of the situation said the Detroit Pistons have agreed to trade Olympic gold medalist Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers, with the biggest part of the return being a first-round pick in the 2025 draft.

66% of this year’s funds went to organizations in Ypsilanti and eastern Washtenaw County.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Concordia’s physician’s assistant studies program a $1.48 million grant over five years to support students who opt to participate in rural clinical experiences.

Central Academy is one of 16 schools in the United States to be awarded a 2022 grant from the Snapdragon Book Foundation.

Saddiq Bey scored 10 of his 20 points in the final 4:23 as the Detroit Pistons pulled away down the stretch and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 102-94.

Israeli soccer coach Avram Grant has been accused in a new investigative report of sexually harassing multiple women.

In a story published January 27, 2022, about an Oklahoma execution, The Associated Press erroneously reported the time that a prison official declared inmate Donald Grant unconscious.

Grab your wand, cloak and a Nimbus 2000, because we’re taking off on a broomstick ride to Hogwarts.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded researchers at the University of Michigan with a $13 million grant to study how exposure to environmental contaminants can impact individuals’ risk of developing cancer.

Medical experts say it's unclear why an Oklahoma inmate began convulsing and vomiting after the first of three drugs used to execute him was administered.

More than $240,000 from a Community Policing Development Grant will help out Detroit police. That federal funding is coming from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).

The Delonis Center has received much-needed funding to continue serving homeless individuals in Washtenaw County.

Six Michigan universities and colleges have received a $3 million from NSF to expand STEM opportunities for minority students.

“If I can change just one person’s life, that would make all of this totally worthwhile."

L’Anse Creuse Public Schools in Macomb County is planning to hire 10 more social workers and counselors after receiving money from the state.

A new exhibit at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum invites visitors of all ages to have an immersive STEAM experience.

The Y has kicked off its summer food distribution program for youth in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.

A month after the historic flooding in Metro Detroit new FEMA centers have opened in Garden City, Detroit and Dearborn.

Cast your vote to bring artist pop-ups to Fourth Ave. this summer and fall.

United Ways of Washtenaw County and Southeast Michigan grant $20,000 for technology for homeless youth.

USA Basketball now has a full 12-man roster for the Tokyo Games, after Chicago’s Zach LaVine and Detroit’s Jerami Grant accepted invitations Wednesday to join the team that will try to win the program’s fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal.

The Detroit Pistons finally lucked out in the NBA lottery, receiving the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft.

Eastern Michigan University has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Jack E.

The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office has been selected to receive a grant from the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) program.

Grant recipients are helping to create a safety net of health and human services for community members, UWWC said.

The owner of a Detroit business is adapting to the pandemic thanks to a grant from Comcast.

Three dozen community organizations in Detroit will share $2.7 million in grants.

Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI), Gary Peters (MI) announced on Tuesday that Willow Run Airport will receive $15,275,685 from the Department of Transportation. The airport will use the Federal Aviation Administration grant to improve its existing runways. “I’m pleased to announce this federal grant, which will help improve Willow Run’s daily operations.”“Investing in Willow Run Airport will support economic development in the region,” Senator Stabenow said in a release. “Willow Run Airport is a critical gateway for our local economy in Ypsilanti and Washtenaw, as well as throughout the entire tri-county area,” Congresswoman Dingell said in a release. “With more than $15 million in federal funds, Willow Run can make critical improvements to their runway that will keep pilots and passengers safe, while increasing cargo capability arriving at and departing from the airport.

DETROIT – A learning center opened its doors in Detroit after receiving some support from a Motor City Match program grant. The Seeds of Knowledge Creative Learning Center is on West McNichols Road in Detroit and is run by a former Detroit teacher and principal. Chavonne McGowan owns the learning center. She said for years she wanted to open up a daycare/learning center. You want to be able to take your child and be able to drop them off in a very high-quality daycare center,” Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said.

DETROIT – For Women’s History Month, meet a woman who like many of us had no idea how difficult 2020 would be. “I said, ‘Thank you for the responsibility that I have.’”It’s safe to say Grant is winning. The self-described serial entrepreneur is the owner of a number of Metro Detroit based businesses including one she’s most proud of, 2050 Partners Inc.“2050 Partners Incorporated is an integrated marketing agency. This Women’s History Month is important to Grant because she shares her story of triumph through tragedy in hopes that it inspires other women. “I want my place in women’s history to be a serial entrepreneur and mother who seized opportunities and created and built opportunities for other people.”Grant calls herself not just a serial entrepreneur, but an overall “master of making it happen.”More: Women’s History Month stories

United Way of Washtenaw County's offices at 2305 Platt Rd. ANN ARBOR – United Way of Washtenaw County has announced it is accepting applications for its new Opportunity Fund for local nonprofit programs. The $200,000 fund will support organizations whose work serves residents with low incomes, people of color and systemically and/or historically marginalized people. To review eligibility guidelines and to apply for an FY21 Opportunity Fund grant, click here. The fund is for new and emerging programs and not for sustaining ongoing local organizations.

DETROIT – Comcast has created a program aimed specifically at minority-owned small businesses. READ: More business coverageStarting a small business as a Black woman is an uphill battle, according to studies done by CNBC and American Express. Comcast said it saw the disparities in funding and last fall created the RISE Investment Grant program. The program is specifically for Black, indigenous and people of color who own businesses in Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck. “Small businesses that are in need.”The first round of funding was offered last fall.

Birds of Chicago perform at U-M's Hill Auditorium at the 41st Ann Arbor Folk Festival on Jan. 27, 2018. (Credit: Andrew Rogers)ANN ARBOR – The National Endowment for the Arts has approved a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award for The Ark to support the Ann Arbor Folk Festival. The Ark, an intimate folk music venue in downtown Ann Arbor, has been presenting, preserving and encouraging folk, ethnic and roots music for 55 years. Each year, The Ark presents the Ann Arbor Folk Festival at the end of January in the University of Michigan’s historic Hill Auditorium. “The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support this project from The Ark,” Arts Endowment Acting Chairman Ann Eilers said in a statement.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Small businesses in Sterling Heights that have been impacted by COVID-19 can apply for assistance. The program provides CARES Act CDBG-CV grants (not loans) to small businesses with 500 employees or less. The funds can be used to purchase materials or equipment needed to adapt business space to comply with CDC guidelines, purchase safety supplies for employees, and general financial assistance due to COVID-19 shortfalls. AdThis program will provide much needed help to many of our City’s small businesses as they deal with the additional, unexpected obligations they are facing due to the coronavirus. Sterling Heights Mayor Michael TaylorClick here to learn more information.

ANN ARBOR – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative has awarded the University of Michigan two $5 million grants. Led by professors Stephanie Fryberg and Earl Lewis, the grant money will be used over the next three years to fund projects that address racial inequity. Fryberg is a professor of psychology and a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor. Lewis is the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies and Public Policy. In total, the Mellon Foundation awarded more then $72 million in grant funding for 16 arts, humanities and social sciences projects across the U.S.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A grant given by the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Vital Seniors Initiative will provide area Washtenaw County caregivers a bit of time to care for themselves. The $50,000 grant was awarded to the Area Agency on Aging 1-B and allows it to further help individuals who are taking care of friends, family and community members with dementia. The 6-bed licensed home in Ypsilanti serves individuals with dementia or who have a mild cognitive impairment diagnosis. While families of those with dementia will work with Memory Lane to establish admission, the Area Agency on Aging 1-B will pay for the care and service. Read: New program aims to connect Washtenaw County caregivers to individualized support

LANSING, Mich. – Nearly $2 million in recreation grants will go to local park and trail improvements and developments. The DNR’s recreation passport program has awarded about $12.7 million in grants since being introduced in 2010. The program is tied to license plate registration renewals and more than a third of Michigan registered vehicles now have the recreation passport on their license plate tabs. Ten percent of every recreation passport sale goes to the grant program. “Those visitors represent a direct investment in state parks and local parks, because about $1 from every Recreation Passport purchased funds those local park and recreation grants.”

Project DIAMOnD (Distributed, Independent, Agile, Manufacturing On-Demand) was created to address the need to move companies into digital manufacturing as quickly. Instead of giving grant money, the organization is giving grant equipment to up profits while also helping fight the global pandemic by building the United States' largest network of 3D printer users. An Industry 4.0 Assessment: outlining where their business stands today and what digital opportunities best fit their needs. Connections and introductions: to state-of-the art vendors and applied research that can help them along their path to Industry 4.0. A financial investment: will be granted to purchase Industry 4.0 and state-of-the art digital technologies.

ANN ARBOR – Michigan Medicine has partnered with type 1 diabetes research nonprofit JDRF to establish the new JDRF Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan. The goal of the center, through U-M’s Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute, is to accelerate research to cure type 1 diabetes and to improve lives. Ann Arbor resident Elizabeth Weiser Caswell and her father, Regent Ron Weiser, have made leadership gifts to kickstart the project. “Michigan Medicine is the ideal partner for JDRF,” Caswell said in a news release. “The JDRF Center of Excellence and the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute establishes us as one of the premier diabetes centers in the country—and the strongest in the Midwest,” Thomas Gardner, principal investigator of the JDRF Center of Excellence and EWCDI, said in a news release.

DETROIT – Rapper J-Dilla was a luminary in the world of hip-hop and a Detroit native. That led to a special moment at Detroit Central High School Tuesday. That’s why Dixon applied for the Save the Music J Dilla Music Tech Grant and received the $50,000 equipment grant for his digital music program. The grant presented by the nonprofit Save the Music and Cadillac increases the tools for music making. More information on the Save the Music J Dilla Music Tech Grant can be found here.

ANN ARBOR – The Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc. has awarded $20,000 to Food Gatherers to help the Washtenaw County food bank and food rescue program in its response to fight local hunger. The number of visitors to food pantries has risen sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic -- up to 300% for some of Food Gatherers' 170 partner programs. “We are grateful for the Kiwanis Club’s commitment to help our neighbors facing food insecurity,” Eileen Spring, president and CEO of Food Gatherers said in a statement. “COVID-19 has added extra hardship for families facing food insecurity. Partner programs include meal programs, food pantries and emergency grocery services that serve food insecure families and individuals without access to nutritious food.

With the election less than 40 days away, ClickOnDetroit and Local 4 will be factchecking the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates -- live. Vice President Joe Biden and the conventions of both parties. The first is Sept. 29 where President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will debate in Cleveland, Ohio. What do you want fact-checked from presidential debate? During the debates Grant will factcheck the debates on Twitter which will also be live streamed on ClickOnDetroit.

DETROIT – Help is available for hospitality workers in Michigan who have temporarily lost their jobs due to coronavirus (COVID-19). The Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association president received a $2.5M grant from the Michigan Department of Treasury to support restaurant and lodging industry workers who were impacted by COVID-19. READ: 19 Michigan businesses fined for serious coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace violations“We are thankful to Governor Whitmer and the Michigan legislators for their support of the state’s hospitality workers. More than half of the 600,000 hospitality workers in Michigan temporarily lost their jobs and too many restaurants across the state were unable to reopen after the shutdown,” said Justin Winslow MRLA President & CEO. Those who apply for funds will need to have proof of hospitality industry employment as of March 10.

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. Hamtramck Stadium will receive a facelift worth nearly $50,000 through a National Park Service grant approved on Thursday by the Wayne County Commission. Hamtramck Stadium is a historic ballpark where baseball Hall of Fame members Turkey Stearnes, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige and many other Negro League legends once played. The grant involves no county money and is provided through the park services African American Civil Rights of the 20th Century grant program. The stadium was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The Friends of Hamtramck Stadium, a local organization, has formed to help finance additional renovations at the site.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. SpellBound, an Ann Arbor-based augmented reality company, has received a $1.8 million fast track grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study opioid use in pediatric cancer patients. The study will measure the effects of SpellBounds augmented reality scavenger hunt, ARISE, on the length of hospital stay and opioid use by pediatric cancer patients after surgery. She stated that studies have found relationships between movement, recovery milestones and a reduction of overall pain but getting pediatric patients to move is a challenge for clinicians. The fast track grant allows SpellBound to accelerate the study by combining phase 1 and phase 2 trials to test feasibility and perform clinical trials. York added that the research grant will allow SpellBound to provide support resources for research hospitals in the study, hire more engineers and evolve ARISE.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. United Way of Washtenaw County has awarded $192,545 to 13 nonprofit organizations and groups around Washtenaw County from its COVID-19 Community Relief Fund. The fifth and final round of funding brings the total grants investments from UWWC up to $1,050,000. Since April, it has given grant investments ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 to 64 organizations and agencies in Washtenaw County. In May, the 48197/98 zip codes had a high rate of COVID-19 inflections and were considered a prioritized area by the Washtenaw County Health Department. For a full list of organizations that have received funding by United Way of Washtenaw County, visit uwwashtenaw.org/covid-19-response-and-impact.

DETROIT Nonprofit arts and culture organizations in southeastern Michigan will share $500,000 in funding to help relieve financial pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and CultureSource says 50 grants of $10,000 each have been awarded from the COVID-19 Arts and Creative Community Assistance Fund. More than 200 organizations submitted applications for funding of more than $2 million. The COVID-19 Arts and Creative Community Assistance Fund receives support from various foundations. RELATED: Michigan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases up to 58,749; Death toll now at 5,652

NASHVILLE, Tenn. A publicist for Amy Grant says the contemporary Christian singer had open heart surgery on Wednesday to fix a heart condition she has had since birth. Doctors discovered Grant had a heart condition called partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) during a routine checkup. Grant, who is married to country singer Vince Gill, is six-time Grammy winner with well known crossover pop hits like Baby, Baby, Every Heartbeat and That's What Love is For."

Grant Hermes is the new anchor of the Saturday and Sunday Local 4 News Today newscasts. He will join co-anchor Priya Mann and meteorologist Andrew Humphrey and will continue to report for various other newscasts during the week. Grant joined WDIV-Local 4 in April after five years at KWTV in Oklahoma City where he was morning anchor and reporter. He has a particular focus on politics covering state houses, members of Congress, the 2016 presidential race and a popular fact check segment during the 2018 race for Oklahoma’s governor. He’s covered major events like the 2010 and 2018 teachers’ strikes in Wisconsin and Oklahoma, the 2015 biker shooting in Waco, TX and multiple deadly tornados.

ANN ARBOR The U.S. Office of Naval Research has awarded a $7.5 million grant to a team of researchers led by the University of Michigan to bring metamaterial to life. Metamaterials are unlike natural materials in that their properties are determined by how the material is structured. Led by physicist Xiaoming Mao, the five-year grant from the Department of Defenses 2020 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program will allow her put her theoretical work with metamaterial to practice. In other words, her metamaterials can change properties based on how they come into contact with certain objects by absorbing direct stress, shock and preventing damage. The research could have significant implications on the design of helmets and body armor that change properties upon direct collision impact.

ANN ARBOR – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced Wednesday that the University of Michigan will receive more than $1 million in funding to advance research efforts on the novel coronavirus. The University of Michigan and Michigan State University have received several CARES Act-funded awards from the National Science Foundation as of May 10. “Science and research are incredibly important at this time and will empower us to defeat this virus,” Dingell said in a news release. “We must always support science and it is great to see the University of Michigan is being entrusted to help lead these efforts.”✉ Like what you’re reading? Related reading:More information on NSF-funded programs and awards in Michigan can be found on the NSF state fact sheets.

A $10 million grant will give Detroit students free access to the Henry Ford. If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.

A man who was hailed a hero during the Walmart shooting in El Paso, Texas, this summer isnt "accurate," according to police. The account he gave to CNN was "inaccurate," El Paso police said in a statement. Nobody bothered to check with us, El Paso police spokesman Enrique Carrillo told the Washington Examiner. Twenty two people were killed in the Walmart shooting, another 24 were wounded. RELATED STORIESMan Who Lost Wife in El Paso Shooting Sees Thousands of Strangers at Her MemorialLady Gaga Is Funding Classroom Projects in El Paso, Dayton and Gilroy in Wake of ShootingsEl Paso Walmart Manager 'Just Wanted to Save as Many People' During Shooting

Though his mom is "a gun-wielding grandma," she made the unusual decision Saturday morning to leave her Smith & Wesson .38 Special at home, since they were "just going to Walmart," Grant said. As his mother hustled to safety at the back of the store, Grant decided he would try to deter the shooter. Reunited with Grant a day later, Sifford said: "We bonded out there, and I'm just happy to see he's doing well." "If I could trade my life for that little girl's life I saw killed, I would do it in a second," Grant said. My life is almost over, so I would have traded my life for that life any day of the week.