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Internal divisions doom Michigan Democrats in their final days of legislative control
Read full article: Internal divisions doom Michigan Democrats in their final days of legislative controlMichigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity and inaction.
Macomb County library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book -- 50 years later
Read full article: Macomb County library says Chicago man can keep overdue baseball book -- 50 years laterFifty years later, a man who grew up in suburban Detroit tried to return a very overdue baseball book to his boyhood library.
Michigan football releases 2025 schedule: Wolverines have big time matchups next season
Read full article: Michigan football releases 2025 schedule: Wolverines have big time matchups next seasonThe Michigan Wolverines have released their schedule for the 2025 football season with a lot of enthusiasm.
Michigan flipped QB Bryce Underwood with some help from Oracle founder Larry Ellison and Tom Brady
Read full article: Michigan flipped QB Bryce Underwood with some help from Oracle founder Larry Ellison and Tom BradyBryce Underwood was relieved to make his commitment to Michigan official with his signature as signing day in college football kicked off on Wednesday.
Michigan football fires offensive coordinator amid disappointing season
Read full article: Michigan football fires offensive coordinator amid disappointing seasonAfter an inept offensive performance by the offense during the 2024 season, the Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore has fired offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell.
GM adds over 132,000 heavy duty pickups to recall for tailgates that can open unexpectedly
Read full article: GM adds over 132,000 heavy duty pickups to recall for tailgates that can open unexpectedlyGeneral Motors is adding over 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can short circuit and open the gates while the trucks are in park.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer honors victims on 3-year remembrance of Oxford shooting
Read full article: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer honors victims on 3-year remembrance of Oxford shootingMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist released statements Saturday to honor the victims that were killed in the Oxford High School shooting three years ago.
What the Dearborn mayor says will happen to Netanyahu if he visits the city
Read full article: What the Dearborn mayor says will happen to Netanyahu if he visits the cityDearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud has a message after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Here’s how to participate in the annual ‘Blood Battle’ between University of Michigan, Ohio State
Read full article: Here’s how to participate in the annual ‘Blood Battle’ between University of Michigan, Ohio StateThe annual blood drive competition between the University of Michigan and Ohio State University is underway, and people have the chance to donate and get a tour of Michigan Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 17.
Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation
Read full article: Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservationThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued the first round of permits allowing Enbridge to reroute an aging pipeline around a tribal reservation.
Who will certify Donald Trump's presidential win? Kamala Harris, that's who
Read full article: Who will certify Donald Trump's presidential win? Kamala Harris, that's whoDonald Trump’s presidential win is going to be certified in Congress in January by the candidate he beat, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Michigan Medicine SEIU workers approve new agreement in recent vote
Read full article: Michigan Medicine SEIU workers approve new agreement in recent voteWorkers at Michigan Medicine, represented by SEIU Healthcare Michigan, voted over two weeks to consider contract terms as reached in a tentative agreement on Oct. 14, 2024.
Where Michigan voters stand on US Senate race between Elissa Slotkin, Mike Rogers
Read full article: Where Michigan voters stand on US Senate race between Elissa Slotkin, Mike RogersOne week before Election Day, we’ve got an updated survey showing where Michigan voters stand on the U.S. Senate race between Elissa Slotkin and Mike Rogers.
New survey shows where Michigan voters stand on US Senate race between Elissa Slotkin, Mike Rogers
Read full article: New survey shows where Michigan voters stand on US Senate race between Elissa Slotkin, Mike RogersOne week before Election Day, we’ve got an updated survey showing where Michigan voters stand on the U.S. Senate race between Elissa Slotkin and Mike Rogers.
Suns beat Pistons in preseason meeting at Breslin Center
Read full article: Suns beat Pistons in preseason meeting at Breslin CenterA crowd full of Michigan State University students and Lansing-area fans showed up to watch the Detroit Pistons take on the Phoenix Suns in a preseason game at the Breslin Center on Tuesday Oct. 8.
Morning 4: Why 5 former U of M students face federal charges linked to Michigan military base -- and other news
Read full article: Morning 4: Why 5 former U of M students face federal charges linked to Michigan military base -- and other newsMorning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.
As NFL scouts flock to campus, Big Ten players seek to catch their eye
Read full article: As NFL scouts flock to campus, Big Ten players seek to catch their eyeNFL scouts filled an entire row of the Michigan Stadium press box, scouting top prospects in the upcoming draft when the Wolverines beat Southern California two weeks ago.
Lions coach Dan Campbell says leg injury to Jahmyr Gibbs is going to be 'fine'
Read full article: Lions coach Dan Campbell says leg injury to Jahmyr Gibbs is going to be 'fine'Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs, dressed in shorts, watched training camp from the sideline on Wednesday after he left practice earlier in the week with a leg injury.
NFL suspends Steelers CB Cam Sutton for 8 games for violating the league's personal conduct policy
Read full article: NFL suspends Steelers CB Cam Sutton for 8 games for violating the league's personal conduct policyThe NFL has suspended Pittsburgh Steelers safety Cam Sutton for the first eight games of the 2024 season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Detroit paying $300,000 to man wrongly accused of theft, making changes in use of facial technology
Read full article: Detroit paying $300,000 to man wrongly accused of theft, making changes in use of facial technologyThe city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to a man who was wrongly accused of shoplifting.
Michigan, CUNY didn't suitably assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile, US says
Read full article: Michigan, CUNY didn't suitably assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile, US saysThe University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn't adequately investigate complaints about antisemitic or anti-Palestinian harassment linked to campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and other incidents.
No charges in killing of gray wolf in southern Michigan. Experts stumped about how it got there.
Read full article: No charges in killing of gray wolf in southern Michigan. Experts stumped about how it got there.Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the first time in more than 100 years.
4 tornadoes hit Michigan on 60th anniversary of state’s 2nd-deadliest twister
Read full article: 4 tornadoes hit Michigan on 60th anniversary of state’s 2nd-deadliest twisterFour tornadoes touched down in Michigan this week almost 60 years to the day when the state's second-deadliest tornado hit Macomb County.
Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as Florida delegate to the Republican convention
Read full article: Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as Florida delegate to the Republican conventionFormer President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has been chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention.
25 arrested at University of Virginia after police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters
Read full article: 25 arrested at University of Virginia after police clash with pro-Palestinian protestersTwenty-five people have been arrested for trespassing at the University of Virginia after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus.
For years, a Michigan company has been the top pick to quickly personalize draftees' new NFL jerseys
Read full article: For years, a Michigan company has been the top pick to quickly personalize draftees' new NFL jerseysEmployees of the company tasked with rapidly personalizing jerseys for each first-round NFL draft pick as they are announced don’t need to travel very far for this year’s player selections in Detroit.
Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
Read full article: Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football seasonFollowing a sign-stealing scandal that rocked college football and hung over Michigan’s championship run in 2023, the NCAA’s oversight committee approved the use of coach-to-player helmet communications in games for the 2024 season.
Trump sues two Trump Media co-founders, seeking to void their stock in the company
Read full article: Trump sues two Trump Media co-founders, seeking to void their stock in the companyDonald Trump is suing two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, the newly public parent company of his Truth Social platform, arguing that they should forfeit their stock in the company because they set it up improperly.
Michigan will become the last US state to decriminalize surrogacy contracts
Read full article: Michigan will become the last US state to decriminalize surrogacy contractsMichigan lawmakers have given approval to a nine-bill package that will make the state the last in the country to decriminalize surrogacy contracts.
Pro-Trump Michigan attorney released from custody after promising to turn herself in on warrant
Read full article: Pro-Trump Michigan attorney released from custody after promising to turn herself in on warrantAn attorney who once sued unsuccessfully to overturn former President Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election is being released from custody after promising a federal judge she would drive back to Michigan and turn herself in to authorities.
Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents
Read full article: Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documentsA Michigan attorney who unsuccessfully sued to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 loss has been arrested after a hearing on a separate case in Washington, D.
Biden visits Michigan county emerging as the swing state's top bellwether
Read full article: Biden visits Michigan county emerging as the swing state's top bellwetherPresident Joe Biden travelled to Michigan's premier bellwether county of Saginaw as he looks to shore up support in the key battleground state ahead of November.
Why AP called Michigan for Trump: Race call explained
Read full article: Why AP called Michigan for Trump: Race call explainedThe Associated Press declared former President Donald Trump the winner of Michigan’s Republican primary based on an analysis of initial vote returns from a cross-section of the state.
Why AP called Michigan for Biden: Race call explained
Read full article: Why AP called Michigan for Biden: Race call explainedThe Associated Press declared President Joe Biden the winner of Michigan’s Democratic primary based on an analysis of initial vote returns as the incumbent continues to roll toward renomination.
Michigan Republicans plan dueling conventions for presidential nomination as turmoil continues
Read full article: Michigan Republicans plan dueling conventions for presidential nomination as turmoil continuesMichigan Republicans are planning dueling presidential nominating conventions that will take place March 2.
Morning 4: What prosecutors think about James Crumbley’s request to change venue of trial -- and more news
Read full article: Morning 4: What prosecutors think about James Crumbley’s request to change venue of trial -- and more newsMorning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.
Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel to be College Football Playoff selection committee chairman
Read full article: Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel to be College Football Playoff selection committee chairmanMichigan athletic director Warde Manuel will be chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee next season.
Fab Five reunites as Michigan beats Ohio State, snapping 5-game skid
Read full article: Fab Five reunites as Michigan beats Ohio State, snapping 5-game skidOlivier Nkamhoua scored 20 points, Terrance Williams II added 18 points and Michigan beat Ohio State 73-65 in front of the Fab Five to snap a five-game losing streak.
A 'soft landing' or a recession? How each one might affect America's households and businesses
Read full article: A 'soft landing' or a recession? How each one might affect America's households and businessesThe solid hiring revealed in Friday’s jobs report for November, along with a raft of other recent economic data, is boosting hopes that the U.S. economy will achieve a “soft landing” next year rather than a widely feared recession.
Stakes rise ahead of 2024 election in Michigan as House Democrat announces retirement
Read full article: Stakes rise ahead of 2024 election in Michigan as House Democrat announces retirementCompetition is growing in Michigan's Congressional race as Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee announces he will be retiring next year after the end of his sixth term.
Ex-Michigan staffer Connor Stalions did not file any expense reports, AP’s FOIA request finds
Read full article: Ex-Michigan staffer Connor Stalions did not file any expense reports, AP’s FOIA request findsThe former Michigan staffer at the center of sign-stealing investigation by the NCAA didn't file any expense reports during the 17 months employed by the football program.
Read the Big Ten’s full letter to Michigan on Harbaugh suspension, sign-stealing probe
Read full article: Read the Big Ten’s full letter to Michigan on Harbaugh suspension, sign-stealing probeThe Big Ten announced Friday that Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh would be suspended for the rest of the regular season as fallout from the ongoing sign-stealing investigation.
Michigan responds to Big Ten, saying commissioner doesn't have discipline authority, AP sources say
Read full article: Michigan responds to Big Ten, saying commissioner doesn't have discipline authority, AP sources sayThe University of Michigan warned Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti about overstepping his authority and rushing to judgement about an alleged sign-stealing scheme, saying he can’t discipline coach Jim Harbaugh under the conference’s sportsmanship policy.
Michigan star Corum says he had no business with Stalions, unaware of online records in his name
Read full article: Michigan star Corum says he had no business with Stalions, unaware of online records in his nameMichigan All-American Blake Corum says he has no business relationship with Connor Stalions, the former Wolverines staffer at the center of an NCAA sign-stealing investigation into the program, and he was unaware of documents filed for a company with his name on them.
Michigan prepared to take Big Ten to court if punished without full investigation, AP source says
Read full article: Michigan prepared to take Big Ten to court if punished without full investigation, AP source saysMichigan is preparing to take possible legal action if the Big Ten punishes the football program before a full investigation of allegations of an impermissible scouting and sign-stealing scheme orchestrated by a low-level staffer.
Ex-college football staffer shared docs with Michigan, showing a Big Ten team had Wolverines’ signs
Read full article: Ex-college football staffer shared docs with Michigan, showing a Big Ten team had Wolverines’ signsA former college football staffer shared documents with Michigan that showed a Big Ten opponent had spreadsheets of the Wolverines’ signs last year obtained before his team played Michigan.
STAT WATCH: Michigan's defensive dominance will be put to the test rest of way
Read full article: STAT WATCH: Michigan's defensive dominance will be put to the test rest of wayAs dominant as Michigan’s defense has been through nine games, where it ranks among the best of all-time is far from being determined.
Michigan asks Big Ten commissioner to await for NCAA investigation before acting on allegations
Read full article: Michigan asks Big Ten commissioner to await for NCAA investigation before acting on allegationsUniversity of Michigan President Santa Ono sent an email to Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, imploring the conference to wait for results of the NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation before potentially taking action against the Jim Harbaugh-led football program.
Frustrated Big Ten coaches push for league to discipline Michigan for sign-stealing, AP sources say
Read full article: Frustrated Big Ten coaches push for league to discipline Michigan for sign-stealing, AP sources sayThere is mounting pressure on Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti to discipline Michigan and coach Jim Harbaugh for a sign-stealing scheme.
Central Michigan coach says Michigan suspended staffer, suspected sign-stealer wasn't on pass list
Read full article: Central Michigan coach says Michigan suspended staffer, suspected sign-stealer wasn't on pass listCentral Michigan football coach Jim McElwain says suspended Michigan football staffer Connor Stalions’ name wasn't on his team’s pass list to have sideline access and scout Michigan State during a season-opening game in September.
'The Art of War' and Amy Schumer's memoir are among many books banned in US prisons. Here's why
Read full article: 'The Art of War' and Amy Schumer's memoir are among many books banned in US prisons. Here's whyA new study from PEN America finds that tens of thousands of books are banned or restricted by U.S. prisons.
Report: Police response to Michigan State mass shooting was efficient, effective
Read full article: Report: Police response to Michigan State mass shooting was efficient, effectivePolice response to the February shootings at Michigan State University that left three students dead was efficient and effective, according to the results of a third-party review that were released to the public on Tuesday.
Michigan football unleashes their boa constrictor to suffocate Indiana in 45-point drubbing
Read full article: Michigan football unleashes their boa constrictor to suffocate Indiana in 45-point drubbingThe No. 2 ranked Michigan Wolverines improve to 7-0 after they unleashed their boa constrictor to suffocate the Indiana Hoosiers in a 52-7 drubbing.
Autoworkers begin strike at GM plants in Canada, as talks continue
Read full article: Autoworkers begin strike at GM plants in Canada, as talks continueGeneral Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending a strike that began just after midnight.
Canadian auto workers, GM reach tentative contract agreement, ending strike that began at midnight
Read full article: Canadian auto workers, GM reach tentative contract agreement, ending strike that began at midnightGeneral Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending a strike that began just after midnight.
Here are the 12 matchups on Michigan football’s daunting (but fun) 2024 schedule
Read full article: Here are the 12 matchups on Michigan football’s daunting (but fun) 2024 scheduleMichigan football revealed the 12 teams it will play next season in what appears to be a daunting (but also fun!) schedule in the new-look Big Ten.
Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sites
Read full article: Historians race to find Great Lakes shipwrecks before quagga mussels destroy the sitesHistorians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region's heritage.
Stellantis announces over 300 layoffs at 3 facilities as ‘consequence’ of UAW strike
Read full article: Stellantis announces over 300 layoffs at 3 facilities as ‘consequence’ of UAW strikeDetroit-based automaker Stellantis announced Wednesday that hundreds of workers will be temporarily laid off at facilities in Ohio and Indiana due to the United Auto Workers strike.
Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health funding
Read full article: Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health fundingThe public health department in Ottawa County in Michigan is facing deep cuts to its funding.
Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health funding
Read full article: Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health fundingThe public health department in Ottawa County in Michigan is facing deep cuts to its funding.
Everything I want to see from Michigan football in 2nd game vs. UNLV
Read full article: Everything I want to see from Michigan football in 2nd game vs. UNLVMichigan football didn’t have any problem taking down East Carolina in the opener, but there are a few specific things I would like to see in the second game against UNLV.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers enters Michigan Senate race as the first prominent Republican
Read full article: Former Rep. Mike Rogers enters Michigan Senate race as the first prominent RepublicanFormer Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, who served seven terms in the U.S. House, is running for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
What we learned about all 9 Big Ten opponents on Michigan football’s schedule during Week 1
Read full article: What we learned about all 9 Big Ten opponents on Michigan football’s schedule during Week 1There’s only so much we can learn about college football in one week, but we got our first glimpse of all nine Big Ten teams on Michigan’s schedule, and it offered a better idea of what to expect this season.
JGR's Christopher Bell takes the pole at Darlington for NASCAR's opening playoff race
Read full article: JGR's Christopher Bell takes the pole at Darlington for NASCAR's opening playoff raceChristopher Bell will start up front for NASCAR's opening playoff race after winning the pole for the Southern 500 on Saturday.
Former Republican congressman Mike Rogers expected to run for US Senate in Michigan, AP sources say
Read full article: Former Republican congressman Mike Rogers expected to run for US Senate in Michigan, AP sources sayFormer U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is expected to soon announce a bid for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat next year.