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From the HERE City State DeskEAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State won the opening set Thursday night but could not hold off No. 13 Purdue, which answered by taking the next three sets 25-19, 25-20 and 25-21 at the Breslin Center after dropping the first 25-23. The defeat was the…
From the HERE City State DeskSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Michigan State led twice Thursday night and still left Notre Dame with a loss, as the Irish scored 21 seconds into overtime to beat the fourth-ranked Spartans 3-2 in the opener of a Big Ten series. Shane Vansaghi scored both Michigan…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan men's basketball made its first high school signing of the Mike Boynton Jr. era official Thursday, adding four-star guard Lucai Anderson to its roster for the 2027-28 season. Anderson, a left-handed combo guard listed at 6-foot-4, is a consensus top-100…
From the HERE City National DeskALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Texas Tech cross country makes its postseason push Friday at the NCAA Mountain Regional, hosted by New Mexico on the UNM North Golf Course at 2201 Tucker Road NE. The women's 6-kilometer race goes off at 11 a.m. Mountain time, and the…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs is the 2026 National League Most Valuable Player, and nobody else got a first-place vote. The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Thursday night that the center fielder was the top choice on all 30 ballots, for…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez is the American League Most Valuable Player, and nobody who cast a ballot thought otherwise. The Houston Astros designated hitter was named on Thursday as the top choice of all 30 voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, finishing with…
From the HERE City National DeskEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh wants the NFL to take a hard look at how the Denver Broncos walked away from a deadline deal for linebacker Daiyan Henley. The two AFC West rivals had agreed before the Nov. 10 trade…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON — The NBA on Thursday docked Houston Rockets guard Marcus Smart three games without pay, ruling that his punch landed on Warriors big man Charles Bassey during Wednesday night's game. League basketball operations chief James Jones handed down the penalty. The swing came with…
From the HERE City National DeskFRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Joey Porter Jr. pushed back Thursday on online talk that his recent absence has anything to do with his contract, pointing instead to an ankle injury he has been fighting since his first game with the team. Dallas acquired…
From the HERE City National DeskEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Stefon Diggs caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from Jayden Daniels with 57 seconds left Thursday night, and the Washington Commanders beat the New York Giants 24-21 at MetLife Stadium. Daniels finished with three touchdown passes despite two interceptions on back-to-back possessions…
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LANSING, Mich. — Disruptive and sometimes violent student behavior is now the top worry it has ever been for Michigan school employees, according to a statewide survey released Thursday by the Michigan Education Association. The teachers union polled 4,040 public school teachers and support staff working from pre-K through 12th…
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DETROIT, Mich. — Michigan has slid toward the bottom of national rankings in early reading and math and needs a long-term education plan that can survive changes in political power, the Detroit Regional Chamber said in a report released Thursday. In its seventh yearly look at education and talent, the…
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MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — The state of Michigan has gone to court to try to break up the company that controls every passenger ferry to Mackinac Island, naming the Hoffmann Family of Companies in an antitrust complaint filed Thursday. Attorney General Dana Nessel brought the case under the Michigan Antitrust…
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PETOSKEY, Mich. — A new state award will pay for fast-track job training in boat repair, welding and machining at North Central Michigan College, part of Michigan's push to rebuild a workforce for shipbuilding and the Great Lakes boating trade. The college is receiving $630,876 from the Michigan Industry-Driven Skills…
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DETROIT, Mich. — General Motors has lined up power from two newly built Michigan solar farms that together are expected to produce about as much electricity in a year as three of its in-state assembly plants use. The automaker announced Thursday that it is the main customer of two solar…
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MARQUETTE, Mich. — Michigan is getting its first widespread snow of the season, with lake-effect bands set to keep falling through Saturday morning and the heaviest totals stacking up in the hills of the Upper Peninsula. A winter weather advisory for Marquette and Baraga counties runs until noon Friday. The…
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WICHITA, Kan. — The driver whose pickup rolled onto a youth soccer field at Stryker Sports Complex last month, killing two people and hurting 10 more, will not face criminal charges, the county's top prosecutor, District Attorney Marc Bennett, announced Thursday. The Oct. 17 crash took the lives of a…
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SEATTLE, Wash. — Two more atmospheric rivers are lined up to soak Washington and Oregon on Friday and Saturday, following two earlier storms this week that already dropped several inches of rain on both states. The timing is rough for the coast. The storms are arriving during the yearly king…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to go before the Senate Banking Committee next month to answer questions about how advanced Nvidia artificial intelligence chips may have reached companies in China. Committee Chairman Tim Scott sent letters Thursday asking Lutnick to appear Dec. 10 and former Nvidia…
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ANTALYA, Turkey — California Gov. Gavin Newsom now has a target date for settling the question of a 2028 White House campaign. Speaking Thursday on the sidelines of the COP31 United Nations climate conference, the Democrat said he will make up his mind in early January. Newsom said he plans…
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JUNEAU, Alaska — Democrats Mary Peltola and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins pulled further ahead Thursday after the Alaska Division of Elections added another batch of roughly 5,000 ballots to its count, pushing the statewide total past 256,000. In the U.S. Senate race, Peltola, a former congresswoman, now holds 49.1% of first-choice votes…
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DETROIT, Mich. — A worldwide failure of Microsoft 365 knocked out email and other workplace tools across Michigan on Thursday, slowing communication at state agencies, Detroit city hall, major hospitals and the region's airport authority. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget warned that state government was having trouble…
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