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From the HERE City State DeskEAST LANSING, Mich. — Two weeks of near misses at Spartan Stadium leave Michigan State facing its toughest assignment yet. Coach Pat Fitzgerald used his Monday news conference to close the book on a 24-21 loss to Northwestern, the program he used to lead, and…
From the HERE City State DeskEAST LANSING, Mich. — Both of Michigan's Big Ten basketball powers start the 2026-27 season in the national rankings. Michigan State checks in at No. 6 in the preseason men's Top 25 released Monday, and Michigan, the defending national champion, sits at No. 16. No…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan has settled on its quarterback for Saturday's noon game against Indiana, but coach Kyle Whittingham is not telling anyone who it is. At his Monday news conference he said the staff reached its decision late Sunday night after the usual…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Baseball will crown a first-time champion this fall. The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays open the World Series on Friday night at American Family Field, the first meeting of two franchises without a title since Philadelphia beat Kansas City in 1980, and…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies let go of a first-round pick from just a year ago on Monday, waiving guard Walter Clayton Jr. along with wing Micah Peavy as they trimmed down to their opening night roster. The cuts brought Memphis to the league limit…
From the HERE City National DeskNISHINOMIYA, Japan — The Hanshin Tigers said Monday they will let reigning Central League MVP Teruaki Sato pursue a move to Major League Baseball through the posting system this offseason, adding one of the most potent bats on the international market to an already crowded…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama headlined a short list of 2023 draftees who locked in long-term money before the NBA's rookie-scale extension deadline passed at 6 p.m. Eastern on Monday. Only seven players from that first round agreed to new deals, the smallest group since…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The defending champion New York Knicks will collect their rings and watch a banner go up at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night before opening the NBA season against a Philadelphia 76ers roster that now includes LeBron James and Jaylen Brown. The…
From the HERE City National DeskEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers released guard Dalton Knecht on Monday to get down to the 15-man limit for the regular season, a move that leaves Bronny James as the only remaining player from the team's 2024 draft class. Los Angeles had…
From the HERE City National DeskORLANDO, Fla. — The College Football Playoff's move toward a 24-team bracket has the rest of the postseason bracing for fallout, with bowl leaders warning that a sizable share of the games outside the playoff may not survive. Roughly 35 bowls currently sit outside the…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NBA is giving fans new ways to find and follow live games this season, unveiling a set of app features and social media links on Monday ahead of opening night. The headline addition is Game Pulse, a live feed inside the…
From the HERE City National DeskSANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco wide receiver Mike Evans sat out the second half of Monday night's 23-17 win over Washington after his Achilles tendinitis flared up, though the 49ers do not believe the problem will keep him out for long. Evans had been…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is putting more money into its public schools than it did before the pandemic, even after inflation, but the results students post on state tests keep heading the other way. Senate Fiscal Agency figures put combined local, state and federal school funding at $21.28 billion for…
Events
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Shoppers have one Saturday left to catch the outdoor Plymouth Farmers Market this year. The last market day of the 2026 season is Oct. 24, running 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Gathering on Penniman. The market, organized by the Plymouth Community Chamber of Commerce, opened…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Two dozen broadband builds funded by the federal BEAD program are now under contract in Michigan, after the state labor and economic opportunity department reported Monday that 23 subgrantees have signed their grant agreements. Together the projects carry a price tag of about $1.447 billion. Federal BEAD…
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LANSING, Mich. — Michigan farmers worried about forever chemicals on their land now have a state-funded way to find out. On Monday the state agriculture department, known as MDARD, announced a $3.5 million, five-year agreement with Michigan State University Extension to expand PFAS monitoring on farms statewide. Under the program,…
From the HERE City National Desk
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The U.S. Navy is betting bigger on climbing robots and artificial intelligence to keep its warships out of the repair yard, more than quadrupling the cap on a maintenance inspection deal with Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics to $300 million. The expansion, announced Tuesday, comes only six months after…
Politics
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Plymouth residents who missed Monday's cutoff for signing up online or by mail can still get on the rolls for the Nov. 3 general election, but only by walking into City Hall. As of Tuesday, an unregistered voter in the city must appear in person at the…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Money for political ads in this year’s midterm elections has blown past $10 billion, a record for a non-presidential year, and the total is on track to climb to about $11.6 billion by the Nov. 3 vote, according to the tracking firm AdImpact. The previous midterm high was…
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DETROIT — Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers used a televised town hall in the Detroit area on Monday night to argue that his Democratic rival, Abdul El-Sayed, can be beaten among two groups that usually anchor Democratic wins in Michigan: Black voters and Jewish voters. The race for the open…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Fines collected from nursing homes that fall short of federal standards are being put back to work for the people who live in them. Michigan's health department, MDHHS, is now taking proposals for $5 million in grants meant to make daily life and care better for residents.…
From the HERE City State Desk
DETROIT, Mich. — The invasive spotted lanternfly has now been confirmed in eight Michigan counties, with Wayne, Oakland and Macomb among them, and Michigan State University Extension used a Monday appearance to update residents on how the pest has spread over the past year. Southeast Michigan is still the core…
From the HERE City National Desk
OAKLAND, Calif. — Employees inside TikTok spent years pressing company leaders about dangers the app posed to children, from minors appearing in paid sexual livestreams to teens slipping past age limits, and many of them came away frustrated with the response, according to sworn depositions filed in federal court in…
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