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From HERE Ann ArborANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mike Boynton gets a second shot at running a major college program in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he inherits a Michigan team that enters the season as the defending national champion. For two seasons, Boynton worked as an assistant on Dusty…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
Education
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Public Schools moves into the last stretch of its superintendent search Monday night, when the Board of Education chooses which candidates go on as finalists to lead the district. The vote comes at a 5:30 p.m. session on the district’s Franklin campus along MLK…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Fewer than four in 10 Michigan third graders can read at grade level, and the slide did not happen overnight. It has been a slow leak that started well before the pandemic. On the spring 2026 state test, 38.2% of third graders reached proficiency in English language…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan shoppers who have watched a Dollar General register ring up a higher number than the shelf tag are now part of a federal case, after Attorney General Dana Nessel joined the Federal Trade Commission and a group of other states in suing the discount chain on…
Public Safety
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two adults went to the hospital Saturday evening after fire broke out in a single-story home on Russwood Street NE on the north side of Grand Rapids, Mich., and firefighters had to bring one of them out. The Grand Rapids Fire Department got the call at…
Politics
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his Michigan swing to downtown Grand Rapids on Sunday night, sharing the stage with Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed before a nearly full DeVos Performance Hall, a venue that seats roughly 2,500. Both men urged supporters to treat the Nov.…
Politics
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed brought Sen. Bernie Sanders to Grand Rapids this weekend, making health care prices and the cost of living the centerpiece of a West Michigan push with Election Day close. The pair urged the crowd to treat the Nov. 3 vote…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Every Michigan voter who fills out a ballot by Nov. 3 will find two statewide questions under the races for governor and U.S. Senate: one on whether to start over on the state constitution, and one on who may give money to the officials who regulate them.…
Health
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, used a Monday stop in Grand Rapids to hold up Corewell Health as a model for what hospitals put on patients’ plates. Speaking at the Downtown Market, Kennedy said more than 250 hospitals nationwide have now signed the…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Roughly 497,000 Michigan residents who buy health coverage through HealthCare.gov have a few days left before the 2027 shopping season opens, and the state insurance regulator wants them to use that time to get ready. Michigan’s Department of Insurance and Financial Services says rising premiums make planning…
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