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SportsGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Griffins lost one of their most dangerous shooters on Sunday, Nov. 1, when the Detroit Red Wings called John Leonard up to the NHL club. Leonard, 28, had five goals and two assists in six games for Grand…
SportsROSEMONT, Ill. — Five different Grand Rapids Griffins found the net on Sunday, Nov. 1, and the club rolled past the Chicago Wolves 5-1 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont to keep its run of games with a point going at seven. Chicago came in hot,…
From HERE DetroitDETROIT, Mich. — The Detroit Lions knocked the Minnesota Vikings from the ranks of the unbeaten on Sunday, winning 19-15 on a fourth-quarter scoring strike from Jared Goff to Jameson Williams. The go-ahead play covered 7 yards with 4:35 remaining. Minnesota then went three-and-out, and…
From HERE DetroitDETROIT, Mich. — Detroit Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler is the best defensive catcher in the American League again. The Rawlings Gold Glove at his position went to him for a second year in a row when this season's winners were named Sunday. Only three other…
From the HERE City State DeskANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is back home this week with the Paul Bunyan Trophy on the line, as the Wolverines host Michigan State on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Michigan Stadium in the first of their two rivalry games this season. Michigan arrives at…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — Atlanta Hawks rookie guard Kingston Flemings will sit out Monday night after the NBA handed him a one-game suspension without pay for an elbow to the head of a New Orleans player. The league office said Flemings intentionally struck Pelicans guard…
From the HERE City National DeskROME, Italy — Notre Dame opened its women's basketball season an ocean away from South Bend and looked right at home. Hannah Hidalgo scored 32 points and the No. 13 Irish beat Villanova 99-75 on Sunday in the Eternal City Tip-Off at the Palazzo dello…
From the HERE City National DeskTAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay found a way to beat Atlanta on Sunday without a single completed pass. The Buccaneers leaned on two running backs in a steady rain at Raymond James Stadium and walked off with a 16-0 shutout of the Falcons. Baker Mayfield…
From the HERE City National DeskORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Baltimore went through three quarterbacks before halftime Sunday in Buffalo, and the Ravens may have to start the third one in four days. The Bills rolled to a 36-10 win as the Ravens dropped their third straight game. Lamar Jackson was…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic carried the Lakers past Toronto on Sunday, scoring 45 points and pulling down 15 rebounds in a 131-125 home win that got tighter than it needed to be. Doncic was nearly automatic from deep, hitting 8 of his 12 attempts…
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Down 11 in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Broncos scored the last 15 points and then survived a frantic Kansas City push at the goal line to beat the Chiefs 28-24 and move atop the AFC West. The finish came down to the…
From the HERE City National DeskPORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers moved back above the Western Conference playoff line Sunday night, beating Houston Dynamo FC 3-1 at Providence Park with one regular-season game left. Vincent Janssen had a hand in all three Portland goals, scoring one and assisting on the…
Traffic
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two of the main one-way routes through Heritage Hill in Grand Rapids could soon carry traffic in both directions. Mobile GR, the city department that runs streets and traffic patterns, is weighing a plan to make Lyon and Fountain streets two-way east of Division Avenue. Both…
From the HERE City National Desk
GREENACRES, Fla. — Federal investigators are set to brief the public Monday in West Palm Beach on the crash of a Learjet 60 that fell out of a rainy sky Sunday afternoon and slammed into a Palm Beach County road, killing all nine people on board. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — With early voting finished, Michigan's Nov. 3 general election comes down to Tuesday at the polls, where voters will pick a new governor and a U.S. senator and settle two statewide ballot proposals. Polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone already standing in…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — President Donald Trump took his final pitch to Michigan voters by telephone over the weekend, telling listeners on a roughly 12-minute tele-rally Saturday that no Michigan election has ever mattered more than this year's Senate matchup of Republican Mike Rogers against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. The president gave…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is under care at Johns Hopkins after suffering a stroke over the weekend, and his staff expects him to recover fully, his office said Sunday. Allison Herwitt, his chief of staff, said in a written statement that the 53-year-old senator first noticed…
From the HERE City State Desk
LANSING, Mich. — Michiganders who buy their own health coverage can now shop for 2027 plans, and many will find higher prices. Open enrollment on HealthCare.gov began Sunday, Nov. 1, and runs through Jan. 15. Timing matters. A plan picked by Dec. 15 starts Jan. 1, while anyone who signs…
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