Michigan State University

Nassar raped, impregnated athlete and Michigan State covered it up: lawsuit

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar drugged, raped and impregnated a Michigan State University field hockey player in 1992 — and the university’s …

Crime

New iPhone X app could soon take your blood pressure with the press of a finger

(Credit: Pixabay)<p>What if you could take your own blood pressure just by pressing the screen of your smartphone? That's the goal behind an app developed and now in test mode by researchers at Michigan State University.<p><b>SEE: Best meditation apps for iOS and Android to relieve stress</b><p>Designed for the …

iPhone

Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Johnson Says He Recently Had a 'Transient Ischemic Attack'

Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Michael Johnson recently revealed on Twitter that he experienced a “mini stroke.”<p>“Last week I rather surprisingly …

High Blood Pressure

Michigan GOP Candidate Uses Gretchen Whitmer's Account Of Being Raped in Attack Ad

The Michigan gubernatorial race's nasty rhetoric was amplified this week by Republican candidate Bill Schuette, whose campaign released an ad showing …

Bill Schuette

Poll: Michigan voters back Russia probe by Mueller; impeachment support grows

Michigan voters strongly back the investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential elections, with a majority saying they …

Voting

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Cleaning

How to Respond When Someone Comes Out to You

“Remember that it’s not about you,” says Telaina Eriksen, a creative-writing professor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, who wrote a book about her daughter’s coming out as a lesbian. No matter what kind of relationship you have with the person, don’t immediately turn the conversation …

Long-form Journalism

Families dismiss lawsuit against Terrytown school in hair policy dispute | NOLA.com

The families of two Terrytown students have dismissed their federal lawsuit against a Roman Catholic school that removed the girls from school due …

Judiciary

Old maps of Michigan showed imaginary islands in Lake Superior

Lake Superior is home to several islands.<p>Michigan's Isle Royale, Wisconsin's Madeline Island and Ontario's Michipicoten Island, just to name a …

Lake Superior

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Unique Ideas for a Restaurant Grand Opening<p><i>by Elizabeth Smith</i><p>A grand opening is your restaurant's first chance to make a splash in the community. It …

Customers

Report: Ex-Baylor wide receiver Corey Coleman signs with New England Patriots

If any quarterback can resurrect Coleman's derailed NFL career, it's future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady.<p>Earlier in the offseason, Coleman was …

NFL

Flint cop fatally shoots veteran support dog, lawsuit claims

FLINT, MI -- A new federal lawsuit claims that a Flint police officer was conducting wrongly shot and killed a woman's Labrador retriever that was …

Michigan

Princeton and Williams still top U.S. News college rankings — but new formula scrambles the annual lists

By Nick Anderson<p>Nick Anderson<p>Reporter covering higher education, national education policy and the global education market<p>Email Bio Follow<p>U.S. News & World Report overhauled its college-ranking formula this year, putting more emphasis on social mobility and less on exclusivity in admissions, a …

College & University

Experimental app lets iPhones monitor blood pressure

It was just last year that we heard about how scientists from Michigan State University had developed a smartphone case/app combo that could measure …

Front-Facing Camera

The Best Undergraduate Business Programs | Investopedia

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has been named the number one undergraduate business program in the nation in U.S. News & World …

College & University

Purchasing And Supply Chain Management Executive Seminar | Eli Broad College of Business

Please note that instructors are subject to change and not all instructors teach in each session of the program.<p>Jimmy Anklesaria<p>Professor<p>Jimmy is …

Manufacturing

Bronco Volleyball finishes 3-1 in home tournament

The Western Michigan University volleyball team has had a great opening to their 2018 season, and it continued this past weekend in the Delta Hotel …

Loyola University Chicago

4 creative ideas to make Mondays more fun for your team

Bye bye, Sunday night blues.<p>There isn’t a person alive who can say that they are always ready to roll out of bed and get their workweek started every Monday morning. In fact, I’d be willing to guess that most of the 76% of Americans who suffer from Sunday-night blues struggle with their Monday …

Business

Peyton Witt, Portage Northern Girls Cross Country race to victory

It all started with a question.<p>"What do you want out of your season?" Coach James Young asked his Portage Northern girls cross country team at the …

High School Sports

Sigi Schmid steps down as coach of the MLS’ LA Galaxy

LA Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid resigned Monday with just six games remaining in the Major League Soccer season, abruptly ending his second tenure with …

Los Angeles Galaxy

'To Remain' reveals the inspiration and emotion of the artist known as Niles

When you first meet Chadwick Phillips, known to the music world as Niles, it does not take long to recognize that he is a passionate person who cares …

Michigan State University

Can Millennial women save sport fishing in the Great Lakes?

On a frigid morning in 2016, with sleet pounding down around her, Amanda Hughes found herself sobbing on a boat. The 27-year-old had just landed her …

Fishing

160 plus file lawsuits to claim part of $75M MSU settlement for Nassar victims

More than 160 lawsuits have been filed so far to claim part of a $75 million settlement fund for newly declared victims of Larry Nassar, the former …

Nassar

Doctor who helped expose Flint water crisis to speak at UMich

ANN ARBOR, MI - The doctor whose research helped expose the Flint water crisis will speak at the University of Michigan in support of her …

Snorkeling

Voter data gathering reshapes Mich. politics, sparks privacy fears

Complex technology lets Michigan's political parties compile detailed data on individual voters, prompting worries about privacy in a democracy

Government

For Rich DeVos, giving away his millions was a full-time job

<b>By Jim Harger</b><p>GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Giving away millions of dollars became Rich DeVos' full-time occupation, avocation and passion in his final years.<p>He …

West Michigan

Efforts to turn Muskegon into food processing hub continue

MUSKEGON, MI - Less than a year into its work, the West Michigan Shoreline Food Processing Initiative is touting its successes.<p>The initiative seeks …

West Michigan

4 States That'll Be Voting on Marijuana Initiatives in November

Marijuana might be illegal at the federal level, but you wouldn't know it by following its expansion at the state level.<p>Back in 1995, not a single U.S. state allowed cannabis to be prescribed medically or sold and used recreationally. That changed in 1996, when California became the first state to …

Cannabis

Facebook begins to shift from being a free and open platform into a responsible public utility

<b>(AP/Andrew Harnik)</b><p>The company is starting to realize it needs its users’ trust even more than their information<p>Anjana Susarla<p>September 10, 2018 7:00am (UTC)<p>This article was originally published on The Conversation.<p>When Facebook recently removed several accounts for trying to influence the 2018 …

Social Media

Proposed changes to sexual assault rules would deprive victims of justice

Measure would mean fewer reports of sexual assaults and harassment, and return campuses to a time when such incidents were swept under the rug.

Opinion