For Katie Hater, a junior at Central Michigan University, learning about African American migration to Michigan started with a piece of family history. Hater said she found out that her first documented ancestor was enslaved at a rice plantation in South Carolina in the 18th century in a discovery that pushed her to keep going.
You're most likely to find NPR's Don Gonyea on the road, in some battleground state looking for voters to sit with him at the local lunch spot, the VFW or union hall, at a campaign rally, or at their kitchen tables to tell him what's on their minds. Through countless such conversations over the course of the year, he gets a ground-level view of American elections. Gonyea is NPR's National Political Correspondent, a position he has held since 2010. His reports can be heard on all NPR News programs and at NPR.org. To hear his sound-rich stories is akin to riding in the passenger seat of his rental car, traveling through Iowa or South Carolina or Michigan or wherever, right along with him.
An electric vehicle battery company will permanently close two of its Michigan plants in April, laying off 188 workers. Akasol, a German company that was acquired by BorgWarner in 2022, filed a notice with the state of Michigan on Feb. 11 announcing plans to close two of its plants in Hazel Park and Warren.
Coach Bret Bielema's Illinois Fighting Illini finished fifth in the Big Ten last season with a 6-3 conference record, following their regular season up with a 21-17 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Citrus Bowl.
Michigan extended a scholarship offer to 2026 edge prospect Julian Walker on Thursday morning, he reported via his Twitter account. The Wolverines join Missouri, South Carolina and Virginia Tech ...
Going back to UCLA, the Bruins are 23-0 and have ranked wins over Louisville, South Carolina, Michigan, Baylor, Maryland and Ohio State this season. Still, as of last week, they were fifth on the ...
The Michigan State women's basketball team dropped one spot in this week's Associated Press Top 25, checking in at No. 23. Michigan State (20-7, 10-6) defeated Indiana on Sunday, 73-65, to halt a brief two-game slide.
They are 24-1 and have ranked wins over Louisville, South Carolina, Michigan, Baylor, Maryland, Ohio State and Michigan State. The one blemish on the Bruins' record is a 71-60 loss to USC on Feb. 13.
Akasol Inc. to close two Michigan battery facilities, cutting 188 jobs, and moving operations to South Carolina.
UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame Are No. 1 Seeded Teams in ... but that’s a ways away,” Bruins coach Cori Close said after her team held off No. 22 Michigan State 75-69 on Sunday night. "I do think there's more in us. I am thrilled to have ...