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No. 13 Michigan's offense was ready for season opener
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Even as Michigan closed the 2019 season with dispiriting losses to Ohio State and Alabama, there were some encouraging signs for the Wolverines on offense. Now Michigan has more evidence that coordinator Josh Gattis is making progress. The Wolverines began this pandemic-delayed 2020...
The Latest: Sri Lanka orders more curfews over virus cluster
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Authorities in Sri Lanka have closed the country’s main fish market and widened the curfew in many parts of the island nation following a surge of coronavirus infections related to a new cluster centered on a garment factory. The government imposed a curfew Thursday in parts of...
The Latest: Imported workers test positive in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Eighteen fishing crewmen who last week flew to New Zealand from Moscow have tested positive for the coronavirus, underscoring the difficulty New Zealand faces in trying to import needed workers while remaining virtually virus free. A total of 235 crew from Russia and Ukraine were...
Harbaugh starts season with 2 years left on deal at Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Usually, college football coaches at major programs have many years on their contract that helps them persuade recruits to sign with the school. Michigan's Jim Harbaugh enters his sixth season as coach with just two years left on his deal that pays him about $7 million per season,...
Michigan expected to be good, not great, again with Harbaugh
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has been good, not great, under coach Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh's sixth season in charge of college football's winningest program is expected to follow its recent form. The Wolverines are No. 19 in The Associated Press college poll, way behind rival and sixth-ranked Ohio...
Senators acquire winger Austin Watson from Predators
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators acquired winger Austin Watson from the Nashville Predators on Saturday for a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. The 28-year-old from Ann Arbor, Michigan, had six goals, eight assists and 65 penalty minutes in 53 games with the Predators in 2019-20. The 18th...
U of Michigan invests in research projects to combat racism
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan is investing in six research projects aimed at combatting racism after faculty members criticized the university for inaction following global protests in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody. The university's $270,000 investment...
Univ. of Michigan cancels study abroad programs due to virus
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has canceled undergraduate study abroad programs for the school’s upcoming winter term due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus, continuing travel restrictions and planning time needed for students. Nearly every country is under a University of...
Ann Arbor decriminalizes magic mushrooms, psychedelic plants
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The city of Ann Arbor has decriminalized psychedelic plants and fungi, including magic mushrooms, and police officers will no longer make them an enforcement focus. City Council voted unanimously Sept. 21 in favor of a resolution declaring it the city’s lowest law enforcement...
'Justice Joan' Larsen emerges as finalist for Supreme Court
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — One of the women on Donald Trump’s short list to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court got her first taste of politics as a college student stuffing envelopes for Democrat Joe Biden’s 1988 presidential run. But, by 1996, Joan L. Larsen was volunteering...
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