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How much we still miss those times

Have you ever gone to a party that transports you back in time? I’ve attended two in one week, in Santa Monica, California, and Washington, D.C., I’m missing the ’60s of my childhood something awful. Time trips took me to Madison, Wisconsin, and Harlem in New York, where our family and friends were making America anew. Those are places where we knew the Zeitlins and the Seabrooks. The ’60s spirit is very different from the way we live now in vengeful Donald Trump’s America. Even as young children, we captured the zeitgeist of dissent, folk songs and rock ‘n’ roll, ...

Super Bowl stars at the top of free agent list

NFL teams can start reshaping their rosters by signing free agents this week. There’s plenty of attention on the quarterbacks, including Sam Darnold, Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. Aaron Rodgers technically isn’t a free agent, but the New York Jets already said they plan to release him, so he’s free to find a new team. Agents can start negotiating with teams at 12 p.m. EDT Monday when the legal tampering period opens. Players can’t officially sign new deals until the start of the league’s new year at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Here’s a look at 25 non-quarterbacks who will be ...

State rivalry goes big

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Tre Holloman scored a career-high 20 points, Jase Richardson had 18 points and No. 8 Michigan State beat No. 17 Michigan 79-62 on Sunday. With 37.2 seconds left, the rivals pushed and shoved one another at center court, where the Wolverines players were standing near the spot where Spartans seniors have kissed the logo before walking off the court in their final home game at Breslin Center since 1995. The Spartans (26-5, 17-3 Big Ten) closed the regular season with seven straight wins, including five against AP Top 25 teams. Michigan State won the Big ...

Bitter rivalry: Michigan State and Michigan players shove one another at center court late in game

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan guard Phat Phat Brooks shoved Michigan State guard Tre Holloman after he pushed Wolverines guard L.J. Cason on Sunday at midcourt of the Breslin Center, where seniors have kissed the Spartans’ logo in their final home game ever since Shawn Respert did it in 1995. “That’s what rivalries are all about,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. “If everybody is out there hugging and kissing, it’s probably not a rivalry.” Brooks and Cason were at center court with 37.2 seconds left after teammate Justin Pippen made his first of two free ...

Court backlogs, bail system result in lengthy pretrial incarcerations

LANSING — Congested dockets in circuit courts have resulted in lengthy waits for people awaiting trial. Delayed trials are one still-lingering effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Sheriffs’ Association Executive Director Matt Saxton said. “We’re still dealing with the backlogs in the courts. Every new crime just stacks up on a number of trials they haven’t caught up on from 2020 and 2021,” said Saxton, a retired Calhoun County sheriff. The latest data for circuit courts, which handle felony cases, shows their average clearance rate — a figure comparing their ...

Emergency mental health transport remains big burden on UP residents

LANSING — Last year, someone called Upper Peninsula support group director Robin Spindlow, threatening suicide. After the person refused help, Spindlow filed paperwork for police to assist with the emergency. The person was taken to the local hospital and held in protective custody by two Luce County Sheriff’s Department officers for 12 hours before being taken to a psychiatric hospital in Kinross — about an hour away. Spindlow said the person was lucky to get that comparatively “quick” response. In her years working for Tahqua Journey Drop-in Center, a mental health ...