Opponents of race-based affirmative action in college admissions urge that colleges use a different tool to encourage diversity: giving a leg up to poor students. But many educators see real limits to how eager ... Read more
EAST LANSING, Mich. — At first he thought it was a deer, perhaps the big-antlered buck he had seen before and hoped to bag someday. But the closer Steve Davenport got, the more unfamiliar ... Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela — An American citizen has been arrested by Venezuelan authorities who said Thursday that he had been taken into custody because he was involved in a plot to destabilize the country ... Read more
EAST LANSING, Mich. — President Obama and the Democrats passed the 2010 health care law to make medical insurance available to more than 30 million people who do not have it. But with recent studies ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday added a new affirmative action case to its docket. It is already considering a major challenge to the University of Texas’ race-conscious admissions program. ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday added a new affirmative action case to its docket even as it is considering a major challenge to the University of Texas’s race-conscious admissions program. ... Read more
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State is into the round of 16 for the NCAA tournament — as usual. Gary Harris scored 16 of his career-high 23 points in the first half and the third-seeded Spartans ... Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joanna McFarland stepped in when no one else would for Oklahoma, then Aaryn Ellenberg waited until the right moment to take over. McFarland had 18 points and a career-high 17 rebounds and ... Read more
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Derrick Nix's strength and skill were much too much for Valparaiso. Nix had 23 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to help power third-seeded Michigan State past the 14th-seeded ... Read more
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A woman "hunted down" her teenage grandson in her suburban Detroit home and shot at him 10 times over a six-minute span, ignoring his desperate pleas for help to a 911 dispatcher, a ... Read more