Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice defeated Sterling Heights Stevenson 24-15 in the final game of the regular season for both teams Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 at Lawrence Tech University.

SOUTHFIELD – The Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice Warriors defeated the Sterling Heights Stevenson Titans 24-15 Friday night to secure a playoff spot for the first time since 2022.

“We just kept growing up,” Warriors head coach Aaron Marshall said. “I think what we saw these last three games is our younger kids grow up, our seniors start leading the right way. But again, that’s really how football works. You’ve got to keep stacking days, keep stacking days, and trust the process and fall in love with it. These boys believe. The senior group led, and I really truly believe they fell in love with the process, and it shows for the last four weeks, actually.”

Leading 21-15 with 10:07 to play, the Warriors took possession at their own 12-yard line. Brother Rice marched down the field with a combination of hard running from sophomore Deondre Hill and quick passing from junior quarterback Sam Eyde. Thirteen plays, 81 yards, and just over seven minutes later, Kadin Koza kicked a 24-yard field goal to make it a two-possession game with just 3:04 left on the clock.

“It was important,” Marshall said. “It’s always a group effort, always a team effort. But that definitely closed out the game when we needed that.”

Stevenson drove into Brother Rice territory on its next drive, but an interception by Caden Reid sealed the game for the Warriors and punched their ticket to the playoffs.

The game was a slugfest early on. A run-heavy offense out of the Titans had them moving the ball well, and a 78-yard burst by Landon Porter gave Stevenson the lead toward the beginning of the second quarter. But Brother Rice answered with a touchdown drive of its own, capped by a 1-yard scamper from Hill to tie the game. An interception on the Titans’ next drive led to another Brother Rice touchdown, this one on a 34-yard weaving sprint by Jacob Johnson, who looked like a video game character at times with some stop-and-start dodging that left a plethora of Titan defenders grabbing at air.

The teams continued to seesaw for much of the night. The Titans took the lead back on the opening possession of the second half, going 80 yards in nine plays – all runs – for a touchdown, then used a fake extra-point try, flipping the ball to kicker Pawel Surowiec, who made a beeline for the left pylon and lowered his shoulder to drive into the end zone for the two points and a 15-14 Titans’ lead.

But after that, Brother Rice’s defense made the plays it had to, keeping the one-dimensional Stevenson offense in check the rest of the way while the Warriors’ more balanced efforts yielded a pair of crucial scoring drives and 10 more points in the second half.

For the Titans, it was all about the running game, largely a combination of Landon Porter and Jaiden Hill-Alston. Stevenson amassed 205 yards on the ground, though the Titans managed just 28 yards passing against an active Brother Rice secondary. They were threatening every time they ran the ball, but eventually the Brother Rice defenders made enough plays to finish drives.

“We ran out of juice there at the end,” Titans head coach Justin Newcomb said. “But I’m proud of our kids. Landon Porter played his heart out on three days of prep to come out and spark us like he did as a senior, laying it on the line for his team. I’m so proud of him and the rest of the guys for how they came in and competed. The game plan was really to hold on to the ball, suffocate it as much as we could. And we had some drives we were able to do that.”

Photos of Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice vs. Sterling Heights Stevenson in football action at Lawrence Tech University

Brother Rice, on the other hand, had more yardage and more balance. Eyde completed 18 of 26 passes for 204 yards for the Warriors to balance a ground game led by Hill that amassed 142 yards. The intermediate passing game was very good to Eyde and the Warriors. Johnson (six catches) and Christian Marshall (five receptions) were Eyde’s favorite targets.

The win improves Brother Rice’s record to 5-4 overall and clinches them a Division 2 playoff spot, just two years removed from a team that went 0-9.

“It feels great. I just get memories from freshman year and our long run we had in the playoffs. I’m so excited to be out there with my team,” Warriors senior captain Brady Thomas said. “With a head coach and all our coaches that are preparing us, we really turned it around, and we’re prepared for every competition. We’re just believing and competing."

Stevenson (5-4) is also preliminary into the D1 postseason field, though both teams will await the official release of the brackets on Sunday to see where their next game will be and against whom they will play.

“We knew that our seeding wasn’t going to change based on a win or loss, but we wanted a good show. You’ve got to build some momentum going into the playoffs,” Newcomb said. “But we’re fairly confident that we’re going to be local next week.”

HOUSTON (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and made two free throws with 5.5 seconds left to help the Detroit Pistons hold on to beat the Houston Rockets 115-111 on Friday night.

Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff got his 300th career win, making him and his father Bernie Bickerstaff (419) the first father-son duo to in NBA history to each reach 300 career wins.

Paul Reed’s layup made it 113-110 before Houston cut the lead to two when Alperen Sengun made 1 of 2 free throws with 1:32 remaining.

Both teams missed 3-point attempts before Detroit’s Ausar Thompson missed a 3 with 35 seconds left and Reed blocked Sengun’s shot in the lane 16.4 seconds to go.

Houston was forced to foul and Cunningham sunk both free throws to make it 115-111 and give the Pistons their first win of the season after they lost to Chicago in their opener.

Thompson had 19 points for Detroit to outdo identical twin brother Houston’s Amen Thompson, who finished with 10.

Kevin Durant had 37 points for the Rockets and was 16 of 18 from the free throw line. He was 3 of 3 from 3-point range after missing all four of his long-range shots Tuesday in his first game with the Rockets after this summer’s blockbuster trade from Phoenix.

The Pistons led by 5 after a 3-pointer by Cunningham with about 8½ minutes to go before Durant scored all of Houston’s points in an 8-3 run to tie it at 101-all midway through the quarter.

The Rockets trailed by 3 with about five minutes left when Durant tied it at 105 with a 3-pointer.

Detroit used a 6-0 run to take a 111-105 lead with three minutes left. Jabari Smith Jr. hit a 3-pointer for Houston after that and Durant made a pair of free throws to get Houston within 1 with less than two minutes to go.

Up Next

Pistons: Host Boston on Sunday.

Rockets: Host Brooklyn on Monday night.

— By KRISTIE RIEKEN, Associated Press

Firefighters are battling a massive fire at an apartment complex for seniors in Southgate Friday night.

Its happening at American House Southgate on Allen Road near Pennsylvania Road.

Watch our report from the scene below: Crews battling fire at Southgate senior living facility

According to Public Safety Director Joseph Marsh, first responders are working to get people out. Its unclear at this time if anyone was hurt.

Watch video from Chopper 7 below: Video: Chopper 7 over massive fire at Southgate senior assisted living facility

Marsh said they are working to get transportation to the senior center for those displaced. He said family members can reunite with residents there.

This is a breaking news story. Stay with 7 News Detroit as we learn more.

The second longest federal shutdown continues to play out, casting more doubt over when lawmakers will come to an agreement.

In metro Detroit, frustration and uncertainty remain for countless federal workers paying for bills, groceries and other costs. The federal shutdown is not the first time many workers have had to cut back on expenses, and some now say this situation poses many new challenges.

Watch Simon Shaykhet's video report below: As federal government shutdown 'getting longer and longer,' workers are feeling the impact

Its getting longer and longer. Its also more challenging for me because I was trying to plan for retirement in the next five years, federal worker Rebecca Clair-Darden said. Shes an employee of tank and automotive command for combat ground systems, a part of the U.S. Army in Warren.

Im having to juggle between saving for furlough, retirement and potential health care costs. I am a single mother of two sons, who I put through college through Parent Plus Loans.

Her story is one of many for those either working without pay or on furlough. Clair-Darden says her last check was less than normal and her next one wont come at all. Shes already cut back on expenses too.

I have a 90-year-old mother in Iowa. This is the time of year when I make a couple trips back to help her get set up, ready for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. I had to cancel those trips, she said.

Another voice emerging is that of Zedrick Brown, president of AFGE Local 658.

We have 4,300 to 4,500 bargaining unit employees. Im basically trying to offer resources that our union has and letting them know about unemployment, Brown said.

More than 23 days since the start of the shutdown, there is no resolution in sight. The U.S. House is out of session next week. A level of uncertainty being felt by many in metro Detroit is growing.

This is what is so tragic. A lot of people feeling this pain... and all of our members, they want to come back to work, said Greg Polcyn, vice president of AFGE Local 658.

On the topic of back pay, there is even more concern.

It is a law. I hope that they respect the law. Im trying to stay very positive and motivated that the rules will be followed and we will receive our back pay, Clair-Darden said.

The union says theyre taking steps to pause collection of union dues in the meantime until the shutdown ends.

Below is a list of all the games for teams, organized by league, covered by outlets in the MediaNews Group Michigan cluster — the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun, the Macomb Daily, the Oakland Press, the Royal Oak Tribune, the Voice, the Dearborn Press & Guide, and the Southgate News Herald — for Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.

Check back throughout the night, to see as scores come in, with links to coverage from all of the papers in our cluster.

 

 

BLUE WATER AREA CONFERENCE

Almont 53, Detroit Edison 46

Madison Heights Madison 38, Algonac 34

Richmond 21, L’Anse Creuse North 7

Frankenmuth 42, Armada 14

 

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE

Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 21, Sterling Heights Stevenson 15

Cincinnati (Ohio) Elder 35, Warren De La Salle 7

Dearborn Divine Child 56, Detroit Southeastern 6

Flat Rock 41, Macomb Lutheran North 14

Madison Heights Bishop Foley 17, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 0

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 20, River Rouge 3

Riverview Gabriel Richard 42, Arts & Technology Academy of Pontiac 15

Royal Oak Shrine 51, Detroit CMA 8

Saginaw Nouvel CC 34, Clarkston Everest Collegiate 17

Southfield Bradford 20, Marine City Cardinal Mooney 3

Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 28, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 6

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Livonia Clarenceville

 

CENTRAL STATE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

Lakeview at Remus Chippewa Hills

 

CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE

Almont 53, Detroit Edison 46

Ecorse 38, Hamtramck 11

Melvindale AB&T 40, Detroit Osborn 0

Riverview Gabriel Richard 42, Arts & Technology Academy of Pontiac 15

Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 44, Detroit Leadership Academy 28

Southfield Bradford 20, Marine City Cardinal Mooney 3

 

DOWNRIVER LEAGUE

Gibraltar Carlson 44, Allen Park 7

Taylor 32, Woodhaven 28

Trenton 49, Lincoln Park 26

Southgate Anderson 59, Melvindale 6

Wyandotte Roosevelt 42, Dearborn Edsel Ford 8

 

FLINT METRO LEAGUE

Holly 21, Walled Lake Northern 20

Ortonville Brandon 55, Pontiac 12

 

HIGHLAND CONFERENCE

Beal City 39, Ithaca 8 [PHOTO GALLERY]

 

HURON LEAGUE

Adrian 27, New Boston Huron 6

Detroit Country Day 17, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 3

Flat Rock 41, Macomb Lutheran North 14

Grosse Ile 27, Dundee 10

Toledo St. Francis De Sales 44, Riverview 6

 

INDEPENDENTS

Dansville 34, Vestaburg 14

Detroit Country Day 17, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 3

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 20, River Rouge 3

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 34, Hudsonville Unity Christian 25

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood at Livonia Clarenceville

 

JACK PINE CONFERENCE

Grayling 21, Shepherd 20

Harbor Springs 37, Farwell 8

Harrison 58, Evart 14

Petoskey 49, Clare 7

St. Louis 44, Hesperia 28

 

KENSINGTON LAKES ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

(Crossover games)

Dearborn Fordson 39, Brighton 35

Hartland 42, Dearborn 18

Westland John Glenn 48, Novi 25

 

LAKES VALLEY CONFERENCE

Holly 21, Walled Lake Northern 20

Lakeland 45, Milford 31

South Lyon 29, South Lyon East 6

Walled Lake Western 63, Walled Lake Central 21

 

MACOMB AREA CONFERENCE

Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 21, Sterling Heights Stevenson 15

Chippewa Valley 35, Southfield A&T 6

Clarkston 42, Utica Eisenhower 0

Clawson 10, Royal Oak 7

Clintondale 70, Sterling Heights 26

Detroit Central 22, Warren Lincoln 6

Grand Blanc 40, Romeo 36

Grosse Pointe South 44, Grosse Pointe North 7

Hazel Park 41, Detroit East English 20

Madison Heights Lamphere 24, Berkley 3

Madison Heights Madison 38, Algonac 34

Marysville 19, Marine City 8

Oxford 24, Macomb Dakota 20

Port Huron 14, L’Anse Creuse 0

Port Huron Northern 35, St. Clair 26

Richmond 21, L’Anse Creuse North 7

Rochester Adams 35, Anchor Bay 14

St. Clair Shores Lakeview 42, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 7

Troy Athens 40, Fraser 7

Utica 42, Warren Cousino 34

Warren Fitzgerald 48, Romulus 6

Warren Mott 46, Warren Woods Tower 0

West Bloomfield 28, Roseville 7

Utica Ford at New Haven

 

MICHIGAN INDEPENDENT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 44, Detroit Leadership Academy 28

Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 31, Genesee 28

Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 28, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 6

 

OAKLAND ACTIVITES ASSOCIATION

Birmingham Groves 21, Birmingham Seaholm 14

Carleton Airport 24, Auburn Hills Avondale 15

Chippewa Valley 35, Southfield A&T 6

Clarkston 42, Utica Eisenhower 0

Clawson 10, Royal Oak 7

Farmington 40, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 0

Ferndale 49, Detroit Renaissance 20

Madison Heights Lamphere 24, Berkley 3

North Farmington 42, Troy 7

Oak Park 34, Bloomfield Hills 28

Ortonville Brandon 55, Pontiac 12

Oxford 24, Macomb Dakota 20

Rochester 42, Monroe 6

Rochester Adams 35, Anchor Bay 14

Saline 49, Lake Orion 14

Stoney Creek 35, Ann Arbor Huron 14

Troy Athens 40, Fraser 7

West Bloomfield 28, Roseville 7

 

SAGINAW VALLEY LEAGUE

Mt. Pleasant 34, Ypsilanti Community 12

 

TRI-VALLEY CONFERENCE

Beal City 39, Ithaca 8 [PHOTO GALLERY]

Big Rapids 48, Alma 7

 

WESTERN WAYNE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Dearborn Heights Annapolis 21, Lutheran Westland 6

Dearborn Heights Robichaud 48, Detroit Douglass 0

Farmington 40, Dearborn Heights Crestwood 0

Warren Fitzgerald 48, Romulus 6

Southgate Anderson 59, Melvindale 6

 

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8-PLAYER FOOTBALL

Merrill 36, Fulton 34

Portland St. Patrick 42, Montabella 16

New Haven Merritt Academy at Dryden

 

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Saturday’s games

Waterford Mott at Waterford Kettering, 1 p.m.

Center Line at Jackson Lumen Christi, 1:30 p.m. (Prep Bowl)

St. Clair Shores South Lake at Warren Michigan Collegiate, 2 p.m. Allen Park Cabrini at Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard, 4:30 p.m. (Prep Bowl)

Detroit Martin Luther King at Detroit Catholic Central, 7:30 p.m. (Prep Bowl)

Lake City at Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart, 7 p.m.

Chicago residents say ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents carried out multiple operations across the city on Friday.

In one incident, neighbors in the Lakeview neighborhood told Scripps News that agents detained a man who was working on construction outside of a home. Neighbors say that four men were part of a construction crew that was working on the home and that one man was detained.

Witnesses say CBP agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago neighborhood following arrest operation

Dozens of people nearby gathered at the scene some drawn by others who blew whistles to draw attention to what was happening.

"I think it's important that everybody stay vigilant." said Bennett Lawson, the Alderman of Chicago's 44th Ward, which includes the neighborhood in which the incident happened. "The more noise you make, the more likely that others are going to join you, so you're not going to be alone, and certainly I think in every neighborhood around this city no one is alone when it comes to what ICE is doing."

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Abbey Nystedt lives across the street from where the operation took place and came outside when she heard the commotion.

She and other neighbors say that agents deployed tear gas about a block away from the site of the arrest.

"We were yelling. We were protesting, but there wasn't any physical altercations happening," Nystedt said. "It was really frustrating to see people who were close to the tear gas were in front yards using hoses to get it out of their faces and eyes."

The scene of the operation on Friday was several blocks from an elementary school.

Earlier this month, a court order limited the use of tear gas by federal agents in Chicago.

CBP and ICE have not returned Scripps News' request for comment regarding the details of the operation and the use of tear gas.

By BILL BARROW and THALIA BEATY

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing a volatile mix of blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th president’s words to blast President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.

It is not clear how the California-based Reagan Foundation decided to enter the fray over the ad, which was purchased by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and used portions of a 1987 Reagan speech on trade in which he questioned the wisdom of using tariffs as economic policy. But shortly after the foundation said on social media that the ad misused “selective audio” of the former president, Trump cited the foundation when, in his own social media critique, he threatened to stop all trade with America’s northern neighbor and blasted the ad as unduly interfering in U.S. politics.

The foundation statement seemingly aligned Reagan, a free-trade acolyte, with Trump, a protectionist who has flouted decades of U.S. policy with high border taxes, including on goods from top U.S. trading partners. The foundation, which helps support the Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, also suggested it could take legal action against Ontario’s provincial government, which sponsored the ad.

Reagan’s speech is included in millions of administration records governed by the Presidential Record Act signed in 1981 by his predecessor, President Jimmy Carter. That law puts presidential remarks in the public domain, meaning no one must seek permission from presidential foundations or libraries to redistribute them.

Ford said Friday that the ad would be phased out so the U.S. and Canadian administrations can resume trade talks. He said the ad had achieved its goal but would continue to air during the first two games of the World Series.

‘Easily intimidated by a call from the White House’

The backlash on social media was explosive, immediate and far from unanimous.

“Incredible cynicism and betrayal of Reagan by his own foundation,” Paul Novosad, a Dartmouth College economist, wrote on X. Novosad said anyone who followed the foundation’s advice to listen to Reagan’s full remarks “would see he says exactly what the Ontario ad claims.”

Jason Kenney, a former Canadian cabinet minister in a Conservative government, questioned the leadership of the Reagan Foundation on X. He said the entity had been “easily intimidated by a call from the White House, yet another sign of the hugely corrosive influence of Trump on the American conservative movement.”

Trump supporters countered on social media with echoes of the president’s assertions and accusations that Canada was meddling in U.S. politics.

Foundation staff did not respond to Associated Press questions about how it has handled the matter. But one board member said in a brief interview that he knew nothing about the statement and had not been asked to participate in any deliberations ahead of its release.

“There may have been discussions about it, but I wasn’t a part of any of them,” Bradford Freeman, a private equity executive, told the AP.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also did not immediately respond when asked via email whether the White House or anyone on the president’s behalf asked the Reagan Foundation to intervene.

Several other board members also did not reply to AP inquiries.

An atypical role for a presidential foundation

At the least, the developments represent an unusually tense application of the foundation’s typical mission, which is to buttress Reagan’s legacy. The situation also highlights the foundation as the latest U.S. establishment institution to be drawn into the controversies of Trump’s aggressive second administration.

Trump previously has elicited policy concessions from multiple U.S. universities, including elite public and private schools, after withholding or threatening to withhold federal funding. Presidents at Columbia University and the University of Virginia resigned as the Trump administration pressured their institutions.

Some U.S. corporations voluntarily rolled back diversity initiatives. More recently, high-profile firms including Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin and Meta Platforms have agreed to help finance the ballroom Trump plans for the White House after ordering the building’s East Wing to be demolished. Many of those firms have regulatory business before Trump’s administration.

On Truth Social, Trump called the Canadian ad “fake,” despite the TV spot featuring clear audio excerpts from Reagan’s April 25, 1987, radio address.

“CANADA CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!! They fraudulently took a big buy ad saying that Ronald Reagan did not like Tariffs, when actually he LOVED TARIFFS FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND ITS NATIONAL SECURITY,” he posted Friday.

Reagan used the radio address to explain why he was imposing targeted levies on some Japanese products as leverage in the countries’ trade dispute over computer chips.

That gives Trump and his backers a hook to argue that Reagan might not oppose at least some of the current president’s moves on trade. Yet Trump has imposed tariffs, often at unusually high rates, far more broadly than Reagan and other recent U.S. administrations. And even while explaining his Japan policy, Reagan spent much of the 1987 speech – less than 10 minutes long – emphasizing that he remained an opponent of tariffs, a characterization the Ontario ad appeared to accurately represent.

Reagan’s speech affirmed his broad tariff opposition

“Throughout the world there’s a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition,” Reagan said.

He expounded:

“You see, at first, when someone says, ‘Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,’ it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works — but only for a short time.

“What eventually occurs is: First, homegrown industries start relying on government protection in the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and stop making the innovative management and technological changes they need to succeed in world markets. And then, while all this is going on, something even worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition.

“So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs.”

The Reagan foundation is a tax-exempt nonprofit that helps fund his library, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. As part of its tax-exempt status, the foundation is prohibited from endorsing political candidates and, generally, must be nonpartisan in its activities.

Barrow reported from Atlanta and Beaty from New York.

By JOHN HANNA

The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her publicly, suggesting that her views aren’t compatible with the history of the Texas shrine.

Kate Rogers said in a statement Friday that she had resigned the day before, after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wrote a letter to the Alamo Trust’s Board of Directors suggesting that she either resign or be removed. Patrick criticized her over an academic paper questioning the GOP-controlled Legislature’s education policies and suggesting she wanted the historic site in Texas to have a broader focus.

“It was with mixed emotions that I resigned my post as President and CEO at the Alamo Trust yesterday,” Rogers said in a statement texted to The Associated Press. “It became evident through recent events that it was time for me to move on.”

Several trust officials did not immediately respond to email or cellphone messages Friday seeking comment.

Patrick had posted a letter to the board Thursday on X, calling her paper “shocking.” She wrote it in 2023 for a doctorate in global education from the University of Southern California. Patrick posted a portion online.

“I believe her judgment is now placed in serious question,” Patrick wrote. “She has a totally different view of how the history of the Alamo should be told.”

It is the latest episode in an ongoing conflict over how the U.S. tells its history. Patrick’s call for Rogers’ ouster follows President Donald Trump’s pressure to get Smithsonian museums in Washington to put less emphasis on slavery and other darker parts of America’s past.

The Alamo, known as “the Shrine of Texas Liberty,” draws more than 1.6 million visitors a year. The trust operates it under a contract with the Texas General Land Office, and the state plans to spend $400 million on a renovation with a new museum and visitor center set to open in 2027. Patrick presides over the Texas Senate.

In San Antonio, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, the county’s elected top administrator, decried Patrick’s “gross political interference.”

“We need to get politics out of our teaching of history. Period,” he said in a statement Friday.

In the excerpt from her paper, Rogers noted the Texas Legislature’s “conservative agenda” in 2023, including bills to limit what could be taught about race and slavery in history courses.

“Philosophically, I do not believe it is the role of politicians to determine what professional educators can or should teach in the classroom,” she wrote.

Her paper also mentioned a 2021 book, “Forget the Alamo,” which challenges traditional historical narratives surrounding the 13-day siege of the Alamo during Texas’ fight for independence from Mexico in 1836.

Rogers noted that the book argues that a central cause of the war was Anglo settlers’ determination to keep slaves in bondage after Mexico largely abolished it. Texas won the war and was an independent republic until the U.S. annexed it in 1845.

Rogers also wrote that a city advisory council wanted to tell the site’s “full story,” including its history as a home to Indigenous people — something the state’s Republican leaders oppose. She said she would love the Alamo to be “a place that brings people together versus tearing them apart.”

“But,” she added, “politically that may not be possible at this time.”

Traditional narratives obscure the role slavery might have played in Texas’ drive for independence and portray the Alamo’s defenders as freedom fighters. Patrick’s letter called the siege “13 Days of Glory.”

The Mexican Army attacked and overran the Texas defenses. But “Remember the Alamo” became a rallying cry for Texas forces.

“We must ensure that future generations never forget the sacrifice for freedom that was made,” Patrick wrote in his letter to the trust’s board. “I will continue to defend the Alamo today against a rewrite of history.”

It has now been close to two weeks since Hamas turned over all the living hostages and four that were deceased from Gaza. But 13 deceased hostages, including two Americans and a Thai national, are still being held.

Scripps News spoke with Ruby Chen, the father of Itay Chen, an American who died after being taken hostage by Hamas. The 19-year-old was at the time the youngest U.S. citizen taken into Hamas captivity.

His family says Itays body has not yet been returned. And Ruby says as deceased hostages are returned, waiting for news is a difficulty like nothing else.

"It's a feeling that's difficult to articulate. It's a phone call that is the worst phone call you'll ever get in your lifetime. And when you do not get that phone call, you feel disappointed. That is a very difficult set of emotions to have in one day."

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This week Vice President JD Vance, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio were all in Israel, seeking to shore up the tenuous peace deal between Israel and Gaza.

"Mr. Kushner, Mr. Witkoff, Vice President Vance I think them being here is not an accident," Ruby Chen said. "I think that's part of the pressure that the United States as well as the other mediators are putting on Hamas to bring back all the other hostages."

Watch the full interview with Ruby Chen in the video above.

The hot dog vendor at the center of a viral video has been ordered to stand trial for an incident involving a Detroit police officer.

A judge made that decision Friday at Nayeli Ruiz' preliminary examination in 36th District Court.

Watch Darren Cunningham's video report below: Hot dog vendor bound over for trial

An officer arrested Ruiz on Sept. 14 after he said she assaulted, resisted and obstructed his investigation into whether she had a right to sell food to the public.

Her arrest also triggered a deportation case.

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During her hearing, Ruiz wiped away tears as her attorney played the officer-worn body camera footage of her arrest. Sgt. David Rios, the arresting officer, testified about the events that led to Ruiz's arrest.

Ruiz, 26, co-owns a hot dog stand in southwest Detroit. Rios said when he asked her if she had a permit to operate, she said no.

The officer then told her, her cooks and customers that he was shutting things down.

"What happened next when you told the workers to stop working and the line to shut down?" the prosecutor asked Rios.

Rios replied, "At that point, the defendant told the line, 'No, I'm calling my lawyer.' And then I stated to her, 'This is closed. There's no more service.'"

The sergeant said Ruiz started to argue, the crowd got "a bit aggressive" and he decided to detain Ruiz.

"As she was interfering with the closure of the line, I told her she was detained. I told her we'll do this a different way, and I opted to detain her in handcuffs for the rest of the investigation, so I could dismiss the line properly and come back to the conversation," Rios explained.

He said she resisted and that led to her being charged with assaulting, resisting and obstructing an officer.

However, Ruiz's attorney, Ryan Hill, said the sergeant had no right to detain his client in the first place.

Hill told 7 News Detroit, "All I can go by is the issuing citations from Sgt. Rios, and if you look at those citations, the definition section talks about it having to be on a public street or a sidewalk or some type of easement, right? That's all I'm going off of. He's the one that issued a citation saying it was on a public street. He clearly said in his testimony today it wasn't it. So, the underlying charge, if it's not a charge, how do you resist something if it is unlawful? You don't."

His client, who's been in the U.S. for 20 years, now also faces deportation.

"She's not doing very well, and the first thing she said to me is I just want to see my children," he said.

Ruiz next court date is Oct. 31.

By DIDI TANG and PAUL WISEMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are launching an investigation into whether China lived up to its commitments under a 2020 trade pact that President Donald Trump described at the time as “an incredible breakthrough.’’

The announcement Friday by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer came the same day Trump was scheduled to head to Asia, where he said he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in an effort to ease trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.

Beijing has announced that Xi will travel to South Korea to attend a regional economic meeting and for a state visit, but it has yet to confirm that he will meet with Trump while both are in South Korea.

The possible leaders summit is highly watched as trade tensions have risen again, with both countries imposing more trade restrictions on the other and Trump threatening a new 100% tariff on China. Beijing has demanded that the U.S. not threaten new restrictions while seeking talks with China, and it’s not immediately clear how Greer’s announcement could affect the negotiations.

In starting the investigation, “the administration seems to be looking for new sources of leverage to use against Beijing, while adding another pressure point to get China to buy more U.S. soybeans as well as other goods,” said Wendy Cutler, a former U.S. trade negotiator who is now vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute.

During his first term, Trump imposed tariffs on a wide swath of Chinese imports — and Beijing retaliated by targeting American products — in a dispute over China’s aggressive efforts to supplant U.S. technological leadership. The Americans charged that China unfairly subsidized its own tech companies, stole technology and forced U.S. and other Western companies to hand over trade secrets in return for access to the Chinese market.

The two countries held talks over two years and ultimately reached a truce that took effect in early 2020. The so-called Phase One deal called for China to dramatically step up purchases of U.S. exports, especially soybeans and other farm products. But it left tougher issues — such as China’s subsidies — for future talks.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted trade between the two countries just as the Phase One deal went into effect. In 2022, U.S. farm exports to China did hit a record but then fell. They are down sharply this year as tensions between the two countries have escalated over a new tariff war following Trump’s return to the White House.

In fact, China has stopped buying American soybeans. It had been the top overseas market for U.S. soybean farmers.

An analysis by the Peterson Institute for International Economics shows that China purchased only 58% of the total U.S. goods and services exports in 2020 and 2021 that it had committed to buy under the agreement.

Cutler said it is “no secret that China did not live up to its obligations under the Phase One agreement, most notably its commitments to buy more U.S. goods.”

The investigation announced Friday is being carried out under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which is meant to counter unfair trading practices by other countries. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has scheduled a public hearing on the case for Dec. 16.

The investigation could result in additional trade sanctions on China. U.S. tariffs on Chinese products already come to 55%, including tariffs left over from Trump’s first term.

The president in early October threatened to add an additional 100% levy, possibly bringing the total to 155%, after Beijing expanded export rules on rare earth materials. However, Trump also said the triple-digit tariff would be “not sustainable.”

By KEVIN FREKING

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting the idea of using roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep food aid flowing into November amid the government shutdown, according to a Department of Agriculture memo that surfaced Friday. States temporarily covering the cost of benefits next month will not be reimbursed, the memo says.

Democratic lawmakers and various advocacy groups have been calling on the administration to use the contingency fund to provide partial benefits into November though the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP.

But the two-page document states that “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.”

The prospect of SNAP benefits running out as a result of the shutdown has become a major concern in the states. Lawmakers from both political parties are blaming the other for the hardship that would ensue. The program helps about 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries.

The document states that the contingency fund is reserved for such things as helping individuals in disaster areas. It cited Tropical Storm Melissa, which could become a major hurricane in the coming days, as an example of why it’s important to have funds available to mobilize quickly in the event of a disaster. The document was obtained by The Associated Press and was first reported by Axios.

The document blames Democrats for the government shutdown that began Oct. 1 and states that November SNAP benefits would be paid on time “if not for Congressional Democrats blocking government funding.”

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries earlier Friday told reporters the administration has the resources to ensure than not a single American goes hungry on Nov. 1. He accused Republicans of “trying to weaponize hunger” and called it unconscionable.

Meanwhile, Democrats in the House and Senate have written Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins requesting that she use the contingency fund to cover the bulk of November benefits.

“Choosing not to ensure SNAP benefits reach those in need this November would be a gross dereliction of your responsibilities to the American people,” said a letter sent Friday by 214 House Democrats.

The latest department guidance on the contingency fund appears to contrast in some respects with the department’s 55-page plan for operations in the event of a shutdown. That plan stated that it’s evident Congress has intended for SNAP operations to continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds to cover state administrative expenses and to pay for participant benefits should a funding lapse occur in the middle of the fiscal year.

The department guidance that surfaced Friday says the contingency fund is not available to support the current budget year’s benefits because “the appropriations for regular benefits no longer exists.”

The shutdown began when a short-term measure to fund the government failed to advance in the Senate. The current impasse is now the second-longest on record. The administration took steps leading up to the shutdown to ensure SNAP benefits were paid in October, with states and lawmakers looking for guidance from the administration for what would happen next month.

The SNAP program is administered by the states. Officials in Louisiana, Vermont and Virginia pledged Thursday to keep food aid flowing to recipients in their states, even if the federal program is stalled because of the shutdown. Other states have explored using their own funds to prop up the program but have run into technical roadblocks.

Some states have been telling SNAP recipients to be ready for the benefits to stop. Arkansas, for example, is advising recipients to identify food pantries and other groups that might be able to help, and to ask friends and family for aid.

Roughly one million federal employees are estimated to be going without pay. About half have been furloughed, while the other half are considered essential workers, so theyre still showing up to work, even as their paychecks are frozen.

Earlier this week, lawmakers voted down a measure that would have allowed essential workers to continue receiving pay during the shutdown.

I would have never thought in a million years that I wouldve been in this position, that I would have to go to a food bank, Denise Blake, a Department of Defense employee, told Scripps News.

Blake joined hundreds of other federal employees at a food bank in the Washington, D.C. area this week, a growing trend as workers go weeks without income.

It's like reality is really hitting now because [this shutdown] has gone past like the ten days or the two weeks, Blake said.

At one D.C. food bank, organizers say theyre seeing record demand.

I think were going to see 310 clients -- federal workers -- today. The demand is incredibly, incredibly high.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not use any of the more than $5 billion in emergency funding it maintains to provide food assistance to needy families during the government shutdown, nor will it reimburse states that try to provide such benefits themselves, according to an agency memo obtained by Scripps News on Friday.

According to a Bipartisan Policy Center analysis, more than 700,000 civilian employees at the Department of Defense, in addition to tens of thousands more at the Departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and Justice, have now missed at least one paycheck.

Missing a paycheck is a difficult thing for anyone, said Jonathan Burks, the Executive Vice President for Economic and Health Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. And there's a variety of income levels that federal workers are at; some will have some savings and be able to weather a missed paycheck or two, but others are living paycheck to paycheck.

Burks said the longer the shutdown drags on, the greater the financial strain will be.

To help bridge the gap, federal credit unions are stepping in. Some of them, like Veridian Credit Union in Iowa and Westerra Credit Union in Denver, are approving short-term, interest-free loans for members struggling to cover bills and groceries until pay resumes.

Meanwhile, though air traffic controllers are still working deemed essential roles if the shutdown continues, theyll miss their first full paycheck on Tuesday.

I don't want my air traffic controllers to take a second job. I want them to do one job, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. I want them coming to their facilities and controlling the airspace.

The Federal Aviation Administration has already warned that travel disruptions could worsen. More than half of a recent weeks flight delays were linked to staffing shortages, according to the agency.

A nearly 200-year-old schoolhouse in Washington Township is getting a second chance at life after sitting abandoned for 70 years.

The Thorington Schoolhouse, one of the community's oldest buildings, was carefully moved Friday to what officials hope will eventually become Thorington Park. The historic structure was relocated about a quarter of a mile from its original spot, where it had sat for almost two centuries.

"Since becoming Supervisor, I've been passionate about preserving the Thorington Schoolhouse. It's a local landmark that so many of us have come accustomed to seeing as we drive up Mound Road," said Sam Previti, Washington Township supervisor.

The township purchased the building in March, where teachers once engaged the minds of children in kindergarten through eighth grade. The school closed in June 1955.

Moving the massive structure proved challenging for the crew.

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"It's very difficult. This morning took us an hour to hook the truck up," said Fred Christian, owner of C & A Building Movers.

With the township's permission, Romeo High School construction teacher Craig Bryant challenged his students to help save and restore the building. The work started in September.

"I've been watching the building fall apart for the last 20 years, probably," Bryant said.

During their initial assessment, Bryant's class made some remarkable discoveries.

"When we first walked into the building, just to see where we stood with the building, what condition it was in, kind of looking around, and found a test," Bryant said.

The teacher says this fourth-grade test from the 1930s is one of several cool items his class found, with some in good shape and others a little rough.

MaryAnn Mueller was among those who witnessed Friday's move. She attended Thorington from 1952 through 1955 and lived just down the street on Mound Road.

"I remember running around that schoolhouse so many times," Mueller said.

She recalls the intimate learning environment of the one-room schoolhouse.

"Some years, I was the only student in my grade. There were three rows of desks, I think. There was a cloak room on either side. It was a lot of just reading, writing, and arithmetic, but also, it was interactions; they had parties," Mueller said.

Mueller says she's grateful for the township's community-wide effort to restore and preserve the building.

Over the next couple of years, Bryant's students will work on the house at its new location on 31 Mile Road between Mound and Campground.

"Restoring all the windows, we're gonna put the wavy glass in so something from that era, 1840s, 1850s," Bryant said.

When the public park is complete, Washington Township says the schoolhouse will sit in the center, fully restored and ready for perhaps another couple hundred years.

For Mueller, the restoration brings back cherished memories.

"I can't wait to walk back in again, my memories of walking in the door, and hanging up my coat, and being so excited to see my teacher. It's exciting," Mueller said.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not use any of the more than $5 billion in emergency funding it maintains to provide food assistance to needy families during the government shutdown, nor will it reimburse states that try to provide such benefits themselves, according to an agency memo obtained by Scripps News on Friday.

Trump administration officials argue theyre unable to use the funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a lapse in appropriations, and instead are holding onto them for true emergencies like hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, that can come on quickly and without notice.

SNAP contingency funds are only available to supplement regular monthly benefits when amounts have been appropriated for, but are insufficient to cover, benefits, the unsigned memo states. The contingency fund is not available to support FY 2026 regular benefits, because the appropriation for regular benefits no longer exists.

Moreover, there is no provision or allowance under current law for States to cover the cost of benefits and be reimbursed, the memo stated, so states and local jurisdictions that try to use their own funds to provide SNAP assistance shouldnt expect any reimbursement from the federal government.

News of the memos existence was first reported by Axios.

The agencys announcement means the nearly 42 million low-income Americans who rely on that assistance, often referred to as food stamps, are likely to go without them starting next month, absent a long-shot deal to reopen the government. Earlier in October, the Acting Associate Administrator of SNAP Ronald Ward penned a letter to states warning that there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits should the shutdown drag on.

Democrats in Congress and at the state level, meanwhile, have argued the Trump administration has a legal obligation to use the emergency funds to help pay out SNAP benefits. In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins earlier Friday, 214 House Democrats said they were deeply concerned that the agency might not use the contingency funds, which Congress provides precisely for this reason.

Indeed, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBBP), a left-leaning think tank, argued as much in a recent analysis.

While the emergency funds likely wouldnt cover the entirety of SNAP beneficiaries November benefits, estimated to cost more than $8 billion in total, the agency should at a minimum use the contingency funding to provide partial benefits to eligible households for November, the CBBP authors wrote.

Their analysis pointed to a since-deleted USDA contingency plan for a government shutdown in which officials indicated the emergency funds could be used for SNAP benefits.

Congressional intent is evident that SNAPs operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds, the document stated.

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Asked about the USDAs new memo arguing the contrary, CBBP officials pointed Scripps News to a post by the think tank arguing the USDA was choosing not to use them in an effort to gain political advantage, leaving millions of families across the country to suffer as a result.

Shortly after the news of the USDA memo was public, all 45 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Rollins demanding she use the emergency funds to help pay for SNAP benefits and utilize all available legal authorities so that American families can get benefits without interruption.

Since the shutdown began, the Trump administration has in other cases moved money around within government accounts in order to fulfill obligations during the shutdown including within the USDA. Earlier in October, Rollins utilized legal authorities to transfer $300 million from the Child Nutrition budget account to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, which provides food and nutrition assistance to low-income pregnant and postpartum women as well as children up to age five.

The USDA memo, conversely, argued doing so for SNAP would amount to pull[ing] away funding for school meals and infant formula.

This Administration will not allow Democrats to jeopardize funding for school meals and infant formula in order to prolong their shutdown, the memo stated.

Representatives for the USDA did not immediately respond to inquiries about the Democrats letters, or why the agency was no longer following the guidance of their previous shutdown contingency plan.

By Ryan Tarinelli, CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — One federal employee has taken out a bank loan. Another says she’s planning to seek help from a food pantry. A third says his family will likely need to take out loans, or incur credit card debt, to get by.

Those stories and more were detailed in court filings this week in a lawsuit challenging the legality of Trump administration efforts to lay off federal employees connected to the partial government shutdown.

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California already has issued a temporary ruling blocking the government from laying off an array of federal workers during the government shutdown.

The employee declarations were filed as labor groups, which brought the federal lawsuit, ask the court for a more permanent block that will last while the case is pending.

They contain examples of the searing toll of the shutdown and the termination notices, outlining deep worries about their ability to pay expenses and alarm over what would happen if they lose their health care.

Daniel T. Ronneberg, an U.S. Air Force veteran who works at the Federal Aviation Administration as a regulation analyst, was furloughed earlier this month and wrote that he’s terrified that he will lose his health care coverage if he is laid off.

Ronneberg, who received a life-saving kidney transplant days before the partial government shutdown, framed that outcome as a life and death matter, saying he will not be able to afford his post-surgery treatment if he loses his job and health care coverage.

The medications he currently takes would cost him about $9,360 a month without health care insurance, he wrote. He also has to take laboratory tests each week and see various physicians to monitor kidney function.

Any break in health care coverage, particularly one due to a termination during the government shutdown, is enough to put his life “in serious jeopardy,” Ronneberg wrote.

“If I am terminated, I will not be able to simply budget my finances or miss medications and doctor’s appointments. If I am terminated, my life will be at risk and, at the very least, my family will face financial ruin,” he wrote.

“I cannot afford to live without my health insurance—literally. Therefore, if I were to receive a RIF notice, I would need to immediately try to find another job with comparable health insurance which would be extremely difficult to do in the current job market that is flooded with other skilled and highly educated former federal employees,” Ronneberg wrote.

Dorothy Roper, an IT specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote that she’s already had to take out a bank loan to pay for day-to-day expenses and her child’s college tuition.

Roper, who has more than four decades of experience in the federal government, said she has medical debt, and worries that her credit score would be impacted if she’s not able to continue making payments.

“I cannot afford to incur any further debt,” Roper wrote. “I am attempting to move money out of my retirement account, assuming that is even possible during the shutdown, to help cover my expenses in (the) short term.”

“I am worried that this will negatively impact my long-term financial health, but I have no choice,” she wrote.

Roper, 63, also expressed concerns it would be tough for her to find another job, in part she said because employers usually prioritize younger employees.

LaMarla Stevens, a management analyst in the Office of Housing Counseling, was on maternity leave when she received a termination notice earlier this month. The notice said her last day would be in December.

Stevens wrote that she expected to have several more months of maternity leave to care for her son. Now, she’ll have to go back into the workforce earlier than anticipated.

“Even if I am able to find a job, going back to work means incurring months of childcare expenses that I had not planned for and that I don’t know if I will be able to afford,” Stevens wrote.

On top of that, her husband and children rely on her federal health care insurance.

“Having a new baby is already extraordinarily stressful, but the idea of losing our insurance at a time when we have so many medical expenses has made it even more overwhelming,” Stevens wrote.

The filings contained other stories too. An administrative officer with the CDC said she and her husband were already living paycheck-to-paycheck. They were on the verge of paying off debt from the birth of her daughter in January. But instead of paying that down, they used the money for diapers and formula.

A program analyst at the Minority Business Development Agency said she’s planning to seek help from a food pantry and forgo paying her student loans. “I don’t feel like I can plan my life more than one week at a time,” she said.

The employee had previously received a termination notice before in April, only to be reinstated in June, she wrote. After the first notice, she wrote that she could no longer afford rent, had to break her lease and live on her sister’s couch.

“I am worried about retaliation from the administration for speaking up. But I decided to speak up because right now I am more worried about food and housing than I am worried about retaliation,” she wrote in the declaration.

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The Henry Ford Museum is opening "DaVinci The Exhibition," showcasing 65 full-scale reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions and designs alongside museum-quality reproductions of his famous paintings.

Watch Demetrios Sanders' video report: THe Henry Ford brings Leonardo da Vinci to life

The exhibition, which opens to the public Sunday and runs through May 3, offers visitors an immersive look into the mind of the Renaissance polymath who created masterpieces like The Last Supper, the Mona Lisa, and the Vitruvian Man.

"Leonardo da Vinci, we all know him. But maybe we don't really know him, right?" said Cynthia Jones, Director of Museum Experiences, Exhibition, and Engagement at The Henry Ford.

While da Vinci is widely recognized for his paintings, Jones explains he contributed much more.

"He was someone who was interested in all sorts of things and then constantly learning across this lifetime," Jones said.

This curiosity led da Vinci to create numerous inventions throughout his lifetime. His process involved careful observation and experimentation.

"He would look at birds and study birds and then think about, could I fly? And what took him further is the next step of that. Actually designing an experiment to figure out could he fly?" Jones said.

The exhibition features reproductions of da Vinci's creations and designs from his notebooks, ranging from pulley systems to diving suits to self-propelling carts. Some exhibits offer hands-on experiences for visitors.

"This was someone who was designing ahead of his time, and all around you, inside The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, you can actually see 200, 300, 400 years later, you can see what those ideas became," Jones said.

The exhibition also includes museum-quality reproductions of da Vinci's paintings, offering visitors a unique viewing experience.

"At the Louvre, you're standing many, many feet back from the Mona Lisa. Here, you're able to get inches from the Mona Lisa and also understand his artwork in the sense of how did he make that? What did he do with that? How does that include the golden ratio?" Jones said.

Jones hopes the exhibition sparks the same curiosity that drove da Vinci.

"Am I an artist? Are you an artist? Maybe not, but can we try it? Can we learn from it?" Jones said.

Visitors who have experienced the exhibition say it was eye-opening.

"I was very surprised and informed about things I didn't realize he had done," said Micki Patterson, who visited The Henry Ford Museum.

"It was very cool, it highlights the brilliance of Leonardo da Vinci," said Joshua Cummins, another visitor.

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An ambulance that responded to a crash in Novi was stolen with a paramedic and patient inside Friday afternoon, officials said.

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It happened around 3:30 p.m. near 10 Mile and Novi roads.

According to police and Medstar, which owns the ambulance, paramedics were treating multiple people after a crash in Novi. As they were treating patients, a 33-year-old man who was involved in the crash got into the ambulance and drove off while a paramedic and patient were in the back.

Officers at the scene pursued the ambulance. Medstar tracked the ambulance and provided details to law enforcement.

The ambulance drove several miles before crashing into another vehicle in Northville Township at 8 Mile and Beck roads. Police said the 33-year-old man ran a red light before crashing the ambulance.

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The man then got out and took off on foot. Police arrested him shortly after.

The ambulance caught fire and is a total loss, Medstar said.

Everyone inside the ambulance and a person involved in the second crash were taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life threatening.

We are grateful for the safety of our crew, the response of our partner agencies, and the bystanders who helped, Medstar CEO Kolby Miller in a statement. We are working with Novi and Northville Police Departments in the investigation.