The 2026 Rocket Classic is coming back to Detroit Golf Club, and tickets went on sale to the public on Tuesday.

This year, tournament officials said that tickets dropped to a lower price for 2026, dropping more than 50% for Thursday's first round.

According to organizers, tickets are $31.30 for Thursday, July 30, a nod to Detroit's 313 area code. On Friday, tickets start at $48, and weekend tickets start at $58 each day. Advance ticket pricing will be available through June 16.

Kids 15 and under are also admitted free when accompanied by a ticketed adult, with up to four kids per adult.

As we evaluated ways to elevate the fan experience, it became clear that affordability had to lead the way, Rocket Classic Tournament Director Mark Hollis said in a statement. Detroit has the best sports fans in the country, and we want as many of them as possible to experience the Rocket Classic and bring the same unmatched energy they deliver to stadiums and arenas across the city. This is just the beginning. Well be introducing additional fan-first enhancements in the months ahead.

This year, the tournament officials have changed public parking from Wayne State University to two locations in Oakland County.

Parking will be located at Oakland Mall in Troy or Lawrence Tech in Southfield, with VIP parking and ADA parking at the University of Detroit-Mercy.

Money has been a taboo topic at the dinner table for generations. But as the rising cost of living tightens household budgets, more parents are opening up to their children about finances. 

In an Intuit survey of 2,000 parents, 81% said their current financial stress has made them realize how important it is to teach their kids about money. More than a third (38%) report showing their youngsters what rent, utility, and other household bills look like. 

Parents surveyed also report saying "no" to purchases more often (66%), involving kids in grocery shopping to make them aware of costs (57%), and explaining how loans, credit cards, and interest work (35%). 

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"Parents are starting to feel not only more comfortable but feeling that it is more of their responsibility to start having some of these conversations," said Dave Zasada, Intuits vice president of education and corporate responsibility.  

Intuit research shows people who are financially literate have higher rates of saving, have higher credit scores, and are more successful at managing debt.  

"Ultimately are more capable of achieving their own goals," he said. 

Gen Z turning to parents for help 

The 2026 Money Study from Wells Fargo sheds light on why early financial literacy is so important. 

The study found that many Gen Z adults are delaying major milestones like relocating or getting married as they navigate today's economy. Theyre also relying on family for support, forcing many parents of Gen Z adults to have uncomfortable conversations about financial independence. 

"Gen Z is in this perfect storm, if you will, to be able to say, 'You know, we're feeling a little bit unstable. We're feeling a little bit messy.' Parents are also meeting them there and saying, 'We'd really actually like to help you,'" said Emily Irwin, head of private wealth planning for Wells Fargo. 

In the national survey of nearly 4,000 adults and teens, 64% of parents of Gen Z adults said their children rely on them financially for money, housing, or other support. More than half of those parents (56%) said that support is straining their own finances. 

"It can be delaying retirement. It can mean their spending is a little bit tighter than they expected," Irwin said. "It even causes a bit of a reevaluation of financial goals for parents."

Irwin emphasized that parents need to be honest about what their financial support entails. 

For example, "Are these gifts or are they loans? If they're loans, do they expect to be repaid at what timeline? With or without interest?" Irwin said. 

Helping children understand money

Experts say education is the first step to helping children achieve financial independence. 

"Talk to your kids about the basics and the fundamentals of banking, of investing, of saving money and what debt looks like," Irwin said.

 

Kimberly Sneed is one parent encouraging her son, Adrian, to learn money management skills using an app called Bloomster. 

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"An app where kids can learn different life skills and financial literacy is one of those courses that they can take," Sneed said. 

The task of teaching financial literacy doesn't fall on parents alone. 

"We're currently at 30 states that have a graduation requirement where students in those states have to take a personal finance course in order to graduate," Zasada said. 

The Intuit survey found the vast majority of parents believe financial literacy should be treated as a core subject in school, just like math or science. 

"Our focus has been on making sure that education starts happening at a younger age. Before real financial decisions are made that can impact them long term," Zasada said. 

Delta Air Lines is the latest airline company to raise its baggage fees amid the ongoing war in Iran.

According to Delta, the fees for first and second checked bags will now be $45 on domestic and some short-haul international flights. That's up from $35.

The biggest increase comes on the third checked bag, which is going up from $150 to $200, according to the airline.

The new increase will take effect for tickets that were purchased on or after April 8.

"These updates are part of Deltas ongoing review of pricing across its business and reflect the impact of evolving global conditions and industry dynamics," the airline said in a statement.

United has also increased its baggage fees to $45 for the first checked bag and $55 for the second. JetBlue is another airline that has raised its checked bag fees.

A Pontiac man is dead after being hit by a car earlier this week, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office tells us.

Police responded to the incident on southbound Woodward Avenue, south of South Boulevard, on Monday, April 6, around 9:30 a.m.

Investigators say that the pedestrian, 59, died at the scene after he was hit by a 37-year-old Waterford Township man driving a 2026 BMW X5.

We're told that drugs or alcohol do not appear to be factors in this crash, as the driver passed field sobriety tests at the scene.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating the incident.

A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife's deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding.

The effort to remove the soldier's wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal immigration detention center Monday, has drawn backlash from military family advocates who called the detention demoralizing in a time of war and warned that deporting spouses could undermine recruitment.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank said he brought his wife, Annie Ramos, 22, to his base in Fort Polk, Louisiana, last Thursday so that she could begin the process to receive military benefits and take steps toward a green card. The couple married in March.

Federal immigration agents detained Ramos as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda, which legal experts say has dispensed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's practice of leniency toward families of military members.

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"I never imagined that trying to do the right thing would lead to her being taken away from me," said Blank, 23, in a statement to The Associated Press. "What was supposed to be the happiest week of our lives has turned into one of the hardest."

Ramos' detention was first reported by The New York Times.

Ramos entered the U.S. in 2005, when she was younger than 2 years old. That same year, her family failed to appear for an immigration hearing, leading a judge to issue a final order of removal, according to DHS.

"She has no legal status to be in this country," DHS said in an emailed statement. "This administration is not going to ignore the rule of law."

In 2020, Ramos applied to receive Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA, but her husband says her application has remained "in limbo" amid legal fights to end the Obama-era program.

Last April, DHS eliminated a 2022 policy that considered military service of an immediate family member to be a "significant mitigating factor" in deciding whether or not to pursue immigration enforcement. The administration's new policy states that "military service alone does not exempt aliens from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration laws."

Prior to the Trump administration's mass deportation push, DHS generally allowed the spouses of active-duty military members to gain legal status through policies like parole in place and deferred action that military recruiters promote, according to Margaret Stock, a military immigration law expert.

Ramos' case would have been easy to resolve in the past, Stock said, but instead DHS now appears to be focusing on detaining members of military families whenever the opportunity arises including when, like Ramos, they are attempting to apply for legal status.

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"It doesn't make any sense they're going to get arrested for following the law? That's stupid," Stock said. "It's bad for morale, it disrupts the soldiers' readiness."

In September, more than 60 members of Congress wrote to DHS and the U.S. Department of Defense warning that arrests of military personnel and veteran's family members was "betraying its promises to service members who play a key role in protecting U.S. national security."

The Pentagon declined to comment.

Lydiah Owiti-Otienoh, who runs an advocacy group called the Foreign-Born Military Spouse Network, said she's anecdotally seen an increase in cases where the lives of military families have been upended by tightening immigration restrictions. She believes the federal government is undermining its own interests by attempting to deport military spouses.

"It just sends a really bad message we don't care about you, about your spouses, anything you are doing," Owiti-Otienoh said. "If military families are not stable, national security is not stable."

Blank's mother, Jen Rickling, told the AP in a statement that her daughter-in-law, a Sunday school teacher and biochemistry major, had been everything she hoped for someone who "loves my son with her whole heart."

"We absolutely adore her," Rickling said. "I believe in this country. And I believe we can do better than this for Annie, for other military families, and for the values we hold dear."

Blank says he had been eager to start building a life and with Ramos on the base while he served his country.

"I want my wife home," Blank said. "And I will not stop fighting until she is back where she belongs, by my side."

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, federal immigration agents have arrested 4,218 people in Michigan, and less than a quarter had criminal convictions, according to a Metro Times’s review of data from the Deportation Data Project

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President Donald Trump spoke Monday to the four-member crew of Artemis II, hours after the three Americans and one Canadian completed a flyby of the moon.

The mission marked humanitys first trip to the moon in more than 50 years and was the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth. During the flyby, the crew recorded images of the moon never before captured by humans.

NASA designed the mission to test the Orion spacecrafts life-support capabilities as it plans future missions to the moon and beyond.

Today, you've made history and made all America really proud, incredibly proud, Trump told the astronauts. "We'll plant our flag once again, and this time we won't just leave footprints. We will establish a permanent presence on the moon, and we'll push on to Mars. That will be very exciting. I'm waiting for that so much. I would love to be there, but maybe we won't quite make it in terms of timing. But we will be up on the moon.

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The astronauts described to Trump what they saw while orbiting the far side of the moon the side that cannot be seen from Earth.

The call came just after the astronauts witnessed a solar eclipse, with Earth blocking the suns light.

We saw sights the Orientale (lunar sea) sights that no human has ever seen before, not even in Apollo, and that was amazing for us, Artemis II Commander Reid Weisman said. And then the surprise of the day: we just came out of an eclipse. We could see the corona of the sun, and then we could see the planets line up and then Mars. All of us commented on how excited we are to watch this nation and this planet become a two-planet species."

During the flyby, astronauts lost contact with Earth for about 50 minutes, an expected outage as the spacecraft moved out of direct line of sight with Earth.

I said a little prayer, but then I had to keep rolling, pilot Victor Glover told Trump. I was actually recording scientific observations of the far side of the moon. Thats the time when we were the farthest and the closest to the moon, so we were able to make some of our most detailed observations up close.

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The Artemis II crew is now heading back to Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft and is scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego on Friday.

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July.

It came after government officials condemned Ye's history of antisemitic remarks.

The festival's organizers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being canceled as a result.

Ye's travel authorization had been blocked on the grounds that the performer's presence in the U.K. would not be "conducive to the public good," the BBC said, citing the Home Office.

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Ye had been expected to perform in front of around 150,000 revelers July 10-12 at the open-air festival in London's Finsbury Park.

Earlier, a senior member of the British government said Ye should "absolutely not" play at the festival. Ye had responded to the controversy by offering to meet members of the U.K.'s Jewish community and show he has changed since provoking outrage with antisemitic statements.

Festival organizers had been under mounting pressure from sponsors and politicians to cancel the gigs by the rapper, who has drawn widespread condemnation for making antisemitic remarks and voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler.

Last year, Ye released a song called "Heil Hitler" and advertised a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website. The 48-year-old apologized in January with a letter, published as a full-page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal. He said his bipolar disorder led him to fall into "a four-month long, manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life."

Wireless sponsors Pepsi, Rockstar Energy and Diageo pulled out of the festival since Ye was announced as the headliner, and Starmer called the booking "deeply concerning."

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In a statement Tuesday, Ye, who changed his name in 2021, said he "would be grateful for the opportunity to meet with members of the Jewish community in the U.K. in person, to listen.

"I know words aren't enough I'll have to show change through my actions," he said. "If you're open, I'm here."

Phil Rosenberg, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said the group would be willing to meet with the musician if he pulled out of the festival.

"The Jewish community will want to see a genuine remorse and change before believing that the appropriate place to test this sincerity is on the main stage at the Wireless Festival," Rosenberg said.

Organizer Festival Republic had stood by Ye. In a statement issued Monday, managing director Melvin Benn urged people to offer the performer "forgiveness and hope."

"We are not giving him a platform to extol opinion of whatever nature, only to perform the songs that are currently played on the radio stations in our country and the streaming platforms in our country and listened to and enjoyed by millions," the statement said.

U.K. Health Secretary Wes Streeting dismissed the organizers' statement as "absurd" and said Ye should "absolutely not" perform at Wireless.

A representative for Ye didn't reply to a request for comment.

The rapper Offset was shot Monday and is stable, according to a spokesperson for the Migos rapper, but his exact condition is unknown.

He is being treated at a hospital and being closely monitored, the spokesperson said in a statement.

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Offset was formerly married to Cardi B, with whom he has three children.

The Seminole Police Department said a person sustained injuries that were not life-threatening Monday evening at a valet area outside of the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. The police department did not identify the victim.

Two people were detained by police and officials are investigating the incident, according to a statement from the police department.

The site is secure and there is no threat to the public, according to the police department. Operations continue as normal.

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Offset's cousin Takeoff, another member of Migos, was shot dead in 2022.

The trio, with its rapid-fire triplet flow, became known as one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time. It broke out with the 2013 hit Versace and later earned Grammy nominations for best rap album with 2018s Culture," while a track off it nabbed a nod for best rap performance.

Offset and Cardi B were secretly wed in September 2017 in Atlanta. In 2024, Cardi B announced that she filed for divorce.

With the NCAA men's basketball season officially wrapped up following Michigan's win over UConn on Monday night, all eyes are now on Detroit for the 2027 Final Four.

The event will bring hundreds of thousands of fans to the Motor City in early April and will be the first Final Four in nearly two decades. Ford Field last hosted a Final Four in 2009 when North Carolina beat Michigan State.

Watch below: NCAA unveils logo for 2027 Final Four at Ford Field

NCAA unveils logo for 2027 Final Four at Ford Field

Here's what you need to know.

When is the Final Four

The two Final Four games will take place Saturday, April 3 at Ford Field, and then the National Championship will be on Monday, April 5.

How to get tickets

The ticket application process is open now through May 31, 2026. Fans will enter a randomized selection after submitting an application and paying a $25 application fee.

Fans who enter will be charged in full for up to four tickets, plus the $25 application fee.

Applicants will be notified of their selection in the Fall of 2026. Those not selected will be refunded their charges, minus the $25 application fee. You can register here.

2027 Final Four Logo

Last year, officials in Detroit unveiled the logo for the 2027 Final Four.

The logo is a tribute to Detroit's heritage and drew inspiration from the city's street signs, auto tags and industrial roots. It also features the "313" area code, plus a basketball record graphic in honor of Motown. It was designed by Section 127.

Final Four Fan Fest

This year, the Final Four Fan Fest took place at the Indiana Convention Center on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Tickets cost $15 and featured a variety of activations, shopping and more.

It's likely the event will take place at Huntington Place in 2027.

2027 Final Four favorites

Oddsmakers are already looking ahead to next season, with Duke, the No. 1 overall seed in 2026, being the favorite for 2027. FanDuel Sportsbook has Duke at 7-1 odds, followed by the Wolverines at 8-1 odds. Then, it's Arizona, Florida, Houston and Michigan State.

Short's Brewing is planning to open a third location in Northern Michigan, this one in Traverse City.

According to the brewery, Short's and Keen Energy Inc. have teamed up to redevelop the Logan's Landing East property on S. Airport Rd., on the south side of Boardman Lake.

Tim and I have known each other for a long time and weve talked about working together. Recently, Ive been joining mountain bike rides where he talks about the trails, city, and how the Boardman loop is this hub for connection and community. Logans Landing is right in the middle of it," Short's Founder and Owner Joe Short said in a statement.

We were looking for the right partners to take on a project this crazy. Keen Energy partner Tim Pulliam, added in a statement. Joe and Scott are very tenacious business partners, are heavily invested in the area, and are known for making the impossible happen. We share the same vision of community and see this as a real opportunity to make something great.

The 16,000 square-foot space will be reconfigured and revitalized for the brewery, according to the owners, with Short's acting as an anchor tenant. The former owner, Vincent Amroian of Vince's Fine Jewelers, will plan to stay in the building as well.

Short's said the location will have food, beer, live music and events, and is expected to open as soon as April 2027.

Airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station in Iran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a whole civilization will die tonight if Tehran does not meet his latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to agree to a deal that includes reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Trump has extended previous deadlines but suggested the one set for 8 p.m. in Washington was final, and the rhetoric on both sides reached a fever pitch, leaving Iranians on edge. Trump threatened to destroy all of Irans power plants and bridges if Tehran does not allow traffic to fully resume in the strait, through which a fifth of the worlds oil transits in peacetime. Irans president said 14 million people, including himself, have volunteered to fight.

It was not clear if the latest airstrikes were linked to Trumps threat to attack bridges. At least two of the targets were connected to Irans rail network, which Israel earlier signaled it might attack. Israel has increasingly carried out strikes that it says are aimed at delivering a blow to Irans economy.

Iran, meanwhile, fired on Israel and Saudi Arabia, prompting the temporary closure of a major bridge.

While Iran cannot match the sophistication of U.S. and Israeli weaponry or their dominance in the air, its chokehold on the strait is causing major damage to the world economy and raising the pressure on Trump both at home and abroad to find a way out of the standoff.

Officials involved in diplomatic efforts said talks were ongoing but Iran has rejected the latest American proposal, and it was unclear if a deal would come in time to head off Trumps threatened attacks. World leaders and experts warned that strikes as destructive as Trump threatened could constitute a war crime.

As the deadline approaches, rhetoric ramps up

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again, if a deal isnt reached, Trump said in a post Tuesday morning, while keeping open the possibility of an off-ramp, saying that maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen.

Earlier, Iranian official Alireza Rahimi issued a video message calling on all young people, athletes, artists, students and university students and their professors to form human chains around power plants.

Iranians have formed human chains in the past around nuclear sites at times of heightened tensions with the West. This time though, it was unclear who would heed the call, and one major power plant in Tehran apparently had been closed off for security purposes at the time the demonstration was to start.

President Masoud Pezeshkian posted on X that 14 million Iranians had answered state media and text message campaigns urging people to volunteer to fight and said he would join them while a general from the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard urged parents to send their children to man checkpoints.

The Guard, meanwhile, warned that Iran would deprive the U.S. and its allies of the regions oil and gas for years and expand its attacks across the Gulf region if Trump carries out his threat.

In Tehran, the mood was bleak. A young teacher said that many opponents of Iran's Islamic system had hoped Trump's attacks would quickly topple it.

Now, as the war drags on, she fears U.S. and Israeli attacks will spread chaos. If we dont have the internet, and if we dont have electricity, water, and gas, were really going back to the Stone Age, as Trump said, she said told The Associated Press, speaking anonymously for her safety.

Trumps threat prompts warnings of war crimes

French Foreign Minister Jean-Nol Barrot joined a growing chorus of international voices and calling for restraint, saying attacks targeting civilian and energy infrastructure are barred by the rules of war, international law.

They would without doubt trigger a new phase of escalation, of reprisals, that would drag the region and the world economy into a vicious circle, the minister said on France Info television.

U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres also warned the U.S. that attacks on civilian infrastructure are banned under international law, according to his spokesperson.

Such cases are notoriously difficult to prosecute, and Trump told reporters hes not at all concerned about committing war crimes.

A wave of airstrikes hits Iran, which fires on Saudi Arabia and Israel

A series of intense airstrikes pounded Tehran, including in residential neighborhoods. Such strikes in the past have targeted Iranian government and security officials.

Israels military said it attacked an Iranian petrochemical site in Shiraz, the second day in a row it hit such a facility. Israel also issued a Farsi-language warning telling Iranians to avoid trains throughout the day, likely telegraphing intended strikes on the rail network.

Iranian officials later said that a railway bridge, a train station and a highway bridge had been hit in airstrikes. Neither the United States not Israel immediately claimed the attacks.

Another strike hit the Khorramabad International Airport in western Iran, and an attack on an unidentified target in Alborz province, northwest of Tehran, killed 18 people, according to state media. A total of 15 people were killed in other strikes, Iranian media reported.

Early Tuesday, Tehran launched seven ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, which authorities said rained debris near energy facilities as they were intercepted.

The attacks prompted Saudi Arabia to temporarily close the King Fahd Causeway, the only road connection between Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navys 5th Fleet, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Iran also fired on Israel, with reports of incoming missiles in Tel Aviv and Eilat.

More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, but the government has not updated the toll for days.

In Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, more than 1,400 people have been killed. and more than 1 million people have been displaced. Eleven Israeli soldiers have died there.

In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, more than two dozen people have died, while 23 have been reported dead in Israel, and 13 U.S. service members have been killed.

Chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

Iran choked off shipping through the strait after Israel and the U.S. attacked on Feb. 28, starting the war. That stranglehold and Irans attacks on the energy infrastructure of its Gulf Arab neighbors have sent oil prices skyrocketing, raising the price of gasoline, food and other basics far beyond the Middle East.

In spot trading Tuesday, Brent crude, the international standard, was above $108 per barrel, up around 50% since the start of the war.

On Monday, Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war. But as Trump's deadline neared Tuesday, an official said indirect communications between the United States and Iran remained underway. The official said mediators from Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey are racing against time to reach a compromise before the deadline.

He said Iran has linked the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to sanctions relief, and the U.S. was open to easing some sanctions, especially on Iran's oil sector, in part to stabilize the global oil market.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing diplomacy.

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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Rising from Bangkok and Magdy from Cairo. John Leicester in Paris, Rod McGuirk in Melbourne, Australia, and Natalie Melzer in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

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The latest closure for the Restore the Reuther Project on I-696 will go into effect on Wednesday morning.

According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, the southbound I-75 ramp to westbound I-696 will close starting Wednesday, April 8 and last through the summer.

It's the latest closure for the two-year project to restore I-696 between Lahser and I-75 in Oakland County.

Earlier this year, a majority of the interchange ramps along I-75 and I-696 were closed for rebuilding, bridge work, drainage and pavement work.

The detour for the project will take drivers from southbound I-75 to westbound 8 Mile to northbound M-10 The Lodge and back to westbound I-696.

The detour will direct drivers further down southbound I-75 to westbound M-102 (8 Mile Road), then northbound M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to westbound I-696.

Other closures in the project are:

Westbound I-696 has two lanes open from Dequindre Road to I-75. The westbound I-696 ramp to southbound I-75 is closed through late summer. Detour: Southbound M-53 (Van Dyke Avenue) and westbound M-102 (8 Mile Road) to southbound I-75. The westbound I-696 ramp to northbound I-75 is closed through late summer. Detour: Northbound M-53 (Van Dyke Avenue) and westbound M-59 to northbound I-75. The northbound I-75 ramp to westbound I-696 is closed through late summer. Detour: Westbound M-102 (8 Mile Road) and northbound M-10 to westbound I-696. The northbound and southbound I-75 ramps to eastbound I-696 remain open. The eastbound I-696 ramps to northbound and southbound I-75 that were closed last year will remain closed until the project is completed. Eastbound I-696 remains closed and detoured from M-10 to I-75 through late 2026 with westbound I-696 traffic currently shifted over to the newly rebuilt eastbound side near the I-75 interchange.

All westbound I-696 ramps remain closed except for Woodward Ave., Southfield Rd. and the shared exit 10 ramp to Telegraph/M-10/Lahser.

Tuesday marks the deadline imposed by President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face bombings of civilian infrastructure, including power plants.

Iran has given no indication it will meet Trumps deadline. The administration has said negotiations toward a cease-fire are ongoing, but no agreement has been reached.

Trump has set deadlines in the past, later extending them in hopes of securing a peace agreement.

I can tell you theyre negotiating. We think in good faith, were going to find out. Were getting the help of some incredible countries that want this ended because it affects them, Trump said.

On Tuesday, Trump echoed his past statements, claiming, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."

But he warned that if Iran does not come to an agreement, Theyre going to have no bridges. Theyre going to have no power plants. Stone Ages.

Trump has not shied away from outlining in detail the consequences for Iran and its citizens if an agreement is not reached.

"We have a plan because of the power of our military," Trump said on Monday. "Every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow night. Every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again. I mean, complete demolition, by 12 o'clock. And it will happen over a period of four hours if we want it to. We don't want that to happen. We may even get involved with helping them rebuild their nation. And you know what? If that's the case, the last thing we want to do is start with power plants, which are among the most expensive thing, and bridges."

The administration is facing domestic pressure as U.S. gasoline prices have risen sharply since the war began. AAA reported the average price for a gallon of regular gas reached $4.14 on Tuesday and could climb further if the conflict continues.

Although the United States produces more oil than it consumes, crude is traded globally and the Straits closure has reduced supply worldwide, driving prices higher.

The U.S. has received little international support for the bombing campaign. Israel has joined in striking Iranian targets, but other traditional American allies have declined Trumps request for assistance in reopening the Strait.

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European Council President Antonio Costa said on X that a bombing campaign targeting power plants and bridges could be considered a war crime.

Any targeting of civilian infrastructure, namely energy facilities, is illegal and unacceptable. This applies to Russias war in Ukraine and it applies everywhere. The Iranian civilian population is the main victim of the Iranian regime. It would also be the main victim of a widening of the military campaign, he said.

Michigan's Roddy Gayle Jr. snagged a final rebound, then flung the ball to the other end of the court, effectively ending UConn's frantic bid for a miracle.

The horn sounded, and Morez Johnson Jr. came over to share a celebratory scream and hearty hug from one transfer to another as the Wolverines began running toward midcourt to celebrate a national championship.

Maybe a school really can build an ideal college basketball roster amid the topsy-turvy chaos of the transfer portal, paying players and top-to-bottom overhauls.

Michigan proved it Monday night, rolling out an all-transfer starting lineup that was too big, too strong and too capable of countering anything that UConn could muster even on a night when the 3-point shot wasn't falling and All-American Yaxel Lendeborg was hobbled by ankle and knee injuries.

The Wolverines still had enough to hold off the Huskies 69-63 and claim the program's first title in 37 years.

And they showed how second-year Dusty May assembled a resilient roster by diving all the way into the portal.

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Man, this whole year, we were a team that played together, Lendeborg said as he stood amid the confetti on the court at Lucas Oil Stadium. We didn't have a best player, like I said before. We have a guy that steps up big-time in these games.

We have players that make plays when they need to make them. And we just played a full all-around team basketball game today. We did it.

It didn't matter that the Wolverines shot just 38% while making 2 of 15 3-pointers stunning numbers for a team that entered the NCAA Tournament ranked No. 8 nationally in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency (126.6 points per 100 possessions).

It didn't matter that they were outrebounded and gave up an incredible 22 offensive boards.

Nor that Lendeborg carried an awkward gait as he grinded his way through a 4-for-13 shooting effort in 36 minutes after twisting his left ankle and spraining a knee ligament in Saturday's win over Arizona in the Final Four.

Not the way these guys complemented each other on the sport's biggest stage.

Point guard Elliot Cadeau, in his first season after two up-and-down years at North Carolina, had 19 points and was named the Final Four's most outstanding player. Johnson, in his first year from Illinois, had 12 points and 10 rebounds. The 7-foot-3 Aday Mara, in his first year from UCLA, helped hold UConn big man Tarris Reed Jr. who had been a March Madness force to just 4-of-12 shooting.

Nobody cared about stats the whole season. Nobody cared about nothing but winning, Cadeau said.

Four of Michigan's five starters were in their first year after transferring: Cadeau, Johnson, Mara and Lendeborg (UAB).

The fifth starter, Nimari Burnett, was practically a Michigan lifer by comparison; he was in his third season with the Wolverines, after starting his career at Texas Tech then spending two years at Alabama. A similar story followed Gayle, a reserve who had spent two years at rival Ohio State before these last two years in Ann Arbor.

That left only two players in Michigan's eight-man rotation who would qualify as homegrown talent: freshman Trey McKinney and fifth-year graduate Will Tschetter.

It's an approach that tailored to the current era of the sport, with players transferring freely between campuses and cleared to profit from the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), along with schools able to pay athletes directly with the arrival of revenue sharing.

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Purists have complained that the revolving door of players makes it harder for fans to get behind their schools than it was when most players spent multiple seasons in the same uniform. Transfers even featured prominently in an executive order signed last week by President Donald Trump seeking to reform college sports.

May shrugged off the critics on Sunday, noting, I think we are all better in certain situations than others.

Athletic director Warde Manuel offered a similar defense on the court Monday night after the program claimed its first national title since the Glen Rice-led Wolverines cut down the nets in Seattle in 1989.

A lot of teams around the country benefited from transfers, Manuel said. You can't just say, Well, Michigan had the most transfers. Dusty put this team together the way he did.

And it worked to perfection.

By the end, Mara was jumping around with a few teammates after they had watched the One Shining Moment music montage of tournament highlights, with someone picking up a handful of confetti and tossing it into the air to flutter around them.

It's important to get the right people on the bus, assistant coach Justin Joyner said. It's important to get unselfish guys that are about winning, that are about the group. We had that with the best of our players. Yaxel Lendeborg's one of the most unselfish superstars you'll ever be around.

So when you have that from the top, it permeates through your locker room, it permeates through your group. And eventually you can become a unit that's about winning.

Authorities in The Bahamas are searching for a missing Lenawee County woman who fell overboard over the weekend.

Lynette Hooker and her husband, Brian, from Onsted, were heading back to their yacht in poor conditions on Saturday night.

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Lenawee County woman missing in Bahamas after going overboard

Brian said that the two were on an 8-foot dingy in poor weather when Lynette fell overboard. She had the boat key, causing the engine to shut off on the dingy. He said the current carrier her away and he lost sight of her.

According to Brian, he had to paddle back to The Bahamas and reported her missing at 4 a.m. Sunday.

So far, rescuers say they haven't been able to find Lynette after a five-hour search.

Homeowners across metro Detroit are gearing up for the spring season, which means making sure homes are ready after a rough winter. From roofs and gutters to doors and windows, a few quick checks could save homeowners a lot of money in future repairs.

Every spring, homeowners discover winter damage they did not even know was there. A simple home tune-up can catch those problems before they get worse.

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Your spring home maintenance checklist after a 'rough, rough winter'

As the weather starts to warm up and the area shakes off winter, people are stepping outside and taking a closer look at the damage left behind, from missing shingles to broken gutters.

St. Clair Shores resident Adam Gardner knew he needed a new roof. This past winter, snow and wind tore off enough shingles that the damage was impossible to ignore.

"I know a lot of people would rather spend the money on a kitchen, bathroom, all that fun stuff. But this is the most important piece," Gardner said.

When Florian Lushaj and his team at J & J Roofing started tearing apart Gardner's roof and replacing it with a new one on Monday, they noticed a lot of damage under the shingles, including black mold caused by moisture.

"Look and see if something sticks out," Lushaj said. "We've had a rough, rough winter. Where the cold really hampered the shingles,"

Lushaj walked me around Gardner's property to show what else homeowners should be looking for this spring, especially around windows and doors.

"All of this stuff that opens the wound for the air to get in. You lose a lot of air. Moisture can get in," Lushaj said. "Water will get into that. You lose heat. In the summer, you get a lot of hot air. Basically, you want to make sure it's airtight."

As we head further into spring, now is the perfect time to tackle a spring tune-up checklist that can prevent costly repairs later:

Check your roof for loose or missing shingles. Inspect gutters and downspouts for damage or debris. Check caulking around doors and windows for damage or wear. Check for damaged or rotten siding. Inspect your wooden deck, railings, and steps for rot.

Gardner has an ongoing list of repairs that he is checking off one by one.

"Whatever takes priority. Obviously, the roof was the biggest priority," Gardner said.

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Fire crews in Ann Arbor responded to more than 40 fires on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, following Michigan's national championship in men's basketball.

According to the Ann Arbor Fire Department, none of the fires extended to structures or vehicles, and most of the fires involved discarded furniture, included couches and other debris.

"We appreciate the support of the Michigan State Police Aviation Unit for assisting with fire detection and location, as well as the Ann Arbor Police Department for their crowd management efforts," fire crews said. "While this was an unfortunate end to an otherwise celebratory evening, we are grateful no serious injuries or major property damage occurred."

The police department said that two people were arrested in the post-game celebration, and multiple street signs were damaged. There were no serious injuries reported.

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Chopper 7 shows downtown Ann Arbor after Michigan wins National Championship

For the first time in 37 years, the Michigan men's basketball team has won the National Championship, beating the University of Connecticut Huskies (UConn), 69-63.

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Point guard Elliot Cadeau led the way with 19 points and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, while Morez Johnson Jr. (12 points, 10 rebounds) and Aday Mara (eight points, four rebounds) did their part on the inside. While he was battling an MCL sprain and an ankle injury, Big Ten Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg scored 13 points, including some key second-half buckets to seal the win.

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Trey McKenney, a freshman guard, Flint native, and former Mr. Basketball knocked down the dagger three to give Michigan a commanding 65-56 lead. He finished the game with nine points off the bench, the most out of all non-starters.

As they have all season long, the Wolverines dominated in the paint, outscoring the Huskies, 36-22.

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Both teams struggled to put the ball in the basket all game long. The Wolverines only made 38 percent of their shots, with the Huskies making just 31 percent of their shots.

Michigan struggled on offense for most of that first half. With starting point guard Elliot Cadeau on the bench after picking up his second foul, Michigan went nearly five game minutes (7:38-3:06) without a made field goal. But the Wolverines still went into the half with a 33-29 lead, largely thanks to winning the first half rebounding battle (21-20) and having more points in the paint (22-8). Michigan managed to lead at the half despite only making 37 percent of it's shots and going 0/8 from beyond the arc.

Roddy Gayle Jr., a key bench player for the Wolverines, had arguably the best play of the first half, with a put-back dunk to give Michigan a five-point lead late in the first half.

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A historic season for the Wolverines, capped off with a championship

Michigan ends the season with a 37-3 record a program-high for wins in a single season and a 19-1 Big Ten record.

This is Michigan's first national championship since 1989, when the Wolverines beat Seton Hall in overtime, 80-79. Michigan had appeared in four National Championship games between that 1989 win and this one; Michigan made it to the title game with the Fab Five in 1992 and 1993 and under head coach John Beilein in 2013 and 2018.

Michigan entered this game winning it's previous five NCAA tournament games by double digits, with the Wolverines being the eighth team to accomplish this feat. Entering this game, Yaxel Lendeborg coming off winning the Big Ten Player of the Year award was the first Wolverine to score 20 points in three straight NCAA tournament games since Juwan Howard did it in 1994.

UConn has been one of the most successful college basketball teams this decade, with Dan Hurley leading the Huskies to six straight NCAA tournaments. UConn has amassed an 18-3 record heading into this game, including winning the National Championship in 2023 and 2024.