The University of Michigan football program has secured a significant addition to its secondary with the commitment of Louisiana cornerback Caleb Anderson through the NCAA transfer portal.

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, MDARD reported.

Wind chill temperatures are as low as minus 50 degrees in the Upper Peninsula and snow is falling as far south as Florida.

Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that a bird flu pandemic was coming. He said

The LSU Tigers are pursuing a major in-state quarterback target in the class of 2027. Elijah Haven is the No. 1 player in the nation according to 247

The CDC has also confirmed mild cases in humans, and a fatal one in Louisiana in January 2025. Diagnosticians at Michigan State University and the USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network provide rapid diagnostics to identify infected herds and ...

Meet Kiara, she’s a kinkajou at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe. She’s in her own exhibit near the Education Building, but you can find her brother and sister by the splash pad. Zookeeper Cheyenne Speights says they’re known for sleeping with their belly and paws up to the sky during the summer to take in all that heat.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

A Baton Rouge high schooler has signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal with the New Orleans-based automotive group.

Wyoming, Indiana and Mississippi have the highest annual fuel costs. Wyoming tops the list at $2,742.78, which is attributed to its higher annual mileage. The state's drivers travel around 20,000 miles each year -- significantly more than the U.S. average of 14,050 miles.

A shaky night against Louisiana State has seen Alabama basketball tumble in the polls. Where the Crimson Tide landed after sitting at No. 3.

In a call with investors before the Michigan Legislature passed the tech industry incentives, the CEO of DTE Energy, the state’s biggest utility, talked up its aim to reel in hyperscalers and said the utility was seeing potential demand in the “thousands of megawatts.”