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Soderbergh’s sleek spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ crackles

If you’re hosting a dinner for half a dozen British intelligence agents with the aim of ferreting out a mole, what should you cook? For George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender), who’s preparing for four colleagues, plus himself and his wife, Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett), who, like him, ...

EGLE to focus on resource protection

LANSING — Lead line replacement, cleaning up contamination, increasing government transparency, and strengthening the state’s energy infrastructure are a few of the priorities represented in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The Michigan Department of ...

Outdoors North

The night was strange with wild winds swirling and twirling. I stood out there with rain falling on me. There was still more than three feet of snow on the ground. From behind the ghost-like clouds that were gliding around the heavens, I could see the shine of the moon trying to break through, to shimmer, to be seen. Seemingly, if the moon could only show its pock-marked face, the falling and wind-swept rain — the obvious unseasonable interloper here — would stop. If only. The paper birch trees seemed like they were melting, retracting with the cold rain spattering down ...

Senior nutrition

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is joining with the federal Administration for Community Living and senior nutrition service providers in celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Senior Nutrition Program as part of March for Meals Month, according to a press release from the governor’s office. “For more than 50 years, senior nutrition services have helped create healthy, strong communities where all members can flourish, including our older residents,” said Elizabeth Hertel, MDHHS director. “The Senior Nutrition Program ensures we provide ...

MDHHS urges vaccinations as respiratory cases rise in Michigan

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services encourages Michigan residents to get vaccinated, as increases in flu, COVID-19 and RSV activity have been observed and are expected to continue. At the end of December, trends in respiratory illness reached the highest levels ...

Opinion/commentary

LANSING — There is no doubt that a free and independent press is under brutal assault in the United States. There are threats and online stalking of reporters, banning The Associated Press from official White House events and news conferences because the news agency still calls the Gulf of Mexico by the name “Gulf of Mexico” and the wholesale canceling of most federal government subscriptions to newspapers and other news services. The vice president, unhappy about coverage of the administration, has called out disfavored Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reporters by ...