Black August, rooted in the legacy of George Jackson and Black liberation struggles, is now a month-long observance honoring ...

At Tuesday afternoon's meeting, the Oakland City Council approved a new ordinance that would allow its animal shelter to refuse unwanted or abandoned pets being surrendered to their care.

Oakland County's combined sewage and stormwater overflows are violating state environmental laws, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy found.

Oakland port officials on Thursday finalized a decision to change the name of the city's airport for the second time in little over a year.

A state parole agent was shot and killed in Oakland on Thursday, and a suspect was arrested following an intense manhunt, authorities said.

Oakland Mall closed July 16 after a suspected burst pipe caused flooding inside and in the parking lot, officials said in a Facebook post.

Two big apartment complexes in Oakland have flopped into default on their real estate loans in a sign that economic woes still haunt the residential sector in the East Bay's largest city.

After a chase through Oakland's Head-Royce School, U.S. Marshals arrested one person and are still looking for another in a search that began on Thursday afternoon.

Michigan environmental regulators threatened Oakland County with fines and penalties over repeated raw sewage discharges into the Red Run Drain, escalating a long-running dispute between Oakland ...

Raleigh's Liberation Station, a Black-owned children's bookstore, is set to make a return in Montague Plaza on Juneteenth 2026.

Feeling lucky? Maybe there'll be a $118 million Powerball winner just after the Juneteenth or “Freedom Day” federal holiday, which was June 19, 2025.

The Brief Oakland residents say city's new sideshow prevention tactics are working. Oakland DOT installing obstacles to deter sideshows on active intersections.