Every year, the group In Defense of Animals releases its list of North America’s 10 worst zoos for elephants.

A critically endangered Western lowland gorilla, named "Oscar Jonesy," died on Thursday afternoon following a medical ...

Officials at the Zoo​ on Friday confirmed that their 43-year-old endangered Western lowland gorilla named "Oscar Jonesy" died ...

Glowfari, the Oakland Zoo’s lantern festival, is almost over for the season — it ends on Jan. 26. But it’s not too late to gape at the impressive displays of Egyptian pyramids and fields of ...

With temperatures in the single digits and wind chill factors that make it feel like -20 degrees or lower at times, most schools in Oakland County are closed for these two days. The Lake Orion ...

Oakland County Michigan Works! provides recruitment support for companies but was not asked to do so by SDI. The county is providing resources and support to the 179 workers who will be laid off ...

OAKLAND — Among the many allegations of corruption in indictments filed Friday against ex-Mayor Sheng Thao is the notion she was bribed to influence the appointment of a city official who could ...

A person was shot and killed in Oakland. A suspect in the fatal shooting was not named. The circumstances leading up to the shooting weren't immediately known. OAKLAND, Calif. - A person was shot ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime partner and two local businessmen were named in an indictment unsealed Friday alleging the four conspired to funnel city business to companies owned ...

OAKLAND — Federal authorities indicted four people including former Mayor Sheng Thao on Friday, marking a stunning escalation in a sweeping grand jury inquiry that appeared to target the highest ...