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“Highly skilled thieves” are targeting expensive homes in Oakland County communities, according to police.

Highly skilled thieves from outside the country, preying on high net-worth homes across the region, are coming in waves.

A Metro Detroit woman opened a play-based education center in Birmingham after seeing a need.

Police believe James Chatman is responsible for burglaries in Royal Oak, Birmingham, Troy and other surrounding areas.

A Metro Detroit family was hit with an outrageous bill after their daughter was transported in an ambulance for a 15-mile ride down I-75.

This unique experience takes students out of the classroom and shows them what could be their first job after graduating high school

A K-9 police dog's attack on a Black motorist in Ohio is resurrecting questions about race relations and law enforcement tactics.

The Kentucky Wildcats no longer preside quite so comfortably over the Southeastern Conference, which is harder to do these days.

An all-girls flag football league that started towards the end of the COVID pandemic is growing and fast.

Metro Detroit police agencies are stepping up patrols in response to community fears related to the conflict in the Middle East.

There are now at least 14 victims, but police believe there may be more.

The British government is considering scrapping a big chunk of an overdue and over-budget high-speed rail line once touted as a way to attract jobs and investment to northern England.

An Oakland County bridal shop owner is facing four more charges after her business abruptly closed over the summer, leaving brides without dresses for upcoming weddings.

An Alabama high school band director says he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked him with a stun gun after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game.

Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that broke out after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game.

Two new restaurants have opened their doors in Downtown Plymouth.

Alabama marks the 60th anniversary of the bombing of a church that killed four Black girls.

Alabama on Friday will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls.

Any brides who were doing business with Birmingham Bridal are asked to contact the police, contact their credit card company and to start a new gown search.

An Oakland County bridal shop owner is facing multiple fraud-related charges after the business abruptly closed in June, leaving brides without dresses for upcoming weddings.

Many brides were left without their dresses or money after an Oakland County bridal shop closed unexpectedly.

Police were looking for a missing 17-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since he left his Birmingham home on April 2.

This Tasty Tuesday, we're featuring Mare Mediterranean in Birmingham: A restaurant that's passionate about food, serving dishes inspired by old world and new world cuisines.

Manchester United say Mason Greenwood will leave the club after a criminal investigation of possible attempted rape was closed by prosecutors six months ago.

NFL great Tom Brady got to know some of the locals ahead of his first home match as minority owner of English soccer team Birmingham City.

NFL great Tom Brady has become a minority owner of English second-tier soccer team Birmingham and wants to bring a winning mentality to an underperforming club.

We can now add Cardi B to the list of musicians who have had their performances interrupted by a fan trying to throw something at them while on stage.

Day on the Town event is Saturday

A former art dealer from Birmingham admitted that she sold more than $1.5 million worth of photographs, kept the profits for herself, and told the artists she had extremely severe health issues when they asked her about the sales.

A committee of British lawmakers has slammed allies of Boris Johnson in Parliament for trying to interfere with their investigation into whether the former prime minister lied about rule-flouting parties in his office during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Pistons traded back into the first round in Thursday’s NBA Draft, selecting Houston guard Marcus Sasser with the No. 25 pick.

Venus Williams is set to make her 24th appearance in the singles draw at Wimbledon after the 43-year-old American was given a wild-card entry.

Thousands of DTE Energy customers will be without power for eight hours on Sunday night while the company works to repair equipment damaged during ice storms.

A Michigan foundation on Tuesday announced that it’s awarding millions of dollars in grants to the Cranbrook Institute of Science and the Motown Museum for its May grant cycle.

This week, we're bragging about Ian Weinberg: A Birmingham high school senior who maintains a 5.0 GPA and teaches the importance of investing.

In an exclusive sit-down interview with Local 4 before striking down that law, Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she believes the moment is on the side of reproductive rights, as evidenced by what’s happening around the country.

Does thread-count even matter? The answer might surprise you.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing Michigan's abortion ban from 1931 that made it a crime to assist in an abortion.

Police have identified the accused thief who was easily tracked down using the “Find My Phone” app after throwing an Uber driver out of his car in Birmingham without realizing the man’s second phone was still inside.

A thief was easily tracked down using the “Find My Phone” app after he threw a 74-year-old Uber driver out of his car in Birmingham but didn’t realize the man’s second phone was still inside.

Alabama All-America forward Brandon Miller is heading to the NBA after displaying versatile talent and potential in his lone season of college basketball.

Players and coaches in the NCAA Tournament may be breathing life into a new controversy: Inflategate.

Alabama was expected to be in the Sweet 16 as the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament.

A former housekeeper has been sentenced to 11 months in jail after being convicted of stealing valuable items from several Metro Detroit families.

With All-American Marcus Strasser watching from the bench, top-seeded Houston shook off Northern Kentucky for a 63-52 win opening the NCAA Tournament, Chants of “NKU!”.

Alabama and star freshman Brandon Miller faced a new round of questions about connections between Crimson Tide players and a fatal shooting after Thursday's victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Maryland overcame a sluggish start and a final heave at the buzzer by Kedrian Johnson, topping West Virginia 67-65 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Families trusted her to clean their homes, and then valuable items started disappearing, which is why the former housekeeper is going to jail.

The Michigan Panthers are coming home to play games in Detroit for the USFL this year.

A teenager was arrested in Las Vegas after he grabbed a woman from behind, stole her purse, and used her credit cards at multiple stores around Metro Detroit, police said.

Administrators of a trust fund established to preserve historic Black churches in the United States have revealed the first 35 houses of worship that will receive financial grants totaling $4 million.

A woman’s purse was stolen while walking in Birmingham last week just after she closed her business, police report.

Sugaring has been around for hundreds of years, but this organic way of hair removal has recently taken over Metro Detroit and social media sites like TikTok and Instagram.

Find some great gifts and enjoy a festive atmosphere all at once at the Birmingham Shopping District.

For some children in low-income areas in England, a school lunch may be the only nutritious hot meal they get in a day.

Here’s where you can find Michigan general election results for Birmingham on Nov. 8, 2022.

A tax attorney from Oakland County who was accused of wiring $6.5 million of his client’s money to a Swiss bank account has been found not guilty of all charges.

A grieving Birmingham family says enough is enough, as they’ve joined a lawsuit seeking damages from the social media site Snapchat over the death of their son.

Federal agents raided the home of an Oakland County art gallery owner Friday on Colony Hill Drive near 14 Mile and Inkster roads in Franklin.

There are many great haunted experiences in the area, but a new one just opened up this year, and it will only be here for the month of October. The Birmingham 8 Theater Powered by Emagine, has been transformed into a scary haunted experience called Ghosts on the Balcony.

Britain has imposed sanctions on Iran’s so-called “morality police” and several security officials in response to the violent crackdown on antigovernment protesters.

Britain’s Treasury chief says he will bring forward the publication of the government’s full fiscal statement after facing widespread criticism for not providing details about a multibillion-pound, tax-cutting stimulus package he announced last month.

U.K. government ministers are imploring Conservative colleagues to rally behind Prime Minister Liz Truss after a disastrous start to her premiership.

Britain’s immigration minister says people who arrive by unauthorized means should not be allowed to claim asylum in the U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman vowed to press on with a contentious plan to send some arriving asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.

Liz Truss should be celebrating her first month as Britain’s prime minister.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has acknowledged she could have done a better job “laying the ground” for her package of unfunded tax cuts.

Check out this haunted attraction in Birmingham

Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared three months ago while fighting with Ukrainian forces have arrived in their home state of Alabama.

Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls inside an Alabama church 59 years ago.

The Woodward Dream Cruise wants to remind the general public of the weight restrictions for commercial trucks and trailers for August 20.

sweetgreen, a fast-casual salad bar chain, opened its first Michigan doors Tuesday in Oakland County.

Here are the Wolverines -- both past and present -- competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Britain’s Prince Charles is facing more questions over his charities after a newspaper reported that one of his funds accepted a 1 million-pound ($1.2 million) donation from relatives of Osama bin Laden.

An Alabama grand jury has indicted a 70-year-old man on capital murder charges in the fatal shooting deaths of three people at a church potluck dinner in June.

Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley protested intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.

A tax attorney from Oakland County was hired by a business owner to help her settle an IRS investigation, but he convinced her she owed $6.5 million more than she actually did so he could put that money in his own Swiss bank account, federal officials said.

Birmingham police said 12 cars were stolen from residents over the span of nine days, and 7-10 of them had been left unlocked with the keys inside.

A witness to a shooting that killed three at an Alabama church says the gunman had sat by himself, drinking liquor and rejecting offers to join the others gathered at the potluck dinner.

Police say a 70-year-old man who fatally shot three elderly people at a church potluck dinner in Alabama had attended services there previously.

Police say a lone suspect fired on a small group meeting at a church near one of Alabama’s major cities, fatally wounding two people and injuring a third victim.

Blame bad budget assumptions and consistently declining enrollment for the budget hole the Birmingham Public Schools is in. The budget shortfall in totality is $14 million.

A 26-year-old Clinton Township man was arrested for eavesdropping after leaving a phone on and recording in a bathroom in Birmingham.

Steve Stricker completed at a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Regions Tradition, closing with a 4-under 68 for a six-stroke victory and his fourth PGA Tour Champions major title.

Two physicians who run a clinic in Alabama to treat children with gender dysphoria are bracing themselves now that a law that makes some of their work a crime has gone into effect.

A group of people and businesses in West Bloomfield, Dearborn, Detroit, Clinton Township and several others cities across Metro Detroit have been linked to a complex fraud scheme aimed at soliciting millions of dollars’ worth of business from Michigan crash victims over the past decade.

The final phase of remodeling one last part of Old Woodward in Birmingham was approved Monday (April 11) night at one of the city’s meetings. The goal is to help slow down traffic, provide safer pedestrian crossings and improve infrastructure in general.

It was a Premier League day that could hardly have gone any better for Tottenham.

Two burial sites in Birmingham’s Greenwood Cemetery have been recognized by the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

A Michigan State tennis player who lost 60 pounds and had to re-learn how to sit up and walk due to a near-death bout with ulcerative colitis has returned to the court and seized the No. 1 position on his team.

When you go to a bar or a restaurant, you may encounter a lot of intriguing individuals, and one woman is taking her enthusiasm for people-watching to a new level. She is known as the bar sketch artist, and she enjoys illustrating her surroundings.

Practicing diversity, equity and inclusion -- or DEI -- has become commonplace for many people and industries across the U.S. as society responds to increasingly public outcries against racism.

Birmingham Public Schools discovered a more than $14 million mid-year budget deficit.

In June, Birmingham Public Schools adopted a budget that had an estimated $1.58 million shortfall -- now they’re saying it’s actually a $14 million shortfall. That has implications for people’s property taxes.

Whether you crave classic fish and chips, or you love to start your night off with oysters, Hazel’s has your favorites from the sea. Michelle Oliver takes us there to Dine in the D.

A fire was burning at a coney island in Birmingham on Thursday morning.

Kim DeGiulio takes you to a unique gymnastics practice, where three schools are working together: Groves and Seaholm high schools for Birmingham Unified Gymnastics, and Troy High School gymnastics.

Roads were being cleared and crews were restoring power to thousands of customers after severe storms and possible tornadoes tore through several Alabama communities.

A University of Alabama building named for a former governor who led the Ku Klux Klan a century ago will also bear the name of the first Black person to attend the school.

The new office houses retail banking, commercial lending and asset based lending services acquired from Nicolet National Bank.

Three places in and around the city where you can get a mug of good ole hot cocoa.