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The legendary RoboCop statue — 11 feet tall, 3,500 pounds of bronze — is finally at home in Detroit’s Eastern Market. Fans, selfie-sticks at the ready.

A chance encounter at Detroit's tree lighting ceremony led to an unexpected act of kindness that brought three strangers together on Friday.

Dec. 4, 2025 ~ Tami Brightrall, curator of primates and carnivores at the Detroit Zoo, joins Marie Osborne to discuss the Detroit Zoo welcoming three baby lion cubs. METRO DETROIT ~ Amirah, a 9-year-old African lioness in the Detroit Zoo, gave birth to three cubs, zoo officials recently announced. The cubs and their...

The Plymouth Township Police Department says it is investigating a "suspicious situation" after a man allegedly approached two middle school students while holding a pocket knife.

A man is dead and a woman in the hospital after a double shooting, Thursday morning on Detroit’s east side. Anyone with information is asks to call the DPD Homicide Unit.

DETROIT – A key hearing next week could determine freedom for Mario Willis, who has spent 16 years in prison for a fatal fire that killed a Detroit firefighter, a conviction his supporters say was built on changing testimony and missing evidence. Willis was convicted of second-degree murder and...

Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield has a mandate to turn the voices of residents into action, starting with a smooth transition of power, the lawyer chairing her transition team tells Axios in an interview. Why it matters: The city's first mayoral transition in over a decade involves a complex reshuffling of puzzle...

The new guidelines are effective at all DMC locations, including the Children's Hospital of Michigan.

Mary Sheffield, the mayor-elect of Detroit, met with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner on Thursday at the Marygrove Conservancy, which is serving as her transition headquarters, to discuss partnership opportunities between the city and the federal administration to preserve and expand...