Memorial Day is a special day for many Americans whose loved ones have fought for our country.

More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced under the forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced this week.

Wayne County Medical Examiner Dr. Carl Schmidt is being replaced after an audit revealed a wide range of mistakes and mismanagement at the Wayne County morgue.

Two University of Michigan epidemiologists discuss the current monkeypox outbreak and address commonly asked questions.

Giant Hogweed has been found in several counties around Michigan over the last decade, but since funding for tracking these invasive plants ended, it’s up to residents to report.

Bugs are a nuisance during the summer time, there's no denying it -- but there is something you can do about it.

Former Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter has been on the wrong end of this kind of trouble. He spoke exclusively to Local 4 about the current situation.

Memorial Day is a special day for many Americans whose loved ones have fought for our country.

A Michigan man who was being held captive by Russian forces on accusations of being a U.S. spy has been reunited with his family after a rescue mission that included an 18-hour race across Ukraine, officials said.

Detroit Tigers fans deserve better than what they're watching right now. It's time for the organization to make a change.

Officials said they found 18 guns at the home of a Detroit man who was making $2,000 per day by running a marijuana vending machine outside the house.

Nestled into what are now parks, picnic spots and soccer fields are the scattered remnants of an era gone by. The left behind ruins of when Detroit was on the literal front lines of the Cold War.

Though Easter has been around for centuries, some of its most popular traditions have not been.

A judge has ordered the demolition of the deteriorating Packard auto plant in Detroit, finding that it had become a public nuisance.

New research suggests that folate may also play a critical role throughout our life, especially when it comes to our brain.

The parents of the accused Oxford High School shooter appeared in court on Tuesday for a pretrial hearing.

Officials provided a moment-by-moment breakdown of how they say two people carried out a failed murder-for-hire scheme targeting a Sterling Heights woman.

Prosecutors have played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which a man charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer specifically mentions abducting the Democrat.

It’s a community on the west side of the state once known as “Black Eden.”

Jason Colthorp introduced Adrian Dantley to the man who infamously stole his shoes from the Detroit Pistons locker room during the 1988 NBA Finals.

It’s winter in Michigan, and with it come loads and loads of road salt.

Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) Director Julia Dale took over the position in October 2021.

The investigation started in December following a tip, according to the Board, and found Schlissel had been using his university email address to communicate with another employee.

If you accepted advance child tax credits in 2021, you’ll want to know this information before you file taxes.

Every year, Lake Superior State University has to make the tough decisions on which words won’t be enjoying the New Year with us.

Michigan COVID-19 testing: Where to find community sites, drive-thru sites and more, plus, what to do with your at-home test results.

Officials from Henry Ford Health System provided an update Wednesday on the state of COVID in Michigan, saying the current situation is a “crisis” and worse than a year ago.

“We’re in a critical stage right now. We are surging. We’re leading the nation in terms of cases. We are trailing in terms of vaccinations, and we have omicron here.”

It’s been several years since the start of the Flint water crisis, but the issue doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon in Michigan, and perhaps around the U.S.

Starting next year (2022), you’ll get more money, a lot more, but it will be to cover rising costs. Here’s a closer look at what to expect.

The right to abortions has been widely debated among Americans and lawmakers alike for decades -- a debate that has essentially reached a boiling point today, given a new Texas law and forthcoming Supreme Court ruling that could impact national abortion regulations.

Americans are being encouraged to test for COVID-19 more often -- but how can they, when at-home test kits have all but vanished?