“He once said that he’d never told a joke in his life.” Kaufman had surfaced during a golden era for US comedians, when superstar standups like Richard Pryor and George Carlin were breaking ...

A 33-year-old Oakland man is dead following a shooting early Saturday morning in the uptown district of Oakland. The incident happened around 12:40 a.m. in the 500 block of 18th Street.

The longtime progressive former Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced her victory Saturday in the special election to decide the next Oakland mayor after challenger Loren Taylor conceded.

Kaufman County is the fastest-growing county in the state and the second in the country, according to new data from the United States Census Bureau earlier this month. "Kaufman is a great place.

A preliminary examination is scheduled for the case against a prominent 82-year-old pastor of a Pontiac church ... Douglas Jones will proceed to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial.

The man was Andy Kaufman and those questions are but two of many that linger decades after his death, as people have spent much time and energy trying to explain what made this distinctive ...

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., defeated former Oakland City Council member Loren Taylor in Oakland's special election for mayor, following months of uncertainty for the struggling city.

One moment in Andy Kaufman's life changed everything that came after it. Close friends and family appear in Thank You Very Much, the newly released documentary on the life of the late comedian and ...

A new documentary shows how Andy Kaufman’s upside-down world of anti-comedy prefigured our own. Credit...Photo illustration by Javier Jaén Supported by By Jonah Weiner Jonah Weiner, a ...

OAKLAND — An apartment tower in downtown Oakland has been bought by a local real estate investor in a deal that hints at fading residential market values in the city. An affiliate controlled by ...

Jones, senior pastor of Welcome Missionary Baptist Church since 1989, is well-known for his ministries and other involvement throughout Pontiac. The Oakland County Health Network, of which Jones ...