Obama drinks filtered city water in Flint to show it’s safe
By KEVIN FREKING Showing support for the beleaguered residents of Flint, Michigan, President Barack Obama drank filtered city water on Wednesday to show that it is again safe following a…
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3 charged with several crimes in Flint water crisis
By MIKE HO– USEHOLDER and ED WHITE Two state regulators and a Flint employee were charged Wednesday with evidence tampering and other felonies and misdemeanors, for the first time raising…
US water systems repeatedly exceed federal standard for lead
By RYAN J. FOLEY and MEGHAN HOYER This railroad town promotes its ties to Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and the poet Carl Sandburg. But Galesburg’s long history also shows in…
American Muslims decry Cruz community surveillance comments
By JEFF KAROUB Some American Muslims feel they are once again on the defensive following presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s suggestion that Muslim-dominated neighborhoods should be subject to increased surveillance in…
Class action suit filed by residents over Flint water crisis
A lawsuit stemming from Flint’s lead-contaminated water was filed Monday on behalf of the city’s residents against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as other current and former government officials…
Americans split over safety of US drinking water
When it comes to water, only about half of Americans are very confident in the safety of what’s flowing from their tap, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, which found…
Ryan ‘laughed out loud’ at Trump threat
The Latest on the 2016 presidential race, which includes a Republican debate on Thursday night in Detroit (all times EST): 12:40 p.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he “laughed out…
Gun shop owner: Suspect bought jacket before Kalamazoo shootings
By DAVID R. MARTIN A gun shop owner says the man charged in the Kalamazoo shootings came into his store hours before the rampage and bought a jacket with an…