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Michigan AG Schuette talks about Flint water and supporting police officers at RNC

Flint’s drinking water crisis took center stage at the Republican National Convention today, if only for a moment.Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette…

The community action group Detroit Water Brigade delivered water in August 2014 to city residents whose water had been shut off because of late payments.

Rising cost of water in Michigan leads to affordability problems

A growing number of Michigan households are burdened by high water bills, a University of Michigan report finds.

Defiant to depressed: 10% of Flint households owed more than $1,000 in water bills this spring

Judith Pruitt’s water bill is $7,545.29.That’s after the Flint retiree withdrew nearly $900 out of her savings account a few weeks ago to pay the city, or…

As state ends free bottled water, Rep. Kildee says people of Flint deserve “a little more respect”

Governor Snyder’s administration has announced that it will stop providing free water bottles to Flint residents. The state says lead levels in Flint…

Wajahat Malik, right, and a Pakistan Navy seaman navigate the Indus River. Malik organized a 40-day expedition down the 2,000-mile river to document "the peoples, the cultures, the biodiversity and just whatever comes our way," he says — including the impact of climate change and pollution.

Floating in a rubber dinghy, a filmmaker documents the Indus River's water woes

Pakistani filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

After last minute negotiations, Flint City Council must approve 30-year water deal Tuesday

Flint is on the verge of moving ahead with a 30-year drinking water contract with the Great Lakes Water Authority, under an agreement hashed out in…

Critics say it's too soon for the government to say Flint tap water is safe to drink

Tomorrow, state and federal officials meet in Chicago to discuss the latest data on Flint’s water crisis.Critics of the state’s handling of the Flint…

Getting into the community of Cacao is a challenge. The 157 route is being cleared after major landslides caused by Hurricane Fiona blocked access.

Isolated communities in Puerto Rico struggle to regain water and power after Fiona

Hurricane Fiona's unrelenting rains led to swollen rivers and washed out roads and bridges in many areas of Puerto Rico. It's isolated many mountain communities and slowed the recovery.

Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck play a couple whose marriage is not what it seems in <em>Deep Water.</em>

'Deep Water' is a disjointed take on an unhappy couple's open marriage

Director Adrian Lyne made his mark in Hollywood years ago with films like Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal. Now he's back, with the story of a picture-perfect marriage marred by mind games.

Detroit flooding was "inevitable," Great Lakes Water Authority report says

A power failure at a pumping station on Detroit’s east side kept some pumps from working during a June 2021 rainstorm and prevented others from coming online. But according to the report, while the pumping failures likely “exacerbated” the flooding, it was the sheer amount of rainfall in such a short period of time that overwhelmed the sewer system.

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