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The powerful consulting firm McKinsey will "accept responsibility" and pay $650 million for helping to fuel the opioid crisis, but executives will once again dodge prosecution.

“Some people are very excited about it. They embrace it. They see it as bringing a really dynamic future to education,” said Dr. Sapna Thwaite, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan Flint.

In a report to the federal judge overseeing the settlement, the claims administrator said about 72% of the claims are for personal injury. The rest assert a property damage or business-related claim.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mohamed Riyas, acting country director for Myanmar at the International Rescue Committee, about relief efforts in the wake of a devastating earthquake.

Flint residents will now have until June 30 to file a claim for a share of a $626 million legal settlement tied to the Flint water crisis. The original deadline to file a claim had been this Thursday.

The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether defendants in the Flint water criminal case were denied a key constitutional right. If they win, one attorney says charges against defendants going all the way up to ex-Governor Rick Snyder could be thrown out.

President Donald Trump pulled a Biden administration plan to set effluent limits on PFAS. Michigan currently has PFAS regulations for drinking water supplies in place, though they are currently being challenged in court.

Despite the lead testing data, an EGLE spokesperson says the city’s drinking water quality is improving.

There remain about 1,900 homes that require repairs to fix damaged lawns, sidewalks, driveways, and curbs.

The line of cars queuing for free bottled water at the Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in northern Flint reaches into the hundreds by 10 a.m.,…