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Is the fallout from Flint's water crisis just beginning?

Gov. Rick Snyder will ask the state Legislature to kick in half of the $12 million needed to switch the city of Flint back to the Detroit water system.…

Bristeria Clark (center) at the graduation ceremony for Morehouse School of Medicine's first class of rural doulas, called perinatal patient navigators. Clark, who's also a nurse and county employee, wants other women to have more support than she did while navigating pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care.

Maternity care in rural areas is in crisis. Can more doulas help?

A Georgia medical school has begun training and deploying doulas in rural areas of the state, with the goal of decreasing the risk of childbirth complications, especially for Black women.

The South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is seen in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., Aug. 8, 2023.

Breaks in water pipeline for Grand Canyon prompt shutdown of overnight hotel stays

The restrictions will run throughout the Labor Day holiday when hotels are near or at capacity. It's an unprecedented move, even for a water line that has experienced frequent failures.

Amid the fires, LA is warning some residents the tap water isn't safe. Here's why

Wildfires have a history of causing problems with the drinking water systems. In some affected areas around LA, officials are warning residents not to drink from the tap or even to shower.

Former Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) (file photo)

Federal appeals court likely future stop in former Gov. Rick Snyder's effort to avoid testifying in Flint water civil trial

On Friday, a federal judge told lawyers for Gov. Snyder and the others to file written briefs next week, that would be a step toward appealing to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court.

RFK Jr. says he'll fix the overdose crisis. Critics say his plan is risky

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he'll build treatment "farms" to help people recover.

Dana and Charles Banks in front of their Flint home, shortly before they sold it..

For this family, leaving Flint during the water crisis wasn't easy

A year ago, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver declared a state of emergency in the city. Now, officials say the water is improving, but it’s still not safe to…

Legislative panel takes a broader view of Flint water crisis

A legislative panel investigating the Flint water crisis will hear a report tomorrow about how serious the problem might be in the rest of the state.The…

Flint water testing lab short of online fundraising goal

Time is running out for an online fundraising campaign for a program that uses Flint teenagers to test their neighbors' tap water.Tests have shown lead…

A man survived a harrowing ordeal in open water as Hurricane Milton passed nearby, spending the night clinging to a large cooler before being rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew some 30 miles from shore.

'We were ecstatic': Coast Guard rescues a man clinging to a cooler in open water

"We couldn't believe it, honestly, that he was OK," a pilot said as he described finding a man who spent the night of Hurricane Milton's landfall 30 miles from land.

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