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A guaranteed income program in Flint, Michigan offers new mothers $500 every month for the first year of their child's life
The new guaranteed income program offers mothers a lump sum of $1,500 during pregnancy and then ano…
Katie Balevic
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Elon Musk's water filters for schools in Flint are almost ready
Elon Musk donated $480,000 to fund new water filtration systems for Flint, Michigan schools followi…
Aleeya Mayo
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Country singer Jake Flint's wife posts touching video taken at their wedding hours before her husband's death
Flint died in his sleep on the night of his wedding. His fiancée mourned his loss online, writing "…
Rebecca Cohen
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Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been criminally charged with willful neglect in connection with the Flint water crisis, report says
The contaminated water supply in Flint, Michigan caused an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and ex…
Grace Panetta
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Country singer Jake Flint dies at age 37 just hours after his wedding. His mourning wife said her 'heart is gone.'
"People aren't meant to feel this much pain," his wife wrote on Facebook after Flint died in his sl…
Rebecca Cohen
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Michigan's solicitor general says the state may file more indictments against former Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water case
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder faces two misdemeanor charges from the Flint water crisis, but the…
Jacob Shamsian
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A water crisis outside New York City has surpassed Flint, according to a pediatrician who helped uncover the Flint disaster
If anyone is familiar with the properties of lead, it's Hanna-Attisha. In 2015, she helped blow the…
Aria Bendix
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Newark's lead contamination crisis could be worse than Flint's. Residents say the city is handling it all wrong.
The eastern swath of Newark is served by the Wanaque treatment plant, where city officials used a d…
Aria Bendix
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New Jersey's largest city is distributing bottled water - another sign that its water crisis may be mirroring Flint
On Sunday, Mayor Baraka announced that Newark would begin offering free bottled water at four local…
Aria Bendix
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Fetal deaths rose 58% after Flint switched to lead-poisoned water
Back in April 2014, in an effort to save money, Flint's emergency manager switched the city's water…
Elena Holodny
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Thousands of Flint residents could lose their homes over unpaid water bills
Flint's water crisis began in 2014 when the city switched its water source to the Flint River, resu…
Mark Abadi
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Suspect in custody after police officer stabbed in possible act of terrorism at Flint airport
"We are aware of reports that the attacker made statements immediately prior to or while attacking …
Alex Lockie
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CNN host grills Michigan governor on Flint water crisis
Flint switched off of Detroit's water supply to the Flint River in April 2014. The state was aware …
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11 heartbreaking images of the water-pollution crisis in Flint, Michigan
Flint switched back to the Detroit water supply in October 2015, but the damage had already been do…
Courtney Verrill
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President Obama to Flint, Michigan: We have your back
Flint's water supply was contaminated following a 2014 switch off of Detroit's water system and ont…
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Elon Musk's $480,000 donation to Flint public schools will help provide students clean drinking water starting next year
Flint, Michigan, announced last week that Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation have donated $480,350 t…
Mark Matousek
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Elon Musk has reportedly donated $423,600 to Flint public schools to buy laptops for all of its seventh and eighth-grade students
The reported donation is the second FCS has received from the Musk Foundation. In October, the city…
Mark Matousek
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A Wall Street veteran is teaming up with Victor Cruz and Draymond Greek to launch a tech accelerator for startups in an unlikely city - Flint
"We've all seen and read the sad and tragic stories of what has happened in Flint," said Soledad O'…
Madeline Shi
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A mother in Flint, Michigan collected more than 800 neighborhood water samples to help uncover the city's lead crisis
Walters is now gearing up to do independent, tamper-proof, and citizen-driven testing on taps aroun…
Hilary Brueck
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Elon Musk says he will help pay to fix the water in any house in Flint, Michigan that exceeds the FDA's accepted contamination levels
"We were asked to create a backup option & worked hard to do so. Checked with dive team many ti…