Hank Winchester: 10 years later, effects of Flint water crisis remain Flint, 10 years later: This week marks 10 years since the start of the Flint water crisis, and while officials say the water is now safe, many residents continue to live with the consequences. Tonight ... 04/17/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Crime Stoppers of Flint & Genesee County using new unique approach to help solve crimes Crime Stoppers of Flint & Genesee County has revealed a new initiative using playing cards designed to breathe new life into investigations of unsolved crimes within the community. 04/17/2024 - 2:55 pm | View Link
New services offered for Flint residents at the new satellite service center The center will have water filters, water testing kits, NARCAN kits, fentanyl testing strips and public health resource referrals. 04/17/2024 - 9:53 am | View Link
City of Flint introduces public health navigation services Flint residents can get water filters, Narcan kits, public health resource referrals and more— all in one place. 04/17/2024 - 6:38 am | View Link
Commentary: Recall the Flint City Council? But at what cost? By Paul Rozycki Within the last year, all but one elected Flint City Council member has faced the possibility of a recall. The late Councilman Eric Mays (Ward 1) saw two recall petitions approved ... 04/16/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
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Cooking and food shopping are very different in America than they used to be.
For one thing, there’s an often overwhelming “time tax” on many workers, leaving us with mere minutes for cooking–the average American has only about 39 minutes to devote to food preparation and clean up per day, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2022.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
It was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in one of the desert city’s hottest and least shaded neighborhoods.
Still, it was sweaty backbreaking work as they carefully positioned, watered and staked a 10ft tall Blue palo verde and Chilean mesquite in opposite corners of resident Ana Cordoba’s dusty unshaded backyard.
“If I ever retire, I’d like to be able to spend more time outside.
New York Times reporter and CNN senior political analyst Maggie Haberman joins CNN's Laura Coates to answer questions from viewers about the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.
“With the slightest of jabs Wednesday, President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged former President Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York for the first time since it got underway,” USA Today reports.
Said Biden: “Under my predecessor − who’s busy right now…”
“There was little doubt what Biden was referencing. And the line, delivered during a speech at the United Steelworkers union’s headquarters, drew laughter in response.”
“Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president’s criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away,” the AP reports.
“Trump’s lawyers are asking Judge Juan M.