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By DAVID EGGERT, ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two former Michigan health officials were charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease during the Flint water crisis, as prosecutors revisiting how the city...

Floodwall Closed

Moon Holds More Water in More Places Than Ever Thought

Chesterfield Says Restrictions Could Last Days

Richmond, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) - It is very likely Richmonders will be facing voluntary water restrictions next week. Richmond Public Utilities Director Calvin Farr says the James River is currently flowing at levels just above the voluntary restriction level, and is likely to drop below it in...

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two research groups announced this week that they've found water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet...

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOHN FLESHER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cabinet chiefs and GOP lawmakers celebrated alongside farm and business leaders Tuesday as the Trump administration made good on one of its biggest promised environmental rollbacks, proposing to remove federal protections for...

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOHN FLESHER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its oversight of state drinking water systems in the wake of the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan. The EPA's Office of Inspector General says in...

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN , Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Rivers are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought intensifies its grip on pockets of the American Southwest. Climatologists and other experts are...