Silvia Foster-Frau

• Visual Forensics

Victims and survivors filmed Helene’s flooding in Tennessee, showing what went wrong as a hospital was evacuated and six people were swept away at a nearby factory.

• Climate

The Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Tuesday could eliminate a toxic threat to U.S. children and is projected to cost tens of billions of dollars.

• Elections

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

• National

An estimated 43 million Americans get water from wells they own. Should government require them to test and treat their water?

• Post Reports

Despite years of worry about lead contamination in tap water, the problem persists – including at schools in the United States. That’s the case in New York state, where schools showed alarming lead levels. Today, how families there are fighting for clean water.

• National

Advocates worry the funding does not go far enough but applaud attempts to test for and remediate lead in water provided to schoolchildren.

• National

Without a national mandate to test school drinking water for lead, U.S. children are often exposed to lead in their school drinking water.

• National

The remarks evoked painful memories for the growing population of Americans who identify as more than one race.

• Post Reports

Despite being the world’s wealthiest nation, the U.S. has communities that are still exposed to toxic tap water. Today, we hear how a city in New Mexico has struggled with high levels of arsenic in its water — and how its residents are fighting back.