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Schools all over the country, not just Michigan, have struggled to eliminate lead from water fountains and cafeterias — some for more than a decade.

President Obama will announce his choice of a successor to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at 11 a.m. ET.

There's little doubt the president's choice nominee will face a tough fight in the appointment process, as Republicans have said they won't even consider his pick.

President Obama on Wednesday will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Antonin Scalia's death. Sri Srinivasan is among the top contenders; he's South Asian and Hindu.

Merrick Garland, a judge with 18 years' experience, was not the first choice of liberals. But President Obama hopes his ability to win over conservatives will extend to the Supreme Court.

A southwestern Illinois candidate who died in November is leading in the race for a Democratic Party committeeman post in the city of Belleville. Janet…

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will become the chief of staff for current President Dilma Rousseff, meaning only Brazil's supreme court can try him. Rousseff herself is in the process of being impeached.

With cameras and smartphones, volunteers in Tanzania are snapping pictures as they cruise the dirt roads of Dar es Salaam, one of Africa's fastest-growing cities.

President Obama has nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, but the Senate had said it would take no action on a nominee from the Obama administration.

Pianist Aruán Ortiz grew up in Cuba and lived in Spain a few years before moving to the US in 2002. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says Ortiz's new trio music is fully bilingual.