Alarmed residents and activists demand action over lead in the water in Syracuse

Syracuse residents are demanding city officials declare a state of emergency over what they say could be a worse lead contamination than the crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Alarming amounts of lead found in Syracuse, New York, drinking water

Through a new report, officials have discovered that Syracuse, New York, has some of the highest levels of lead found in drinking water in decades. Some people want it declared an emergency, but ...

Dangerous levels of lead in Syracuse water threaten health crisis

Syracuse, New York, is facing a crisis over high levels of lead in its water, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. CBS News' Lilia Luciano spoke to residents about the dangerous exposure.

Tests reveal dangerously high lead levels in water for dozens of Syracuse homes

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Haitian activists demand halt to deportations as gang violence and poverty soar

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London protesters demand water companies clean up sewage-tainted rivers

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US sounds alarm over North Korean troops training in Russia

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Federal officials sound alarm over fake election videos tied to Russia

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Alarm grows over Trump and Musk’s blizzard of baseless voter-fraud claims

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Robert Kennedy Jr’s influence over Trump sparks Big Pharma alarm

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No. 17 Pitt picks off Syracuse QB Kyle McCord five times -- returns three for TDs -- in romp over Orange

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Armed activists launch new protests in Martinique over high living costs

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Bahrain activists criticise UK over King Hamad's honorary knighthood

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McDonald's faces proposed class action lawsuit over E. coli outbreak

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EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products

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Private schools vote for legal action over VAT plans

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Unite union may bring legal action over winter fuel payments

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Health union warns of 'large-scale' industrial action over pay

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Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president’s legacy before ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism

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US will not stop military aid to Israel over approach to Gaza

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Iranian American human rights activist expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and Trump

A prominent Iranian American human rights activist has expressed shock but also defiance about Iranian murder-for-hire plots to kill her and Donald Trump that were disclosed by the U.S. Justice ...

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Harris takes lead over Trump in Iowa: Poll

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Bulls' Lonzo Ball looks like himself again in first regular season action in over 1,000 days

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Trump targets Washington Post, CBS with long-shot legal actions over Harris coverage, ads

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Bucks need action, not just talk, to pull themselves out of worst start in over two decades

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