SOUTH BEND — To comply with new federal regulations, South Bend officials are asking homeowners and business owners to test whether their water service lines are made of lead or some other material.

Although lead service lines exist in some area municipal water systems, it’s a far different situation than Flint, Mich., and the lead lines don’t pose a hazard to consumers. That’s according to water ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs' worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek, the pipeline's operator ...