The Time Period

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The following are some news that occurred around the same time as some significant things in the Flint water crisis like in December 2015 when Flint declared a state of emergency or in April 2014 when Flint switched the water supply.

Local: Troopers stopping Pitbull Attack (December 15, 2015).
Michigan's first December tornado (December 2015)

National: The Powerball (April 25th, 2014).
Los Angeles schools close after email threat (December 2015)

Global: Guinea declared Ebola free of virus (December 2015)
Bombing in Syria (May 2014)

On a local level, in Michigan there has been plenty of local crimes occurring as well as natural disasters occurring around the state from April 2014 on forward. On a national level, many things are occurring with terrorism and the powerball is becoming attention to the media. On a global scale, the nation is dealing with epidemics such as ebola and bombings in the middle east such as Syria which is an absolute tragedy.