( June 10, 2024, 2:04 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — According to a note on the docket in the litigation for the water crisis in Flint, Mich., a federal judge in the state has granted preliminary approval to a $25 million settlement for the claims of residents and businesses that sued an engineering firm that was involved in making the decision to switch the local water supply to the Flint River, which precipitated the lead-contaminated water crisis....