( October 29, 2026, 12:17 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied the United States’ petition for permission to appeal two trial court orders denying its motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction claims by Flint, Mich., residents in a consolidated Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit alleging negligence on the part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency when responding to the city’s water crisis, which arose after the city switched the source of its water supply....