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Wildfire smoke and air quality live updates: Northeast flights disrupted

Wildfire smoke and air quality live updates: Northeast flights disrupted

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing wildfires in Canada have engulfed the skies over much of the East Coast, prompting serious air quality alerts in at least 20 states from Missouri to Massachusetts. Canadian officials said firefighters are scrambling to put out the blazes. […]

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Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: A million N95 masks available Thursday in New York

Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: A million N95 masks available Thursday in New York

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing wildfires in Canada have engulfed the skies over much of the East Coast, prompting serious air quality alerts in at least 20 states from Missouri to Massachusetts. Canadian officials said firefighters are scrambling to put out the blazes. […]

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Pat Robertson, Christian evangelist and former presidential candidate, dead at 93

Pat Robertson, Christian evangelist and former presidential candidate, dead at 93

Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pat Robertson, the Christian evangelist best known for his political commentary on The 700 Club and a former presidential candidate, has died. He was 93 years old. Robertson died early Thursday at his home in Virginia, according to the TV network he […]

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Former USC football player arrested after being accused of raping two women

Former USC football player arrested after being accused of raping two women

amphotora/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A former USC college football player has been charged with raping two women in the past three years, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The suspect, 22-year-old Joshua Fred James Jackson Jr., was arrested on Wednesday and charged with one felony count […]

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‘Like the apocalypse’: Residents react as Canadian wildfires bring smoke to eastern US

‘Like the apocalypse’: Residents react as Canadian wildfires bring smoke to eastern US

Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing hazy skies and unhealthy conditions across a large swath of the eastern United States in what officials have called an unprecedented event. Those outdoors in New York City on Wednesday couldn’t help but take notice […]

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Family calls for justice after neighbor arrested in killing of mom of four in front of her children

Family calls for justice after neighbor arrested in killing of mom of four in front of her children

Ben Crump Law (NEW YORK) — The family of a Florida mother of four called for justice after her alleged killer — a neighbor she was feuding with — was arrested, asking the state attorney to deliver an effective prosecution. “Do not fail AJ,” said Pamela Dias, the mother of […]

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Why Buffalo officials say the city’s lead pipe removal project will take decades to complete

Why Buffalo officials say the city’s lead pipe removal project will take decades to complete

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Over half of Buffalo, New York’s water service lines are estimated to contain lead, but city officials say the work to replace them could last over the next two decades and cost nearly half a billion dollars to complete. Nearly 40,000 water service lines […]

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New York City’s ‘smoke wave’ response time for warnings criticized

New York City’s ‘smoke wave’ response time for warnings criticized

David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As New York City was bombarded with dangerous air and smoke conditions that turned the skyline orange, some residents and environmental experts questioned if the city’s leader acted quickly enough to warn people about the dangers of the “smoke wave.” The city’s Office […]

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Canadian wildfire smoke updates: New York City tops list of world’s worst air quality rankings

Canadian wildfire smoke updates: New York City tops list of world’s worst air quality rankings

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing wildfires in Canada have engulfed the skies over much of the Northeast, prompting serious air quality alerts in at least 16 states. Canadian officials said firefighters are scrambling to put out the blazes. So far this wildfire season, […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 6/7/23

Scoreboard roundup — 6/7/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit at Philadelphia (Postponed) Oakland 9, Pittsburgh 5 San Diego 10, Seattle 3 Miami 6, Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 10, Baltimore 2 St. Louis 1, Texas 0 LA Angels 6, Chi Cubs 2 AMERICAN […]

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