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

Canadian wildfire smoke live 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 Canadian wildfires have engulfed the skies over most of the Northeast coast, prompting serious air quality alerts. Thirteen states have issued those alerts as the thick fumes block the sky and send people indoors. Canadian officials said firefighters […]

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When to expect air quality to improve in the US amid Canadian wildfires

When to expect air quality to improve in the US amid Canadian wildfires

Kadri Mohamed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canadian wildfires are impacting states as far south as Georgia, with New York City experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world. The wind conditions that are bringing plumes of smoke south are expected to last for several more days, […]

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How Canada’s wildfires and air quality warnings are connected to climate change

How Canada’s wildfires and air quality warnings are connected to climate change

Alex Kent/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Wildfires burning in Canada have prompted hazardous air pollution conditions in the U.S. this week, as smoke moves South and lingers over much of the Northeast. While wildfires in California and other western states have prompted air quality warnings in the past, seeing […]

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Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: Worst air quality yet may be headed to New York City

Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: Worst air quality yet may be headed to New York City

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing Canadian wildfires have engulfed the skies over most of the Northeast coast, prompting serious air quality alerts. Thirteen states have issued those alerts as the thick fumes block the sky and send people indoors. Canadian officials said firefighters […]

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Wildfire smoke map: Forecast shows which US cities, states are being impacted by Canadian wildfires

Wildfire smoke map: Forecast shows which US cities, states are being impacted by Canadian wildfires

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Wildfires burning in Canada continue to create poor air quality conditions in the U.S. as the smoke makes its way south. Hazy skies, low visibility and poor air quality will be present in most of the Northeast and the Midwest and even as far south […]

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School board’s Pride month vote leads to fights, protests, arrests in Glendale, Calif.

School board’s Pride month vote leads to fights, protests, arrests in Glendale, Calif.

Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images (GLENDALE, Calif.) — A California school district meeting where administrators voted to recognize Pride month, which celebrates the LGBTQ+ community, erupted into protests outside the venue involving several hundred people, according to the Glendale Police Department. Protesters of the Glendale Unified School District policy to recognize Pride […]

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Graduate and his dad killed in mass shooting after high school graduation in Virginia

Graduate and his dad killed in mass shooting after high school graduation in Virginia

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — A father and son were killed and several others were hurt in a mass shooting following a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, police said. The suspect, 19-year-old Ameri Ty-John Pollard, is in custody in connection with the shooting, which unfolded in a park […]

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Two killed in mass shooting after high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia: Police

Two killed in mass shooting after high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia: Police

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Two people were killed and several others were hurt in a mass shooting following a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, police said. A 19-year-old suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting, which unfolded in a park on Tuesday after the Huguenot […]

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Neighbor charged in killing of mom of four after ‘stand your ground’ claim rejected

Neighbor charged in killing of mom of four after ‘stand your ground’ claim rejected

Ben Crump Law (OCALA, Fla.) — The family of Ajike Owens, 35, and their attorney Anthony D. Thomas held a news conference on Monday demanding an arrest be made for the shooting death of Owens, a Florida mother of four. The Owens family is also being represented by civil rights […]

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Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued for 13 states

Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued for 13 states

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing Canadian wildfires have engulfed the skies over most of the northeast coast, prompting serious air quality alerts for millions of Americans. As of Tuesday evening, 17 states have issued those alerts as the thick fumes have blocked the sky […]

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