What Are the Health Risks of Wildfire Smoke Exposure?
A lot is still unknown about the toll wildfire smoke takes on your health. But most adults and children without pre-existing conditions will likely recover...
Homelessness in L.A. Increases by 9%
Background: A vital if imperfect annual snapshot. The increase in Los Angeles mirrors trends playing out in cities across the country, including Phoenix, as a...
College Admissions Are Changing. What Do You Want to Know?
With rulings from the Supreme Court on race-conscious affirmative action and on student loans, the new college landscape might need navigating. What does this mean...
Chicago and Midwest Air Quality Declines as Canada Wildfire Smoke Lingers
Follow our live updates on the Canadian wildfires and air quality. Chicago and much of the Upper Midwest were blanketed with a smoky haze from...
Air Quality in Toronto Is Among the Worst in the World
Toronto has several distinctions. It is Canada’s largest city and its financial center. It hosts the Toronto Raptors, which won the N.B.A. championship in 2019....
Heat Wave Is Expected to Bake California This Weekend
California is in for a heat wave. The Golden State has recently been locked into a cloudier- and chillier-than-usual weather pattern, a stark contrast to...
Read the Supreme Court Decision
STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. PRESIDENT
AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
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Five California State Parks to Visit This Summer
California has the nation’s largest state park system, with 280 parks that together encompass more than a million acres of wildlife reserves, stunning waterfalls, sprawling...
Oregon’s Self-Serve Gas Ban Could Soon End as Bill Heads to Governor
Oregon’s longstanding status as one of just two states that restrict self-service gas could soon come to an end. Last week the State Legislature approved...
When Will the Heat End?
Dangerous heat is continuing to expand east this week, delivering the hottest temperatures of the year for many states in the South outside of Texas....
Former Ohio Speaker Householder Faces Sentencing in Bribery Scheme
The former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives was given the maximum 20-year prison sentence on Thursday for his central role in what prosecutors...
Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92
Mr. Sheehan, believing the papers were “the property of the people” and had been paid for with “the blood of their sons,” as he said,...
Mississippi Deputies Are ‘Terminated’ After 2 Black Men Claim Abuse
Several Mississippi deputy sheriffs who were accused of sexually assaulting two Black men and shooting one of them in the face have been fired or...
The emerging science of tracing smoke back to wildfires.
As smoke from wildfires crosses state and international borders more frequently, tracking and studying it is increasingly important for shaping air quality and health measures...