Trudeau updates on Canada’s wildfires
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this wildfire season is the worst Canada has ever had. Smoke from the wildfires has blanketed the U.S. East Coast and Midwest, covering the capitals…
Detroit’s air quality among the world’s worst Wednesday due to Canadian wildfire smoke
Detroit had some of the worst air quality among major cities across the world Wednesday morning, according to IQAir’s air quality index, thanks to the wildfire smoke drifting south from…
Pence launches White House bid with rebuke of Trump
Mike Pence opened his 2024 presidential bid Wednesday with an unusually forceful denunciation of former President Donald Trump over Jan. 6. Pence is the first vice president in modern history…
Unhealthy smoke blankets East Coast
Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (June 7) (AP Video: Ted Shaffrey,…
Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting again. What to know and how to watch
One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii, began erupting Wednesday, sending up a fountain of lava from the volcano’s crater floor and triggering…
Rishi Sunak Meets with Congressional Leaders
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is visiting Washington this week to meet with President Joe Biden, U.S. business leaders and members of Congress. (June 7)
This seal was killed 3 months after being released into the wild: ‘We’re asking for help’
Officials are looking for the person believed to have intentionally killed an endangered Hawaiian monk seal with “severe blunt-force trauma” on Oahu, Hawaii, according to an announcement from the National…
Survey: Most Californians don’t support reparations payments for Black residents
Support for a reparations plan for Black residents doesn’t appear to be popular in California, according to a new survey. While most Californians surveyed believe racism occurs in the state,…
Surfers ride Amazon tidal wave on full moon
Surfers from across Brazil gathered to surf the “Pororoca” tidal bore at the mouth of Amazon River in Pará state. (June 8) (AP video shot by Lucas Dumphreys)
Unusual killer whale pod seen off California
Roughly two dozen killer whales were spotted last month off the coast of San Francisco in an uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California. The whales were likely together…