New York City experienced its worst air quality on record. Here’s how to stay safe as the smoke spreads. By David Leonhardt Residents of the western U.S. and Canada have become grimly ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that at 5 p.m., the AQI had hit 484, “the highest level index of our knowledge since the ‘60s.” ...

New York City’s air has been heavily polluted by thick smoke from Canadian wildfires burning hundreds of miles away. NYC Mayor Eric Adams warned residents to stay inside to avoid exposure.

In a statement at 7:30 a.m., the FAA said it “will likely need to take steps to manage the flow of traffic safely in New York City,” as well as for Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Charlotte.

New York was eerily orange on Wednesday as smoke shrouded the city. The haze drifted in from wildfires raging in Quebec, some 500 miles away, wreaking havoc on air quality across the ...

Wildfires were burning from one end of New Jersey to the other on Friday after one of the driest months on record, leading New York City to issue smoke warnings and forcing farmers to take ...

The good news is the air won't be as difficult to breathe on Aug. 1. The bad news is the Canadian wildfire smoke is still ...

An air quality alert for the Chicago area was extended for a second time as smoke from Canadian wildfires lingers overhead ...