When Liz Gouari was making plans to move from Africa to join her husband in a rural stretch of northern Quebec, he promised her that Canada was a tranquil nation. But on Wednesday, the couple was among dozens of people sitting in stunned disbelief in an evacuation center after the entire city where they lived […]
A man convicted of fatally shooting a scientist camping in a California state park with his two children in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and other charges, the authorities said. In the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on Wednesday, Judge Eleanor J. Hunter sentenced Anthony Rauda, now 46, to […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a federal law that adds two years of prison to various felonies if identity theft is involved, unanimously ruling that the government had interpreted what can count too broadly. The case centered on a Texas man, David Dubin, who was convicted of overbilling Medicaid for a […]
As wildfire smoke from Canada continued to drift across the United States, creating unhealthy air quality, many places across the country were under air quality alerts on Thursday. Heeding those alerts is important to staying safe, but monitoring air quality levels can also help you decide when it is safe to go outside. (Air quality […]
For New Yorkers, the city’s war on trash is about to hit home. On Thursday, the New York City Council is expected to approve a bill that will require New Yorkers to separate their food waste from regular trash, much as they already do with recyclable items. The residential mandate would roll out borough by […]
The idea behind a chatbot project funded by the National Eating Disorders Association was that technology could be unleashed to help people seeking guidance about eating behaviors, available around the clock. Their creation was named Tessa, and the organization invited people to chat with it in an Instagram post last year, describing it as “a […]
For much of their lives, the Jones siblings had passed by a parking lot on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville without giving it much thought. Then one day, a relative casually pointed to the spot and said she thought it was once owned by their ancestors, who had farmed the land […]
Good morning. It’s Thursday. We’ll look at what to expect for air quality today in New York City. We’ll also look at a photo from a less-bad-air day nearly 57 years ago. And we’ll find out why a meeting of state cannabis regulators and retail license holders suddenly became heated. Jennifer Poynter and her husband […]
In New York City and several large cities across the state, all outdoor activities and field trips were canceled for students on Wednesday as Gov. Kathy Hochul strongly urged districts “who have not yet done so to follow suit.” In New Jersey, some districts devised plans to dismiss students several hours early, while calling off […]
The guidance that goes for humans also applies to pets: When the air is intensely polluted, limit the time your pet is outside. “The air we breathe, pets feel it too,” said Dr. Jerry Klein, the chief veterinary officer at the American Kennel Club. Older animals with underlying medical problems, like heart, respiratory or pulmonary […]