Air-quality alerts are in effect for parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin due to massive wildfires burning in Canada. The fires have grown to 24,000 acres and some residents in the Northern Rockies were forced to evacuate over the weekend.
In the U.S., wildfire smoke has reached states from Montana to Wisconsin
Nearly all of the 3,000 residents of Fort Nelson have fled their homes. Data from NOAA shows the smoke beginning to drift south of the border. The blaze comes nearly a year after Canada's last destructive wildfire season
The U.S. military has completed the construction of a hulking metal pier that is expected to be jabbed into a beach in northern Gaza in the coming days, officials said. Completing the massive makeshift structure — approximately 1,500-ft long or the length of five U.S. football fields — is the first step in the Biden administration's two-month-long, $320 million gamble to open a sea route to get humanitarian aid through the eastern Mediterranean and into Gaza, where Israel continues to wage war...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest US$71 million into specific solar manufacturing projects across the value chain.
Official says final decision has not been made on shipment of thousands of bombs, which was halted amid review of the transfer of weaponsMiddle East crisis – live updates See all our Middle East coverageUS President Joe Biden’s administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official has said.Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis...
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, according to a US official. The shipment, which was held back last week, includes 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds and 1,700 bombs weighing 500 pounds. “We are especially focused on the end-use of the 2,000-pound bombs and the impact they could have in dense urban settings as we have seen in other parts of Gaza,” the official said. CNN reported over the weekend that one shipment...
By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, according to a US official. The shipment, which was held back last week, includes 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds and 1,700 bombs weighing 500 pounds. “We are especially focused on the end-use of the 2,000-pound bombs
By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, according to a US official. The shipment, which was held back last week, includes 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds and 1,700 bombs weighing 500 pounds. “We are especially focused on the end-use of the 2,000-pound bombs
By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, according to a US official. The shipment, which was held back last week, includes 1,800 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds and 1,700 bombs weighing 500 pounds. “We are especially focused on the end-use of the 2,000-pound bombs
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The City of Wichita reported an air quality Tuesday that is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. The city’s Air Quality Index is 121, with the main pollutant as PM 2.5 due
We'll see hazy skies due to smoke streaming into the state from wildfires in Canada. There is an Air Quality Alert in effect for our area until at least 11 a.m.