NASA maps a week of Canadian wildfire smoke across North America
A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.

A new licensing route lets qualified applicants pair a bachelor’s degree with two years of supervised accounting experience and the CPA exam.
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8 stories in this desk.The attorney general’s office issued investigative demands to several menstrual-product brands while examining whether product-safety and chemical-composition claims misled Texas consumers.
The Texas attorney general’s cold-case unit says advanced forensic genealogy identified remains recovered in 2020 as those of Kristen Galvan, who was 15 when she disappeared.
An agreed temporary injunction gives Discord 90 days to introduce age-assurance and default protections comparable to safeguards used for its United Kingdom users.
Texas employers added an estimated 43,400 jobs in June, the largest numerical increase among the states, while the national unemployment rate held near 4.2 percent.
Texas is using state grants, federal support and local incentives to expand chip design and manufacturing, with new projects carrying job and investment commitments.
Robert Howden became Texas’ 116th secretary of state on July 18, taking over the state office that oversees elections, business filings and official records.
The Upper East Side outbreak has reached at least 67 confirmed cases as investigators continue testing and disinfecting building cooling towers.
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