Smoky air is filled with microscopic flakes of particulate matter that can get into the lungs and even into the blood stream.
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Much of the Northeast U.S. is blanketed in a murky haze of wildfire smoke. For most people breathing this air is unpleasant, for others it can be life-threatening. There are ways to reduce the risk.
Christine and the Queens performs during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.
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Smoky air is filled with microscopic flakes of particulate matter that can get into the lungs and even into the blood stream.
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The remains of the Kakhovka Dam as seen by satellite on June 7, 2023. Seismologists claim to have seen an explosive signal around the time of the dam's collapse.
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Aimee Chavira, shown weeks after she was released from the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, which is near Oakland, Calif.
Aimee Chavira
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Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in an Alabama redistricting case, speaks following Supreme Court oral arguments on Oct. 4, 2022. The court on Thursday ruled in favor of Milligan in the case, ordering the creation of a second Alabama congressional district with a large Black population.
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