Canada Day fireworks cancelled over air quality fears
Concerns over air pollution and starting further fires mean some displays have been called off.
2023-07-01 07:51
JD Power quality survey: Alfa Romeo takes top spot
JD Power's Initial Quality report, released last week, contained a huge surprise. The top-quality luxury brand wasn't frequent winner Lexus, a brand famous for ranking at the top of such surveys. This time it was Alfa Romeo, an Italian car with a reputation for excitement -- but not necessarily trouble-free ownership.
2023-07-01 01:25
Noel Gallagher and Garbage cancel Wisconsin concert due to poor air quality as Canadian fires rage
Garbage and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds were forced to cancel the Wisconsin concert they were set to co-headline on Wednesday due to poor air quality in the region as hundreds of wildfires in Canada continue burning.
2023-06-29 08:22
Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use, study shows
Quality of new vehicles sold in the United States is declining as factors such as growing use of
2023-06-23 00:28
Fishing crew that lost out on $3 million top prize in blue marlin tournament files protest and retains law firm
The owner, captain, and crew of the fishing vessel Sensation, who lost out on over $3 million in tournament prize money when the 619.4-pound blue marlin they caught on Saturday was disqualified, has hired a law firm to protest the decision.
2023-06-21 01:27
Fishing crew misses out on $3 million prize after 619-pound blue marlin disqualified because of 'mutilation'
A fishing crew lost out on over $3 million in tournament prize money after the 619.4-pound blue marlin they caught was disqualified due to "mutilation" caused by a shark or other marine animal, according to a statement from the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.
2023-06-20 00:26
George Orwell's 1984 returned to Portland library after 65 years
Man returns George Orwell's dystopian novel to library decades late because of its relevance today.
2023-06-16 18:55
New round of smoke from Canada fires prompts air quality alerts across the Upper Midwest
Thick plumes of smoke from dozens of wildfires raging in Ontario, Canada, are billowing across the US border, compromising the air quality for millions of residents in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
2023-06-15 12:15
Facebook faces new allegations of gender discrimination in its delivery of job ads. Research by human rights group suggests it's a global concern
Facebook-parent Meta is the subject of four new complaints from human rights groups in Europe alleging that the algorithm it uses to target users with companies' job advertisements is discriminatory. Nonprofit Global Witness shared new research with CNN that it says shows the algorithm distributing job ads is based on gender stereotypes, and that it appears to be a global issue.
2023-06-12 14:25
Hazardous air quality leaves some workers gasping for help
On Wednesday in Queens, William Medina was blasted with smoke, his lungs choked by polluted air as he delivered Uber Eats orders by scooter. That day, drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires gave New York City the world's worst air pollution.
2023-06-11 01:56
Cities across the Northeast experience better air quality indexes as hazardous wildfire smoke subsides
Sorely missed blue skies are returning and cities across the northeastern US are experiencing better air quality indexes after the monstrous cloud of smoke spewed by the wildfires in Canada dissipates.
2023-06-10 22:17
Poor air quality on the East Coast is putting vulnerable neighborhoods at higher risk, activists say
Avni Pravin did not have asthma growing up.
2023-06-09 05:47