WCAI Site Search

A person jogs through a Brooklyn park on a hazy morning resulting from Canadian wildfires on June 6 in New York City.

How Canadian wildfires are worsening U.S. air quality and what you can do to cope

The National Weather Service said air quality has "plummeted" across the Northeast. A disaster preparedness expert says people should take the warnings seriously.

Wildfire smoke filling the New York City skyline was a familiar sight to communities in the Western U.S., who have had to learn to live with the effects of more extreme fires.

3 lessons from the Western U.S. for dealing with wildfire smoke

How bad does the air get inside your house? What should schools do about recess? Western states have grappled with all that before.

Blinken visited China. Then Biden called Xi a dictator. So what comes next?

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China was considered a success by government officials. In such a complicated relationship, what does that even look like?

Can Endorsements Help a Campaign?

Can endorsements help a campaign? Hillary Clinton is in a three-way dogfight in Iowa, and John McCain is struggling to revive his campaign, which is flagging in Iowa. Both candidates were endorsed by the Des Moines Register over the weekend. In addition to the Iowa paper's endorsement, McCain got a nod Monday from Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut — the 2000 Democratic vice-presidential nominee. That endorsement might not help McCain in Iowa but could help win over independents in New Hampshire.

Democratic county executive on Trump's visit to Michigan and local economic concerns

Before a rally in Michigan on Tuesday, President Trump signed actions to give automakers a break from some tariffs. NPR speaks with Macomb County Chief Executive Mark Hackel about the reprieve.

FILE: University of Florida biologist Jonathan Glueckert, working in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, monitors a site on the Connecticut River in Portland, Ct., where USACE scientists added inert dye to the water in order to study flow patterns and increase understanding of how to treat fight back against highly invasive hydrilla September 09, 2025. Hydrilla was identified in the Connecticut River in 2016 and recent surveys of hydrilla in area waters and according to the US Army Corps of Engineers, “The plant is spreading and the risk of it spreading further to other regional waterbodies is significant.”

CT lawmakers consider rapid response program to treat invasive hydrilla

The new program would establish a task force to develop a state-wide protocol for containing and eliminating hydrilla, an invasive water plant that’s spreading aggressively in Connecticut.

What happens to CNN if Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery?

The deal struck by Paramount to acquire CNN's parent company leaves a series of questions over the cable TV news giant. Journalists there are girding for what could be next if the deal is approved.

The U.S. ready to make up, Europe ready to break up in Munich

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to reassure Europe at the Munich Security Conference, but European leaders are skeptical.

Illinois child care providers on edge amid ongoing uncertainty around federal funding

Illinois is one of five Democrat-led states fighting the Trump administration's freeze on child care funding. Child care providers in the state say they will be forced to close if funding is halted.

A lawsuit over an abortion pill could about change how the FDA approves medicines

A federal judge is set to rule in a case challenging the FDA's approval of an abortion pill decades ago. Siding with the anti-abortion group may have ripple effects on drug approvals as we know them.

Search results for