The Smoke From Wildfires Is Drifting South and East Into the United States

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There are hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada right now. The smoke from those fires has drifted south and east into the United States. This is pretty unusual because it's affecting a part of the US that's unaccustomed to it. Ainsley Johnston, data journalist for the Economist, explains why this is so unusual. She says an atmospheric phenomenon called a heat dome prevents air flowing clockwise around the dome - sending smoke towards the East Coast.

He is expected to be charged for failing to return classified documents and obstructing justice. The former president denies wrongdoing, and any possible convictions are still a long way away, but how does this affect his election campaign? Wildfires raging across Canada are choking New Yorkers. We take a closer look at the air quality data. And Putin’s alleged birth mother dies in Georgia.

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