The media have sounded smoke alarms throughout the Northeast this week, for good reason. We haven’t seen air this bad since the 1960s when heavy (and dirty) fuel oil was the heating medium of choice.

On Thursday, two things happened at once: New York was under an air quality health alert, with emergency managers warning of the dangers of outside air exposure for people with health issues, and ...

Poor air quality can take a toll on your health. Here's how to protect yourself and loved ones during poor conditions.

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate A smoky haze hangs above the Hudson River and Dunn Memorial Bridge by the USS Slater, center, on Wednesday in Albany. The Albany ...

Smoke from northwestern California and southwestern Oregon has blown over from the Bay Area. Some relief is expected on ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is warning New Yorkers that unhealthy air quality conditions are expected to remain into the weekend, but it’s still uncertain how it may affect the July 4 holiday. Speaking ...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Smoky air from the Canadian wildfires will leave much of upstate with unhealthy air on Monday. In this photograph, the Albany skyline ...

Wildfires in Northern California and Oregon have pushed smoke down into the San Francisco Bay Area ahead of Thursday Night ...

The Bay Area’s poor air quality is adding an extra twist to the San Francisco 49ers’ home opener in Santa Clara Thursday ...

An air quality alert is in effect through Wednesday in New York City, the northern suburbs, Long Island and parts of northern New Jersey due to wildfires in Quebec, Canada, according to officials.

Preparing to play a second NFL game in less than a week is difficult enough, but wildfires in Oregon and Northern California ...

Smoke from the blazes in various parts of the country has been lapping into the U.S. since last month but intensified with a recent spate of fires in Quebec NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian ...