Wildfire Smoke Turns Skies Orange Across the U.S., and Democrats Make a Big Shift on Israel
7/16/202610 min
Plus, why Gen Z is turning to trade schools.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Smoke Floating Far From Canada’s Wildfires Will Darken Skies Again on Thursday, by Judson Jones
Clayton Dodges Question on 2020 Election, and Democrats Call Him on It, by Julian E. Barnes
Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel, by Annie Karni
Mom, Dad, I Want to Be a Welder, by Callie Holtermann
Why Are Berries Everywhere, in Every Season? Driscoll’s., by Julia Moskin
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:26
[Instrumental music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Thursday, July 16th. Here's what we're covering.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:36
Holy macaroni. It is smoky, and you can feel the smoke as you're breathing it in.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:48
Across the upper Midwest and the Great Lakes- It is thick.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:52
It really smells like smoke here It was way more yellow this morning.
Speaker 4· Soundbite0:56
This is spooky ...
Tracy Mumford· Host0:57
into New England and down to New York- This is some of that thick haze now settling in across the area ... dense smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada has been smothering cities this week, turning skies orange and hazy. Several wildfires are also burning in Minnesota.
Speaker 3· Soundbite1:14
For those of you at home today, I would probably recommend keeping the windows shut As it moves, the smoke has been dropping the air quality in some places to dangerous levels.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:24
Yesterday, Toronto's Air Quality Index, or AQI, was among the worst in the world, and the smoke's