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Seventeen people were rescued and one person remains unaccounted for after a boat capsized near Alcatraz on Tuesday.

Residents have been warned to stay indoors to avoid both the smoke and the extreme heat

Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S.

Dorany Pineda and Jacqueline Ganun Toronto's skies have turned a hazy yellow as heavy smoke from over 100 wildfires blazing in Canada engulfs the city.

Officials in Michigan and Wisconsin warned residents about air quality issues that could last for days.

More than 100 million Americans are facing dangerous air quality. (CNN, CBC, CTV NETWORK, WSTM, WCVB, KQDS, US FOREST SERVICE, WCCO)

Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week.

Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week.

As the Colorado River in the United States and its once massive reservoirs shrink from overuse and climate change, officials are faced with a decision that pits conservation against ratepayer costs for electricity.

After Moira Cathleen Delaney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of intestinal cancer, her thoughts eventually turned to her eventual death and what she wanted done with her body.