An air quality alert from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, in effect until midnight Sunday, includes the Capital Region, Adirondacks, Hudson Valley, New York City and Long Island.

A federal appeals court ruled that California's law requiring gun owners to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition is unconstitutional.

A divided federal appeals court on Thursday said California's first-of-its-kind law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks to buy ammunition is unconstitutional, violating the ...

A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat gun ...

A smoky haze wafted over parts of western Colorado on Thursday from wildfires burning in and around the state. The smoke is mainly from the Turner Gulch Fire in Mesa County and the Dragon Bravo ...

Farewell to summer? 'Haze' and 'trash' among Earth's new seasons as climate change and pollution play havoc by Felicia Liu, Thomas Smith, The Conversation ...

Sen. Ossoff co-sponsored the Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation (CHILD) Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at improving background check standards and helping employers ...

Hiring managers at hotels across the U.S. are ordering more background checks than usual amid a flurry of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids around the country, Reuters reported.

PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AP) — Haze from forest and peatland fires in some parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island was detected in Malaysia on Sunday, officials said. Forest and peat fires are an ...

Haze from forest and peatland fires in some parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island was detected in Malaysia on Sunday, officials said. Forest and peat fires are an annual problem in Indonesia that ...

PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AP) — Haze from forest and peatland fires in some parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island was detected in Malaysia on Sunday, officials said.