Air pollution readings in the region are two to 10 times the federal standard for clean air, said Dimitri Stanich, spokesman for the California Air Resources Board.
Some areas are experiencing the worst air quality on record, with the smoke hanging down to the ground like a fog.
Air quality agencies are especially concerned about small-particle pollution. The tiniest particles can p...
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Foul play is suspected in the death of a young boy in Little Grand Rapids.
RCMP were called about 11:30 p.m. Friday night. Police released little information about the incident last night, but said foul play is suspected in the nine-year-old's death.
A police investigation is going. An autopsy is scheduled for to...
Dr. Michael Ryce, director of HeartLand, a self-healing center in the Ozark Mountains, will present a free workshop series today through Thursday titled, "Why Is This Happening To Me ... Again?!"
Ryce offers practical tools for change for those who feel they are caught in negative behavioral and emotional cycles.
The series will be held from 12:30 to 4 p.m. today and 7 to 9:30 p.m. ...
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LAKELAND We Care of Polk County will receive a $26,000 grant for pharmaceuticals and diagnostic services from The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, the philanthropic affiliate of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.
That money is part of nearly $1.1 million in grants the foundation is awarding this summer to 14 nonprofit Florida organizations that it judges as successfully address...
BRUSSELS (AFP) — Europeans will be able to get medical treatment elsewhere in the EU without prior authorisation, and get refunded, under draft rules which the European Commission will put forward this week.
As part of a wider "renewed Social Agenda", patients would also be allowed easier access to information on cross-border healthcare.
The plans will also make it easier for...
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Hundreds of California wildfires continue to threaten thousands of homes, and now they're also threatening people's health.The California Air Resources Board said pollution readings in Northern California are two to 10 times worse than the federal clean-air standard. A spokesman described the mix of smoke and ash as ...MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop retreat.
The Republican presidential candidate, who is actively courting religious voters and trying to reassure skeptical conservatives, visited privately with the Grahams on the grounds of Little Piney Cove in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Caro...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police refused Sunday to allow more candlelight protests against the resumption of American beef imports, just hours after thousands of demonstrators clashed with riot police in the streets of the capital.
The government said it would not tolerate violent, illegal rallies. Authorities used police buses to encircle a plaza in front of Seoul Cit...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Firefighters made slow progress Sunday against more than a thousand wildfires burning throughout Northern California, but forecasters said dangerous fire conditions would not relent anytime soon.
No new major fires had broken out by Sunday mornin...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said dangerous conditions would not relent anytime soon.
No new major fires had broken out by Sunday morning as fire crews inched closer to getting some of the largest blazes surrounded, according to the state Office of Emergency Services.
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About 1,700 people gathered in nearby streets chanting 'Renegotiate the beef deal!' and 'Lee Myung Bak out!'. Police detained about 70 of them for blocking roads, the news agency said, but no major clashes were reported.
A Seoul police spokesman said no arrest figures would be given until later in the day.
The government's decision in April to resume US beef impo...