Smoke and grit from hundreds of forest fires have spread across large parts of Canada and the northern US, sending air quality across the Midwest and northeast US and Toronto to unhealthy levels.

Air quality alerts had been issued for nine states as of Sunday morning, with residents in some areas advised to combine ...

Plenty of sunshine the first half of the week and staying breezy. Those 10-20 MPH northeast winds gusting to 30 MPH today ...