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The smoke from dozens of wildfires in the western United States is stretching clear across the country — and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe

The smoky sky continues to bring us filtered sunshine Wednesday evening as the sun sets. Another reddish tint will be found again as the sun dips below the horizon. The clouds continue to thicken up as a cold front approaches from the northwest. Overnight lows will be in the 50s and low 60s thanks to a gusty southwest wind. Highs…

Wednesday night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Thursday: Increasing clouds, mild, chance evening and night shower. Highs near 80.

Wednesday evening: Smoke from Western U.S. wildfires keeps us hazy. Breezy, temperatures in the low 70s. Overnight Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Thursday: Increasing clouds, mild, chance evening and night shower. Highs near 80.

Wednesday: Sun and high-altitude smoke from Western U.S. wildfires. Breezy with highs in the 70s. Overnight Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. Thursday: Increasing clouds, mild, chance evening and night shower. Highs near 80.

Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has left them with breathing problems and other chronic illnesses, including cancer. They are fighting for health benefits, but say the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is turning its back on them. Veterans say everything...

Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won’t come until later in the week or beyond, scientists and forecasters say, and the hazy and gunk-filled skies might stick around for even longer.

“If you are exposed for 12 hours of smoke in the air, then that is like 12 hours of continued smoking,” says Dr. Zab Mosenifar, a critical care pulmonologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

The brownish-orange glow appearing around the Bay Area looks to be a combination of wildfire smoke and ash, some of which is making to the ground.

Smoke from wildfires as far away as north of the Bay Area is resulting in poor air quality in Southern California, where skies took on an eerie orange glow as temperatures continued to sizzle. Several fires in the Greater Bay Area joined to form wildfire complexes that have devastated the region. Homes burned, hundreds of people are under evacuation orders…

Service resumed on the MBTA’s Green Line Tuesday afternoon after smoke filled Park Street station.

An investigation of smoke on the MBTA Red Line is causing a 10-minute delay for commuters.

Some North Andover residents are urged to remain indoors as smoke continues to pour out of a recycling facility following a massive fire that broke out on Tuesday. The raging fire was reported at about 6:30 p.m. at Thompson Brothers Industries, where the company takes in construction and demolition debris.

A 10-minute delay is expected Thursday morning on the MBTA Red Line due to smoke on the tracks.

Smoke from the two catastrophic wildfires in California could be visible in New England this week.

Three men from Taunton, Massachusetts were charged with animal cruelty after allegedly blowing marijuana smoke into a goat’s face in a video.