Canadian wildfire smoke chokes the US (again)

Smoke from uncontrolled Canadian wildfires again reaches the US; the police killing of a teen during a traffic stop sparks Paris protests.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin.

Where there’s smoke, there’s more Canadian wildfires

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• Wednesday, more than 80 million Americans faced poor air quality as Canadian wildfire smoke stretched across a dozen states from the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic. [CNN / Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton, and Lauren Mascarenhas]
• Of the roughly 500 wildfires in Canada, 255 were burning out of control as Canada faces its worst wildfire season on record in terms of area burned. [Vox / Li Zhou]
• Wildfire smoke contains tiny pollution particles that harm everyone, especially people with heart problems or respiratory illnesses. You can check the air quality in your area on the EPA’s website. [Vox / Rebecca Leber]
• Burning fossil fuels causes climate change, which makes wildfire seasons more frequent, longer-lasting, and more intense. [New York Times / Raymond Zhong and Delger Erdenesanaa]
• While this week’s smoke is slightly less harmful than the haze that enveloped the Northeast in early June, poor air quality is expected to last in many places through Thursday. [Washington Post / Ian Livingston]

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Vox's Keren Landman explains the health risks associated with breathing dirty air, when to seek help, and how to keep safe.   [Vox / Keren Landman]

France protests after police kill teenager

• Protests erupted overnight around Paris after police shot and killed a teenager during a traffic stop. [BBC / Mattea Bubalo and Robert Plummer]
• Video appears to show an officer in a Paris suburb shooting 17-year-old Naël M through the driver’s window as the car pulled away. [Washington Post / Victoria Bisset and Adela Suliman]
• At least 31 people were arrested during fiery clashes with riot police. Anticipating further violence on Wednesday, officials sent 2,000 officers to Paris and big cities. [ABC News / Anna Rabemanantsoa and Morgan Winsor]
• The officer is facing a homicide investigation over the shooting. A record 13 people were killed by police in France during traffic stops in 2022. [Reuters / Layli Foroudi and Juliette Jabkhiro]

A longtime journalist explains how Russians feel about the Wagner Group’s rebellion and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the exiled warlord who led it. [Vox / Jonathan Guyer]

• A record-breaking Texas heat wave is testing the state’s power grid as residents and businesses crank the air conditioning to cool down. [Gizmodo / Angely Mercado]
• Honduras is cracking down on organized gangs in its prisons after deadly attacks left dozens dead at a women’s facility. [Al Jazeera]
• Images reveal the recovery of debris from the Titan submersible that imploded while diving the Titanic shipwreck, killing all five passengers. [BBC / Madeline Halpert]

“I can feel like a burning in my throat.”

[ Dalya Khuder, a visitor to Detroit, describes the wildfire smoke / CNN]

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