More than 800 wildfires are burning across Canada, with air quality alerts now extending south into multiple US states.
In western regions of New York, the air quality on 16 July was considered "very unhealthy", while in the New York City metro area the air quality is "unhealthy". Many across the city – the most populous across the US – were wearing masks over their mouths and nose hoping to protect themselves.
A thick haze of smoke blocked views across the New York City region including MetLife stadium, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty.
Read more about the wildfires affecting Canada and the US here.
CN Rail told the BBC that operations were temporarily suspended in the affected area in the province of Ontario.
An ICE officer shot and killed a man in Maine – BBC Verify has been examining video footage of the incident.
The flowers, often compared to smelling of rotten meat, stinky cheese, or boiled cabbage, last just 24 to 48 hours in bloom.
The 84-year-old Republican hasn't been seen in public for weeks and says he is recovering from a fall.
The sale price of the 67 million-year-old fossil exceeded the previous record set by a stegosaurus in 2024.
An ICE agent fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in the town of Biddeford.
The event was a preview of the actual race that President Trump commissioned by signing an executive order in January.
The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.
Recordings of a police interview with Tyler Robinson's roommate were played in court during a preliminary hearing.
The cubes of trash artist Justin Gignac called "Pocket Garbage" were priced at $25 (£18) and $100 (£74), and sold out online.
Protesters echoed mounting demands for an independent inquiry into the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Mexican national.
Palm Beach International Airport was officially renamed as President Donald J. Trump International Airport on 9 July.
Scientists are the first to capture the wreck of the ship on which Shackleton, a leading figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, died in 1922.
The structure, which is under construction, was evacuated along with surrounding buildings after reports of falling bricks.
The footage shown during the second day of a preliminary hearing appears to show Robinson walking through a parking garage and running across a roof.
The USA star striker will be available to play at today's match against Belgium after President Trump called Fifa for his ban to be reviewed.
The BBC's Nardine Saad spoke to soccer fans about the sport's growing popularity in the United States.
Roger Lieb and Bonnie Taff tell the BBC what it was like to have their wedding on 4 July 1976, America's bicentennial.
The couple tied the knot in a star-studded ceremony officiated by comedian Adam Sandler at Madison Square Garden.
The BBC's Nada Tawfik reports from the scene, bringing us the atmosphere outside Madison Square Garden.
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