{"id":217304,"date":"2026-07-16T16:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/air-quality-near-you-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:27:04","slug":"air-quality-near-you-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/air-quality-near-you-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Air quality near you &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:<br \/><em><strong><a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here, bringing you the news to know on Thursday.<br \/>Millions of Americans are under air quality alerts Thursday, with officials warning that smoke could reach unhealthy levels in several major cities.<br \/>The <a href=\/picture-gallery\/news\/weather\/2026\/07\/15\/wildfire-smoke-canada-photos\/90929086007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>hazy skies you may see<\/a> today are due to more than 830 wildfires burning across Canada, with over 100 considered out of control. Smoke from the blazes in northwestern Ontario and neighboring regions <a href=\/story\/news\/weather\/2026\/07\/15\/canadian-wildfire-tracker-smoke-air-quality-map\/90929892007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>is spreading<\/a> into parts of the\u00a0<a href=\/story\/weather\/2026\/07\/15\/smoke-from-canadian-wildfire-smoke-bucks-county-southeastern-pa-air-quality-map\/90929100007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Midwest and Northeast<\/a>.<br \/>&#x1f525;Stay safe: <a href=https:\/\/data.usatoday.com\/fires\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Track wildfires and wildfire smoke near you<\/a>.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Take a look<\/span><\/strong><br \/><a href=\/story\/sports\/2026\/07\/15\/2026-espys-live-updates-winners-highlights-marcello-hernandez\/90922347007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>The 2026 ESPYS<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 ESPN&#8217;s annual sports awards show \u2013 merged Hollywood and athletics last night at New York City&#8217;s Lincoln Center. Best record-breaking performance <a href=\/story\/sports\/2026\/07\/15\/2026-espys-live-updates-winners-highlights-marcello-hernandez\/90922347007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>went to Myles Garrett<\/a>, whose girlfriend, Olympic medalist Chloe Kim, presented him with the award.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Money<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Inflation is complicated. Prices can be down for the month, as they were in June, but up for the year. A falling inflation rate <a href=\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/2026\/07\/15\/inflation-gas-prices-june-cpi-consumers\/90932834007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>doesn\u2019t necessarily equate to falling prices<\/a>. And consumers mostly care about the price they\u2019re paying at the supermarket right now.<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQb2hMR3FBRUpPRE1BUXg5UFlvdzFTb1lQVXNFRktmU3FvVDZGZEVWcDVPV0tJSm9ZVXhLcDFtWm92Szl2ZERhbkwxOGxvRnZUbHZZeVpmYjFlRGRIay1HaTFSMkdRbG1uSnN6dWxRU1VfSXdLUnp4bXBfS2FTRTh5OTVXa3lnbFVva2FXMkF3LTVCYXhMYWYtckx3N1A2a0k?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Thursday.Millions of Americans are under air quality alerts Thursday, with officials warning that smoke could reach unhealthy levels in several major cities.The hazy skies you may see today are due to more than 830 wildfires burning across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}