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Saturday, July 18, 2026 · 46 stories
Water pours into the Jay Street station Smoke from Canadian wildfires is also still lingering, with Saturday starting with a "hazardous" rating.
Smoke has blanketed New York City and other parts of the Northeast United States in a thick haze this week, unleashing smoggy skies and dangerous air.
“I always felt that I had a job to do,” she said in an interview for the 2005 reference book “Black Women in America.” “It transcends whether I am male or female.” She added: “I never thought about not doing the job and not being aggressive.” In her quieter moments, she came across as the “embodiment of serenity,” The Times observed in 2002. After a lengthy absence, she returned to District Council 37 as executive director in 2002, when she was 74, and served for 12 years. Roberts,” The Times noted that year, “is far worse than that between previous mayors and leaders of District Council 37.”.
Wildfire smoke and unhealthy air persist and shift direction, as Trump demands explanation from Canada.
State-run news agency IRNA said the Bonji desalination plant was destroyed, cutting off water supplies to about 10,000 people, and a. On Saturday, the most significant damage from Iranian strikes occurred in Kuwait, where a water desalination plant and an oil facility were hit, according to the Kuwait authorities and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Military said Saturday that it launched new airstrikes against Iran to "swiftly punish" the country's Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one missing and four requiring hospitalization.
CARACAS -- The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said. The interim government of President Delcy Rodriguez added in a statement that the number of injured remains unchanged at 16,740, as in the past 11 days. Venezuela's government says 856 buildings are damaged and 190 collapsed completely since the 7.2 and 7.5 quakes on June 24.
Poor air quality from wildfires continues to plague New York City as several neighborhoods hit by thunderstorms Saturday is delivering a double dose of dangerous weather across the north-eastern US, with smoky skies from Canadian wildfires giving way to severe thunderstorms that have already triggered a flash flood warning as torrential rain pounds parts of the region. By the afternoon, more than 2.5in (6cm) of rain had fallen in some locations, with flooding either under way or expected in areas covered by the warning. The Devils River in south-west Texas was forecast to reach major flood.
Rain could alleviate conditions in mid-Atlantic and north-east, with World Cup final expected to go ahead on Sunday Warnings of dangerous conditions are expected to remain in place on Saturday across swathes of the US, amid uncertainty about where the heavy wildfire smoke swirling from the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of Minnesota will head next. Some parts of the US mid-Atlantic and north-east regions will continue to endure poor air quality until Saturday afternoon, where there is a high chance of thunderstorms , which could bring some reprieve from the poor air but come.
This week also saw Trump reimpose the US blockade of Iranian ports, under which Centcom said five commercial vessels had been "redirected" and one had been disabled as of Saturday. After Iran said it had responded to US strikes by targeting American Gulf allies on Saturday, Kuwait said a power plant and a water distillation plant had been hit. Centcom said: "Two US service members in Jordan were killed in action as US Central Command (Centcom) and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.