Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival A charred Myanmar hillside is wreathed by flames, spewing ochre smoke that smothers out sunlight in an apocalyptic scene. Kayah people ...

Red ribbons were hung outside the Northwest Side funeral home where services will be held this week for Chicago Fire Captain David Meyer, who was killed in a West Side fire prosecutors say was ignited ...

The man accused of setting the West Side fire that killed Chicago Fire Captain David Meyer appeared before a judge Saturday. Prosecutors said a witness and the suspect's girlfriend identified him in ...

"All of Connecticut has bad air quality, and a lot of it is not from local sources. It's the jet stream carrying things into ...