Canadian wildfire smoke has triggered air quality alerts in parts of the Northeast ahead of Sunday’s World Cup final at MetLife Stadium. Here’s what fans should know before heading outdoors.

That dangerous wildfire smoke from Canada is now on the move and smothering new U.S. cities. NBC News’ Tom Costello has the latest.

On Thursday the air quality in New Jersey, the site of the stadium, was rated as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ by several air quality measurement platforms.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed much of the northeastern United States, triggering health alerts, but a cold front expected on the weekend will help dissipate the dangerous haze in time for Sunday's World Cup ​final in the New York area.

Torrential rains killed ⁠two ⁠people in Texas as floodwaters ⁠swept them away in their vehicles while the state braced ​for "record-shattering" rainfall over the next 24 hours, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday ‌afternoon.

Disastrous flash flooding has hit southern Texas after days of torrential rain, leaving at least two people dead and prompting hundreds of rescues across the same region struck by last July’s catastrophic floods.

A bridge collapse in Uvalde County highlights how conditions are still dangerous in areas that were impacted by devastating floods on Thursday, even after the rain stopped, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

The National Weather Service said a “large and deadly flood wave” was barreling down the same river wrecked by floods last summer.

A woman was shot while protesting outside of an ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado, police say. The employee of a group operating the center faces assault and attempted second-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting.

FOX Business' Cheryl Casone reports one woman is injured after a shooting near the Aurora, Colorado, ICE detention facility. Separately, the Phoenix, Arizona, ICE office is riddled with bullet holes.

An employee at an ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado, has been arrested on suspicion of shooting a protester while off duty on Thursday. The Aurora Police Department said in a press release that they responded to reports of a shooting around 7:30 p.

A man working at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Colorado was arrested Thursday after allegedly shooting a female protester as she walked away from his car. The incident in Aurora—a city which drew heightened attention during the 2024 presidential election campaign when tackling issues around alleged Venezuelan gang members—comes amid heightened scrutiny of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) actions following two fatal shootings of immigrants over the past two weeks.

During his Friday campaign stop, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) offered a swift and biting response to President Donald Trump's Thursday night address to the nation. FOX 5's Deidra Dukes has the story.

Ossoff blasts Trump's renewed 2020 election claims, calling them an attack on Georgia voters and democracy. Credits: Senator Jon Ossoff / YouTube

Sen. Jon Ossoff responded to President Trump's Thursday night address where he renewed security election claims.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) warned that President Trump’s Thursday evening speech centered on election security indicates his administration’s aim to interfere in the upcoming midterms. “I also heard a

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers endorses Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary

Gov. Tony Evers is "very seriously considering" backing an effort to get Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley back into the gubernatorial primary.

Tony Evers Backs David Crowley. The shake-up in the race comes less than a month from the primary election on August 11, when Democrats will be choosing a successor to Governor To

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley reentered the Wisconsin governor's race on July 18, a day after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez suspended her campaign over campaign finance misma

President Donald Trump on Friday asked the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister, Sen. Darline Graham Nordone, to run for a full six-year term.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham as the first woman to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Senate on July 13.

President Donald Trump said ⁠on Friday he had asked Darline ​Graham, the sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, ‌to run for the ‌U.S. Senate in a special Republican ⁠primary ⁠in South Carolina on August 11.

President Donald Trump says Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate