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Millions of people across North America on Wednesday faced another day of hazy skies and serious air pollution caused by smoke that had drifted down from Canadian wildfires a day earlier.

Though the federal COVID public health emergency is set to end next month, California will continue covering the cost of testing for at least six months.

COO of Bay Area-based stock trading app Robinhood answers cryptocurrency questions on Reddit FacebookTwitterEmail This Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, photo shows the logo for the Robinhood app on a smartphone in New York. Patrick Sison/Associated Press The stock trading app Robinhood made headlines this year with the Gamestop meme stock fiasco, a Reddit-born scheme to punish short-sellers and make a few pranksters quite a lot of money. In a controversial move, the app temporarily paused trading duri...

Posted: Apr 02, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 2 McMaster Childrens Hospital says it has seen a steady increase of youth in crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic began.(Stanislaw Mikulski - stock.adobe) The mother of a 13-year-old girl who tried to take her own life last November says more social support is needed for parents with children in crisis. McMaster Childrens Hospital reports a steady increase of youth in crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The number of youth admitted for...