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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued a Code Red air quality alert across the state due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Young children, older adults and people with existing health issues, including asthma, emphysema and bronchitis, are advised to stay indoors. A Code Orange was issued in New Jersey.

Interstate-95 collapse

What you should knowHere are the latest updates for Tuesday, June 13.A bridge on I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia collapsed Sunday after a tanker truck carrying gasoline burst into flames beneath it. Follow the latest updates Tuesday morning.The southbound bridge on I-95 will need to be demolished, PennDot said Monday. That work is expected to take four to five days.What commuters can do: ...

When Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Sack decided to retire last year after four decades at The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Opinion Editor Scott Gillespie decided to buck industry trends and announced he had an opinion position to fill: editorial cartoonist. The Star Tribune may be an outlier in an industry that no longer appears to value the work of editorial cartoonists.

Advance Locals Alabama Media Group recently announced the end of the print editions for their three newspapers: The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register. However, even though the presses have stopped, the newsrooms have grown in size. In this months "News Media Today," E&Ps Rob Tornoe takes a look at how an "all in" digital strategy seems to be working for Advance in Alabama and could be a model worth replicating.

PHILADELPHIA — OK, Philly, you can drink the water without worry now. “We can all confidently say the threat has passed,” Mayor Jim Kenney said at a news briefing Tuesday

Working remotely in the COVID era has led to a host of unexpected benefits for journalists. But one of the major downsides has been spending less time with colleagues talking shop. Here are a handful of fun apps and tools that Rob Tornoe uses in his reporting. He hopes you find them useful, possibly even making an assignment or two that much easier.

The 2023 NFL Combine is underway, as agents, players, college prospects, and the brass for all 32 teams have met in the Midwest to conduct business and watch a bunch of dudes try to run fast in underwear. Let's take a break from our coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles to take a peek around at what the rest of the NFC East's teams are up to.

According to Rob Tornoe of the Philadelphia Inquirer, this isnt the first time this has been done ahead of an Eagles postseason contest.

Your morning start for Thursday, Nov. 10