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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Canadian wildfire smoke triggers ‘hazardous’ air quality alerts in U.S.: Live updates  Yahoo News Source link

We ran the Google Nest Protect through CR’s lab tests, and used it in real-world situations at home. Here’s what we found: According to our lab tests, the Nest Protect does a superb job at detecting smoky, smoldering fires and low levels of carbon monoxide (100 parts per million). Its performance at detecting high levels of CO (400 parts per million) falls in the middle of the pack. But it does a poor job of detecting fast, flaming fires with minimal smoke, typical among… Source link

Elon Musk wanted to entrust charitable distribution of his fortune to a 30-something former pro gambler with no experience in philanthropy, according to a winding narrative published Saturday by The Wall Street Journal. Late last year, Musk increasingly relied on advice from 34-year-old Igor Kurganov, a self-described college dropout who had a multimillion-dollar career in professional gambling years before he met Musk. The Journal reported that Kurganov is currently not with Musk’s… Source link

The Solano Square shopping complex is open for business Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. City officials say a person was fatally shot on the 1400 block of Missouri Avenue — the address of the complex — on Monday, Dec. 20. LAS CRUCES – Chuko Sandoval told detectives that he stuck around inside a smoke shop on a late December evening after making a purchase because another man was “acting weird” and making the clerks uncomfortable. When the other man — later identified as Anthony D. Malone —… Source link

We’ve all experienced that annoyance: You’re cooking bacon on Sunday morning and the smoke alarm goes off. How convenient would it be to yell, “Bacon!” and have the alarm shut off? We’re not there yet, but the Google Nest Protect ticks off just about every other wish list item you’d want in a smoke alarm, smart or otherwise. Granted, at $120 each, the Google Nest Protect is more expensive than regular smoke alarms. And maybe… Source link

Where smoke surrounds LeBron James, there is always fire, and the Los Angeles Lakers are burning. Whenever James has been dissatisfied in his career, whether he tells us directly or lets anonymous sources do the informing, whispers become louder right before a momentous change reverberates around the NBA. We have seen James spin this cycle through Cleveland, Miami, back to Cleveland and now in Los Angeles. It should come as no surprise, then, that James has made headlines during the NBA’s… Source link

Google is adding air quality data to its Nest Hub smart displays. While the new feature is still only available in “select” US markets, it’ll give some users an idea of how much risk they might face from smoke and pollution in the area. It’ll give some users an idea of how much risk they might face Google says it will roll out the new feature “over the coming weeks.” An Air Quality Index badge will show up on the clock and weather widget on the Nest Hub’s Ambient screen…. Source link

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) (L) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) (2nd R) leave the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) following a meeting on Capitol Hill on June 09, 2021 in Washington, DC. Since the talks on infrastructure legislation with the White House fell through, a bipartisan group of senators have organized to try drafting a proposal themselves. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) During the Trump presidency, “infrastructure week” became a running joke because… Source link

Sometimes Denzel Washington saves the day — and other times helpers come to his rescue. The Los Angeles Fire Department was called to the Oscar winner’s home in the Beverly Crest neighborhood on Wednesday night after a report of smoke, which was seen coming from the second floor of the mansion. Luckily, the source of the smoke was determined, no fire broke out and there were no injuries. Denzel Washington and family are OK after a fire call at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home. (Photo:… Source link