This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Interest in air filters and purifiers is spiking in Southern California, including ...

The east coast, and New York in particular, is receiving an unwelcome taste (and scent) of the climate crisis to come, as smoke from massive Canadian wildfires billow out toward the Atlantic Ocean.

ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca High School teacher Hallie Snowman is turning box fans into air filters for classrooms at the high school with the purpose of reducing COVID-19 transmission. The 11th and ...

SAN DIEGO — Thinking outside the box, students took COVID safety into their own hands. "It’s a box fan, and then you make a cube out of these filters that you can buy at any hardware store, super ...

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