"Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches Chicago, Gen Z Debt, French Protests, and Gravitational Waves: Thursday's Top 7 Briefing"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by USA TODAY
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has caused poor air quality in cities like Chicago and Detroit, with the smoke expected to reach New York State. The Supreme Court has rejected a GOP argument that state lawmakers should have extraordinary powers over election rules, a win for voting rights groups. A report reveals that over $200 billion in COVID-19 relief loans and grants for small businesses have been stolen by fraudsters. Gen Z has nearly doubled their non-mortgage debt and tripled their overall debt load in the past two years. Julian Sands, an English-born actor who went missing while hiking, has been found dead in the Mount Baldy Wilderness.