"Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches Chicago, Gen Z Debt, French Protests, and Gravitational Waves: Thursday's Top 7 Briefing"
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.