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![How is wildfire smoke changing your daily life?](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2022/08/08/Shutterstock_1805621635.png.800x600_q85_crop.png)
How is wildfire smoke changing your daily life?
NPR’s California Newsroom is collaborating with MuckRock and Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation to investigate how wildfires affect air quality across the country. If the smoke from wildfires is damaging your health, disrupting your daily routine or forcing you to consider moving elsewhere, we want to hear from you.
![Michigan’s child care crisis is worse than policymakers know. We want to hear from parents and providers about it.](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2022/05/12/shutterstock_1248701260.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Michigan’s child care crisis is worse than policymakers know. We want to hear from parents and providers about it.
In 2021, there was a net loss of 735 childcare providers statewide. A $1.4 billion pot of federal relief money is being used to help. But experts say the child care industry will likely worsen, making it harder for Michigan families and the state economy. We want to hear about how Michigan’s childcare crisis is affecting you.
![Researchers say the US is undercounting COVID deaths. Now we have a tool to figure out why.](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2021/12/08/cdc_covid_data.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Researchers say the US is undercounting COVID deaths. Now we have a tool to figure out why.
COVID deaths in the United States have been undercounted, public health experts say. They’re trying to figure out where and why, and a new data set helps.
![One of the dark web’s biggest online retailers of drugs and fake credit cards has permanently closed down. That could be a bad thing.](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2021/11/01/documenting-covid-19.png.800x600_q85_crop.png)
One of the dark web’s biggest online retailers of drugs and fake credit cards has permanently closed down. That could be a bad thing.
The October 1 closing of a popular darknet marketplace leaves a big hole in the billion-dollar industry of illegal drugs, credit card and bank fraud, forged documents and more.