A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday. The worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon as he battled a major brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border,

Wildfires across New Jersey sent smoke billowing across the Hudson River and an eerie yellow-brown haze lingering over New York City, prompting an air quality health advisory through Sunday night