Gulf Coast braces for flooding as storm system builds into possible tropical depression
The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday was showing a greater chance...
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An Alaska tsunami warning had residents scrambling for high ground after 7.3 magnitude earthquake
A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after...
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
According to the auction house, the meteorite is believed to have been blown off the...
Country’s rattiest city? Chicago sees 311 rodent calls drop as some seek more ecologically friendly forms of rat control
Recent 311 call data suggests Chicago might be making headway in reducing the city’s rodent...
Crumb rubber: How NASCAR recycles the thousands of tires it used over the Chicago race weekend
Racing tires are shredded into quarter-sized chips that can be used as aggregate in roadbeds,...
30 years after deadly Chicago heat wave, threats persist as climate change elevates risks
The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined...
Hurricane Flossie could become a major hurricane off the Pacific coast of Mexico
Hurricane Flossie strengthened to a Category 2 cyclone Tuesday off the Pacific coast of Mexico...
Heat wave’s high humidity raises health risks in Chicago and across the country
Record-breaking heat indices — a combination of temperatures and humidity to determine how heat really...
‘Winging It’ exhibit at Newberry Library shows humanity’s relationship to birds — dead and alive
Illinois' nearly extinct prairie chicken and Chicago's famous piping plovers, Monty and Rose, are among...
Park District debuts new lightpost EV charging station in Oak Park
Voltpost company officials hope the new electric vehicle charging station they installed in Oak Park...