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CBS 2's Jim Williams reported Tuesday evening on how people are changing their plans because of COVID.
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CBS 2's Jim Williams reported Tuesday evening on how people are changing their plans because of COVID.
A COVID-19 treatment called monoclonal antibody therapy has just been approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, and we're learning more about how it works.
Time and again, we have shown you it is incredibly difficult to fire a police officer in the state of Illinois.
A fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms went plowing through the Chicago area on Tuesday evening -- bringing heavy rain, thunder and lightning, strong winds, and even tornado warnings.
"If we are inundated with COVID, what are we going to do with all the other ailments that we see?"
"Having a mask on drops your risk 85%. It's not 100%. It's 85%. And my hope is that people will make small sacrifices, and we think of them as sacrifices, but small changes in their own lives. But I don't have all the answers in terms of how to convince people to change their behaviors."
Tens of thousands of ComEd customers were left in the dark Tuesday evening as a fast-moving line of severe storms swept through the Chicago area.
The burglars were in the store only a few minutes before fleeing in a dark-colored SUV, headed north on Sheridan Road towards the Wisconsin state line, less than a mile away.
A large garbage fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at the General Iron shredding plant in the Clybourn Corridor.
Illinois has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, after setting another new record for daily cases on Tuesday, as well as reaching a new high for testing, with more than 100,000 virus tests in the past day.
One week after Illinois Supreme Court Justice conceded defeat in his bid for retention to a third 10-year term, the state's highest court has unanimously chosen Illinois Appellate Court Justice Robert Carter to fill Kilbride's seat until the next election in 2022.
Today is the third-straight day of record warmth for Chicago, but that all ends tonight.
By the late afternoon, thunderstorms arrive and could be strong to severe with gusty winds.
A Wind Advisory is in effect as conditions in Chicago move from mild to potentially severe.
Indiana reported a record 63 new deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday and 4,879 new cases, which is the second highest daily count on record.
