Understanding Severe Thunderstorm Risk Categories From National Weather Service
The National Weather Service has modified the way it categorizes the anticipated risk of severe weather.
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The National Weather Service has modified the way it categorizes the anticipated risk of severe weather.
A day after securing his second term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the historic runoff election in Chicago would make him "a better mayor," after enduring a heated six-week contest against Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, a virtual unknown to most Chicagoans before he challenged the mayor.
A 3-year-old girl found wandering alone in a forest preserve in Prospect Heights has been identified by her family, but has not yet been reunited, as police and child welfare authorities investigate.
Who says resolutions are solely for New Year's Eve? This Earth Day, why not try a few new resolutions that can keep planet earth a little happier and healthier.
For many, Earth Day is simply a day that comes and goes, but the meaning behind the day means much more just planting a few trees.
Police in north suburban Evanston were asking for help tracking down the shooter or shooters involved in a drive-by that left two young men wounded over the weekend.
Thunderstorms could fire up later in the day, bringing heavy rain, lightning, and hail up to the size of pennies, according to the National Weather Service. The threat of storms and hail continue into Thursday as temperatures soar to a high of about 70.
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Bond was denied for a 28-year-old man facing attempted murder charges for a drive-by shooting that left three men injured–one of them critically–last year in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Paul Hernandez Jr., 47, took a private bus about 7:30 a.m. to Presence Saint Mary Medical Center at 2233 W. Division, but didn't show up to board the bus home after class, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.
Shortly before 3 a.m., a 24-year-old man was walking in the 2700 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue when a light-colored vehicle pulled up and someone with a gun got out and shot him in the armpit, police said.
The 27-year-old was sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle in the 4700 block of North Broadway at 2:43 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot the man in the chest, arm and leg, police said.
How about a meal with international flavor? Take an ordinary potato pancake and make it world renowned. Michele Young-Stone shares her top 5 international potato pancake recipes.
An 11th-round Draft choice by the Dodgers out of high school, Los Angeles knew it was taking a risk by drafting Joc Pederson, as he had pretty high bonus demands and had already committed to play baseball at USC. But the Dodgers were OK with the risk that late, and OK with giving him a hefty bonus, and now five years later it looks as though it's all going to pay off.
