Fuel shortages hinder Hurricane Milton cleanup efforts in Florida
Hurricane Milton killed at least 23 people when it tore across central Florida, flooding barrier islands and spawning deadly tornadoes.
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Hurricane Milton killed at least 23 people when it tore across central Florida, flooding barrier islands and spawning deadly tornadoes.
According to Raoul, a simple solution is to avoid the middleman and give directly to charities in the region.
Residents in Florida returned to get their first look at the destruction caused by Hurricane Milton. Read More
Chicago area firefighters, and local volunteers from the American Red Cross, are among those who have hit the ground.
Chavie said she lost power and internet at both her home and her business, so she has not been able to check the cameras and see how things look.
President Biden told Floridians his administration would offer support "for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild."
Hurricane Milton previously reached as high as a Category 5 over the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida's central west coast.
According to a fact-checking unit, CBS News confirmed that FEMA has said money is not being diverted from disaster response needs. It also confirmed that online claims that the agency is only giving storm victims $750 are "misleading."
A dad, kids, and grandmother from Tampa all made it to Chicago, but mom was not able to leave due to her job.
CBS News Chicago caught up with Pattie Eakin, who is now back at her Mount Prospect home after two weeks helping people at a Red Cross shelter north of Tampa for Helene.
Crews from Chicago are making their way to Central Florida where they will help Tampa Electric repair damage and restore power.
Hundreds of ComEd employees are going to Florida to help Tampa Electric.
Much of the area set to be hit by Hurricane Milton has been in shambles ever since Helene, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane.
The single mother had been sitting in bed holding sons Khyzier and Khazmir and chatting on the phone with family members while the storm raged outside their home in Thomson, Georgia.
About two dozen firefighters from 17 different departments were called on for their specialized equipment, boats, and unique skills as they race to rescue survivors.
They will be set up in the Chicago shelter system, but the organization says these new arrivals will strain the shelter's capacity.
The dogs will be flown in from Pasco County, Florida, all of them displaced by the storm.
Hurricane Helene killed dozens of people, caused widespread destruction and knocked out power to millions of homes and businesses.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper predicted the death toll would rise as rescuers reached areas isolated by collapsed roads and widespread flooding.
Taylor County, Florida Sheriff Wayne Padgett said 90% of homes in Keaton Beach were "gone" after the storm.
ComEd said it could take several days to turn the electricity back on for everyone affected by the hurricane.
The Buckmans said they learned the hard way from Hurricane Ian in 2022—their first hurricane—and they prepared this time around.
Helene made landfall in Florida, and its remnants will impact the Chicago area on Friday. Wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour are possible Friday with highs in the upper 70s.
From a giant tree into an apartment building in Tallahassee and boats in the front yards in Treasure Island. Daylight revealed scenes of utter destruction along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
A bar on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Park community was shut down by Chicago police Tuesday morning, days after a fight broke out at a party in the bar and led to a fatal shooting.
Two independent Latino candidates seeking to run for retiring U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's seat in Congress won't appear on the ballot in November.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Tuesday morning unveiled a new statewide program meant to improve interactions between law enforcement and drivers with autism.
A string of cash register burglaries at businesses on Chicago's Southwest Side has prompted a police warning.
Lollapalooza 2026 is just over a week away, and street closures around Grant Park in Chicago's Loop are rapidly expanding.
Two independent Latino candidates seeking to run for retiring U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's seat in Congress won't appear on the ballot in November.
New search data shows "fascism" drew roughly 264,700 monthly searches nationally in 2026, but in Illinois the most-searched word definition was "bias."
Parents of students in the Chicago Public Schools system had a chance Monday to weigh in on the next budget.
Local leaders and housing advocates on Monday called on Chicago's City Hall to push back on a so-called FAIR Ordinance, which would scale back some of the plans in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Protect Renters Ordinance.
Homeland Security Investigations is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
The 46th Taste of Chicago is cashless for the first time, accepting only credit cards, with a drone and fireworks show scheduled for approximately 9:15 p.m. Friday near Buckingham Fountain.
A woman in Australia delivered identical quadruplets.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the extended forecast.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Tuesday morning unveiled a new program meant to improve interactions between law enforcement and drivers with autism.
Police said the man was in critical condition after the shooting, and a search is on for two people of interest who were seen talking with the victim before the shooting.
The long journey to relocate four beluga whales from a defunct Canadian theme park to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has officially begun.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
A bar on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Park community was shut down by Chicago police Tuesday morning, days after a fight broke out at a party in the bar and led to a fatal shooting.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
The long journey to relocate four beluga whales from a defunct Canadian theme park to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has officially begun.
Two independent Latino candidates seeking to run for retiring U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's seat in Congress won't appear on the ballot in November.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Chicago has been feeling the heat this week, with highs in the 90s the past five days, but officials are making moves to cool off some of the hottest parts of the city, specifically Chicago Park District fieldhouses where many turn to keep cool.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
Haze from Canadian wildfire smoke that has settled in Chicago on Thursday is directly connected to climate change, according to experts, who said days like this could be more problematic moving forward.
A pair of jewelry importers have been charged in federal court in Chicago with smuggling millions of dollars in gold jewelry into the U.S. to avoid taxes, schemes uncovered by a federal task force that has surpassed $1 billion in recoveries and penalties over the past year.
All eyes are on Chicago as the city gets set to host the WNBA All-Star Weekend for the second time.
Chicago right-hander Jameson Taillon allowed four runs and five hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league start since June 7.
Benintendi was hitless in 10 at-bats against deGrom before hitting a two-out, 2-2 pitch to right field to give the AL Central-leading White Sox a 5-2 lead.
Spain topped Argentina in extra time, one-nil, after playing scoreless for 90 minutes at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Jordin Canada didn't score a point in the first half. With 0.3 seconds on the clock and the game tied at 91, she scored the biggest basket of the night.
A bar on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Park community was shut down by Chicago police Tuesday morning, days after a fight broke out at a party in the bar and led to a fatal shooting.
A man was shot and wounded early Tuesday in the Wentworth Gardens public housing development just south of Rate Field.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
A man stabbed two tourists near the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece's top tourist attraction, police said.
A man was shot and killed in a fight in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood Sunday night.
