
Southwest Airlines flights delayed, some canceled after system-wide outage
Multiple flights have been delayed at airports including Midway after Southwest Airlines experienced technology issues Saturday morning.
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Multiple flights have been delayed at airports including Midway after Southwest Airlines experienced technology issues Saturday morning.
A man is facing criminal charges for hopping a fence at Midway International Airport, a private developer has purchased the Thompson Center, help is on the way to address soaring gas prices, and former Vice President Mike Pence has rolled out a Republican policy platform.
Javier Martinez has been charged with one felony count of trespassing at an airport, according to Chicago Police.
The man was taken to Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn for a mental evaluation.
Chicago Police late Tuesday were investigating how a drunken man managed to hop a wife fence at Midway International Airport – and try to stop a private jet from taking off by jumping onto the plane. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Police say the man was intoxicated. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Hundreds of flights were canceled at O'Hare and Midway international airports Thursday afternoon as snow pounded the Chicago area.
Police are looking for a missing teen who was last seen Friday leaving Midway Airport.
After heavy snow and a round on the way, Chicago, airlines have canceled hundreds of flights on Thursday at O'Hare and Midway airports.
As a Winter Storm Warning takes effect in Chicago, airlines are reporting flight cancellations and delays at O'Hare and Midway airports.
As heavy lake effect snow falls in Chicago, airlines are reporting flight cancellations O'Hare and Midway airports.
Verizon said its technology, which is intended to increase speed, reliability and power for more than 90 million Americans, will launch Wednesday as planned, but with the temporary limit around airports.
The budget airline said it will offer fares as low as $29 to $59 for nontstop flights to Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Ontario California, Phoenix, Tampa, Trenton, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando.
The COVID surge still creating some trouble for air travel. More flights in-and-out of Chicago are being canceled.
The passenger pickup and dropoff lane at Midway International Airport used to be named Helen J. Mikols Drive – but when Midway Airport was renovated, the street name disappeared.
No one was hurt, and the plane was towed off the airfield.
Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said a small private plane ended up on the grass at Midway after sliding off Runway 31.
The Thanksgiving dinner is done, the leftovers are packed up, and it's time to go home. That made for one busy day at Chicago airports Sunday.
A breach alarm went off at Midway International Airport on Sunday afternoon, after a man ran back down the exit lane claiming that he had left his phone on a plane.
Police are now investigating where it came from.
Sources tell CBS News a Southwest Airlines staffing shortfall this weekend was a factor in why more than 1,800 of their flights were grounded.
"Maybe our time has come to not be in the background anymore."
People can be fined up to $13,000 for bringing a gun to a checkpoint.
Countryman's family will hold a funeral for him on August 6.
A man was found shot dead in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood near Midway International Airport late Monday.
Governor Greg Abbott said the shooter is also dead, and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers.
Elected officials from the Chicago area expressed shock and grief Tuesday after a shooting left 14 children and one adult dead in Uvalde, Texas.
At least 14 students and one teacher were killed when a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Texas.
Getting Hosed, our exposé on Chicago's bad water billing, has saved consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars. So we wanted to know - what happens if you take on the City yourself?
Families are taking legal action after three women were found dead at Sneider Apartments.
The southbound lanes of the Tri-State Tollway have reopened near Glenview, several hours after a fatal crash involving seven vehicles.
The video shows the United worker and a passenger shoving and punching each other at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Police departments across the country are struggling to attract new officers and keep the ones they already have.
Frank Schwindel homered twice in a game for the first time in his career, Marcus Stroman recovered from a rough start to pitch five effective innings, and the Chicago Cubs rolled past the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
Emotions, frustration, and anger boiled over for Golden State Warriors Head Coach and onetime Bulls star Steve Kerr Tuesday night in the wake of the massacre that killed 18 children in Texas.
"You have to remain focused and just remember that you're in this race, you're running with nine other people but it doesn't matter because you're running against the clock."
An isolated tornado can not be ruled out. Highs on Wednesday will be warmer in the 70s, thanks to a gusty south wind.
"I went from being a very active person to barely being able to stand without getting so acutely dizzy."
As crime in the Chicago Transit Authority system continues to spike, the city is shelling out big bucks for unarmed security guards it has added to the transit system to try to fight it.
The boys were arrested around 5:30 p.m., just moments after trying to carjack a woman in the 3400 block of West Lexington Street.
"I told management I don't want to die in my apartment."
"It made me not want to be around people anymore. Not to talk to people. I just want to be alone all the time."
A close ally of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Scott was tapped as chair of the City Council Education Committee after Lightfoot took office in 2019.
Indiana law now bans transgender females from competing in girls school sports, joining about more than a dozen other states adopting similar laws in the past two years.
Police said the stabbing took place around 10:40 p.m. near the Clinton Street Blue Line stop.
According to officials, 18 children were killed when a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School.
This disturbance is slow to depart. Clouds and showers will definitely linger Thursday and possibly Friday.
"It's almost two years that I feel like I've been walking around the concussion."
"We had a vision when we began to reimagine Willis Tower as more than just an office building, as a place that connected people."
Ragucci pleaded guilty Monday to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.
Governor Greg Abbott said the shooter is also dead, and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers.
Elected officials from the Chicago area expressed shock and grief Tuesday after a shooting left 14 children and one adult dead in Uvalde, Texas.
At least 14 students and one teacher were killed when a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Texas.
Getting Hosed, our exposé on Chicago's bad water billing, has saved consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars. So we wanted to know - what happens if you take on the City yourself?
Families are taking legal action after three women were found dead at Sneider Apartments.
Getting Hosed, our exposé on Chicago's bad water billing, has saved consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars. So we wanted to know - what happens if you take on the City yourself?
"They told me to hire a good lawyer, that this is probably a billing issue with the city."
Experts with whom we spoke said ransomware attacks in general – including those on school districts and vendors – are skyrocketing.
CPS officials said a technology vendor, Battelle for Kids, was the victim of a ransomware attack last December, on a server that stores course information and evaluations.
The troubling reality is mass shootings like this are skyrocketing in Chicago compared to the rest of the country.
As crime in the Chicago Transit Authority system continues to spike, the city is shelling out big bucks for unarmed security guards it has added to the transit system to try to fight it.
A close ally of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Scott was tapped as chair of the City Council Education Committee after Lightfoot took office in 2019.
Indiana law now bans transgender females from competing in girls school sports, joining about more than a dozen other states adopting similar laws in the past two years.
"This is a generational opportunity which the city has been working towards for over 30 years," said Jennie Huang Bennett, the mayor's chief financial officer.
Experts with whom we spoke said ransomware attacks in general – including those on school districts and vendors – are skyrocketing.
Getting Hosed, our exposé on Chicago's bad water billing, has saved consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars. So we wanted to know - what happens if you take on the City yourself?
With parents struggling to navigate the baby formula shortage, breast milk donation banks are seeing a sharp increase in demand — but also a jump in donations.
Walk into the baby formula aisle at just about any drug or grocery store around the country, and you will still see rows of empty shelves.
Abbott Nutrition said after its plant in Sturgis, Michigan gets back in operation, product could be back on shelves in six to eight weeks, subject to approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $5.12 as of Tuesday morning.
The company says it'll give U.S. regulators the data soon. Moderna is already seeking U.S. clearance to vaccinate kids 5 and under.
It has been almost three months since city leaders dropped COVID-19 restrictions – but as we head toward summer, experts warn we could see more COVID cases.
There is one more hurdle: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must decide whether to formally recommend the booster for this age group.
Sturgis plant will reopen soon as nationwide out-of-stock levels of baby formula rise above 40%.
The Evanston Department of Health and Human Service reported 397 new COVID-19 cases over the last seven days – up from 305 the prior week.
There is still a push from nearby residents to stop the billon-dollar Bally's project that is planned for the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center site in River West.
Such events as the chaos downtown that led to a deadly shooting right in the middle of Millennium Park have led people to cancel trips, meetings, and events in Chicago because they don't feel safe.
The village of Skokie is telling Carvana it cannot build a proposed 14-story car vending tower, just three months after the project won approval from village trustees.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot helped cut the ribbon Tuesday morning to open the official U.S. headquarters of FTX, a Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange.
The city did not conduct a new safety study to determine how crime would be impacted by a casino - in hopes of getting the casino up and generating revenue quickly.
Frank Schwindel homered twice in a game for the first time in his career, Marcus Stroman recovered from a rough start to pitch five effective innings, and the Chicago Cubs rolled past the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.
Emotions, frustration, and anger boiled over for Golden State Warriors Head Coach and onetime Bulls star Steve Kerr Tuesday night in the wake of the massacre that killed 18 children in Texas.
"You have to remain focused and just remember that you're in this race, you're running with nine other people but it doesn't matter because you're running against the clock."
The accolades continue to roll in for Candace Parker – a day after she became the oldest player ever to make a triple-double in WNBA history when the Sky took on and beat the Washington Mystics on Sunday.
Major League Baseball suspended Josh Donaldson for one game Monday after the New York Yankees slugger made multiple references to Jackie Robinson while talking to White Sox star Tim Anderson during the weekend.
CBS announced its 2022-2023 primetime programming lineup of CBS Originals, featuring four new dramas and more.
The controversial comic laughed off the incident after being tackled, and video appeared to show the person who charged him being beaten onstage.
"We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness," the Judd sisters said on social media.
The new national tour of "Jersey Boys" opens next week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, celebrating the music of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
The lineup includes Thursday headliners Metallica and Lil Baby, Friday headliners Dua Lipa and Machine Gun Kelly, Saturday headliners J. Cole and Kygo, and Sunday headliners Green Day and Doja Cat.
Five DePaul track and field athletes are heading to Fayettesville, Arkansas to compete in the NCAA regionals this week, with the hopes of earning a bid to next week's nationals. CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reports.
The total figure is $71 million for one of the security companies with which the CTA is working. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The boys are both charged with felony counts of attempted carjacking. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the shooter is also dead, and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers. CBS 2 Investigator Brad Edwards has the latest.
CBS 2's Jermont Terry shows us, a Wheaton woman opens up about the lasting impact, as Northwestern Medicine reveals the finding of its study.
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