American Airlines Cancels 737 Max Flights Through Mid-August
The announcement made American the second major carrier to cancel Max flights through the busy summer season.
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The announcement made American the second major carrier to cancel Max flights through the busy summer season.
Technical issues with a software system called Aerodata caused delays for several airlines nationwide Monday morning.
Airlines across the United States are scrambling to make schedule changes, after the FAA issued an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft, in the wake of two fatal crashes.
All Boeing 737 Maxes have been grounded in the United States after days of carriers' insistence that they're just fine.
The United States is one place you'll still find Boeing's 737 Max 8 planes in service even with flight attendants, ground crews and the unions that represent them urging otherwise.
They got a round of applause, and a thank you from the pilot.
Skyrocketing fuel costs are prompting airlines to make small changes to lighten planes, but the changes aren't doing much to enhance passengers' comfort.
A Southwest Airlines flight heading from Chicago to Newark was diverted to Cleveland on Wednesday, after a window cracked on the plane.
Southwest Airlines is cancelling dozens of flights nationwide Monday for mandatory FAA inspections.
The pilots reported an issue with the aircraft's auxiliary power unit.
Texas Firefighter, Andrew Needum, was on the plane that had to make an emergency landing after a Southwest plane's engine exploded, killing one passenger on board. "I felt a calling to get up and do something, to stand up and act," says Needum.
Federal investigators say the engine blade that broke off and triggered a deadly accident on Flight 1380 Tuesday had microscopic cracks.
Despite one death, the pilot is being credited with saving the lives of the others on board, managing an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
The investigation continues as to what caused the engine to explode on a Southwest Airlines jet yesterday that killed one passenger.
One passenger died after a Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday after apparently blowing an engine.
Southwest said its employees were working to re-book affected customers.
A Southwest representative said the severity of winter weather in recent days caused its supplies of deicing fluid to dwindle.
All Southwest Airlines flights in and out of Chicago were cancelled Sunday due to a lack of deicing fluid.
Over 80 flights were canceled at Midway International Airport on Thursday morning as frigid temperatures continue to move through the Chicago area.
Employees were evacuated from a Southwest Airlines facility Wednesday morning at Midway International Airport, after a fire in the boiler room.
A women was forcefully removed from a Southwest Airlines flight after she couldn't provide proof of a pet allergy.
Airlines are keeping a close eye on Irma, which was still a catastrophic category 5 hurricane Thursday as it churned across the Caribbean.
This little dude hit up passengers while boarding a Southwest Airlines flight from Kansas City to Raleigh, N.C.
Two passengers were escorted off the plane when it returned to Austin. The flight resumed its trip to Chicago, arriving over 3 hours late.
A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport, shortly after taking off from Midway.
A total of 100 people were displaced Wednesday night after an apartment fire on Chicago's Near West Side.
A pedestrian was struck and killed on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Wednesday night.
A driver was hospitalized early Thursday morning in a crash on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
A woman is dead, and a man was injured after a shooting in Lockport Township, Illinois, on Wednesday night.
Nurses at two Chicago-area hospitals run by Prime Healthcare are striking on Thursday.
The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer.
CBP informed Gregory Bovino in an email on March 2 that the agency was "conducting an official Inquiry into allegations of misconduct reported to CBP." He initiated retirement 16 days later.
The head of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is stepping down.
Zoe Ma, the latest candidate to throw her hat into the Chicago mayoral race, officially launched her campaign on Tuesday.
The whistleblower, described by lawyers as a federal official, disclosed information about the Postal Service's new mail-voting procedures to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
A new Illinois law signed by Gov. Pritzker offers up to $1,000 to eligible homeowners hit by storm damage, but the money won't be available until next year — and the program only covers certain areas of Chicago.
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Patients taking the first-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients, studies showed.
Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, used performed a complex operation to preserve mobility for a 3-year-old boy who had to have part of his leg amputated after suffering a horrific accident with a lawnmower.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
Audience members at a stage performance of "9 to 5: The Musical" in the U.K. were heard gasping aloud at the news of Dolly Parton's death Tuesday.
Gloria Steinem, a trailblazing figure of the women's liberation movement, has died. She was 92.
A woman is dead, and a man was injured after a shooting in Lockport Township, Illinois, on Wednesday night.
Chicago DSA co-chair Deana Corbit joins CBS News Chicago.
A total of 100 people were displaced Wednesday night after an apartment fire on Chicago’s Near West Side.
A pedestrian was struck and killed on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Wednesday night.
A woman is dead, and a man was injured after a shooting in Lockport Township, Illinois, on Wednesday night.
Nurses at two Chicago-area hospitals run by Prime Healthcare are going on strike on Thursday.
The passings come a week after Peekachu, a 23-year-old beluga who was also brought to Chicago as part of the rescue, died.
A crash involving a wrong-way driver left four people seriously injured on DuSable Lake Shore Drive early Thursday morning.
The co-founder of Ms. Magazine was a leader in raising awareness about gender equality and violence against women, and for promoting inclusion, representation and social justice affecting women and girls.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Chicago (78-62) dropped nine games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. It also remained one game back of Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox had several chances to score in the eighth, but came up empty.
Advocate Children's Hospital flipped the script this week, having four pediatric patients sign autographs for Cubs baseball players before a game at Wrigley Field.
Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.
A day after hitting a franchise-record nine homers, Chicago was held to three singles and three doubles on a muggy night at Wrigley Field.
Two people are dead and at least five others are injured, including three officers, after a shooting near 15 East Grant Street Wednesday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, according to police. The suspected shooter is also dead.
Surveillance video shows what appears to be a smash-and-grab burglary at a pizzeria in the southwest Chicago suburb of Frankfort this week.
Two Chicago police officers were injured overnight Tuesday into Wednesday in a crash in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood.
Chicago police issued an alert this week after a string of smash-and-grab burglaries within an hour in several neighborhoods, most notably the Lakeview and Avondale communities.
Three people were arrested early Wednesday after police said they drove off during a traffic stop on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
