Major League Soccer fans face bans for protesting ICE, and are boycotting teams like LA Galaxy and Chicago Fire staying silent on immigration issues.

Photographer David Zurick’s 'Third Coast' celebrates the Great Lakes’ 4,500-mile shoreline, which covers more distance than ...

These picturesque beaches have a lot to offer, including some of the best scenery you've ever seen - check them out on your next trip for a fun adventure.

Behind an unassuming brick façade in Mentor, Ohio, Scooter’s World Famous Dawg House is quietly serving up ice cream creations that might just make you believe in culinary magic again. The modest ...

When temperatures rise in Chicago, for some, it brings back difficult memories and prompts a call for action to prevent heat-related deaths.

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

This weekend marks three decades since the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave that claimed the lives of 739 people over a five-day stretch of extreme temperatures.

Record high nighttime temperatures, a dangerously high heat index and intense humidity swept through Chicago from June 21 to 23, marking the city’s first major heat wave of the summer. Ahead of ...

As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats.

CHICAGO (WGN) — As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats. Umande, a western lowland gorilla living at the ...

Record-breaking heat indices — a combination of temperatures and humidity to determine how heat really feels to the body — are possible from Kansas City to Maine.

First extreme heat wave of 2025 settles over Chicago area, raising health risks The heat index reached 106 Saturday and an extreme heat warning is in effect until Monday.