Summer is Chicago's wettest season and a time when severe storms and tornadoes are most common. There are two reasons why ...

U.S. Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano discusses the potential opportunities for fraud in the program, an incentive in the 'big, beautiful bill' for recipients and efforts to ...

Cooler-than-normal temps and light rain continue today in Chicago, but Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be drier and slightly warmer.

Illinois saw the second-highest jump in home insurance premiums in the nation, partly fueled by claims after extreme weather ...

A deadly severe weather outbreak spawned at least one tornado in 22 states from May 15 - 21. Among the hardest hit states ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, predicts this season will bring 13 to 19 named storms with winds 39 miles per hour or higher. It predicts six to 10 of the forecasted ...

Scientists found that neural networks cannot yet forecast 'gray swan' weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen -- like 200-year floods or massive ...

A former deputy mayor of Los Angeles has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of making a false bomb threat to City ...

The United States will impose sanctions on Sudan after determining that its military used chemical weapons against its ...

The West’s newfound interest in the Arctic is making Moscow, which has longstanding geopolitical, economic and strategic ...

Forecasters are closely monitoring global conditions that will influence the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which could range from near-average activity to another more-active-than-average season.

Armed FBI agents clad in tactical gear stormed a Chicago apartment building reportedly connected to suspected terrorist Elias Rodriguez, who allegedly gunned down two Israeli Embassy ...