Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like the ...

Three people have been arrested and charged in connection with the kidnapping of a 2-year-old girl who was later found safe.

The powerful storms also led to ground stops at O'Hare and Midway, and may have even played a role in a gas station explosion ...

Heat index values will top 110 degrees in parts of the country Wednesday, while South Texas could see its highest ...

The neighborhoods targeted by federal agents for immigration raids were overwhelmingly Latino, according to data from a prominent immigrant rights group.

An art installation on the Near South Side will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Chicago heat wave that killed hundreds of people.

This weekend marks 30 years since the 1995 Chicago heat wave that claimed the lives of 739 people over a five-day stretch of extreme temperatures.

The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It’s the headstone of the mass grave in Homewood.

A heroic Chicago man rescued a 7-month-old girl abandoned after a carjacking in the sweltering heat— then tracked down the baby’s relatives using social media, authorities said Thursday. Earl ...

Bad first pitches tend to go viral; however, Alvin Kamara brought the heat with his first pitch before the Chicago Cubs took the field.

Six men from the Chicago area have been indicted on 98 charges related to a string of commercial burglaries across Cook and Lake counties, officials announced Friday. According to police, Demario ...