A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday alone — triggering the ...

The Chicago Fire Department responded to about 90 calls between the extreme heat and people in distress in the water, ...

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 the ...

About 33 million people, almost 10% of the country, will feel blistering 100-degree heat on June 24, meteorologist Ryan Maue ...

Cities across the eastern and central United States are bracing for more days of extreme temperatures as a unusual June heat ...

Fourth of July is less than two weeks away. Will the heat wave be over by then? Here's the forecast for Illinois.

The shade -- under the roof and the upper deck, in every dugout and tunnel -- was a popular place at Wrigley Field on Sunday.

Widespread 90s, even perhaps a few 100s, will bake much of the eastern two-thirds of the country in a dangerous heat wave.

The city remains engulfed in a heat dome — and scientists and researchers in Chicago who pay close attention to heat have warned that more extreme weather like this is expected going forward.

For several days, the Chicago area has been gripped by scorching temperatures and suffocating humidity, but is relief finally ...

A sweltering heat wave across the Chicago area continues for a third straight day Monday, with temperatures that feel as high ...