Tornadoes tore through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. Storm chasers Dan Gottschalk and CJ Postal describe the severe weather. Here is a clip of the incredible Tornadoes via AP.
Federal health officials said on Wednesday that an Illinois man believed to be infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome didn’t have signs of the disease after all. A more sensitive and “definitive” test came back negative for Middle East respiratory syndrome in the man who was originally thought to have been infected by the first…
A commuter train at Chicago O’Hare International Airport has derailed, injuring 32 people, officials say. The train came off the tracks, crossed a platform and travelled part way up an escalator at one of the busiest airports in the US. None of the reported injuries are serious. A spokesman said the train was likely to…
Multiple tornadoes in the Oklahoma City area killed at least 5 people and left around 98 others injured on Friday night. A mother and her baby are among the dead. The latest outbreak of tornadoes in the area last night hit just 11 days after a tornado slammed the suburb of Moore, Okla., leaving 24…
After pummeling the nation’s midsection with heavy snow, a late-winter storm made its way Wednesday to the nation’s capital, where residents braced for the possibility of power outages. As the storm closed in, the federal government said its offices in the Washington, D.C., area would be closed Wednesday. Many major school systems around Washington and…
Former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2004 murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio. Peterson had faced as much as 60 years, but Judge Edward Burmila said he gave Peterson some consideration for his years as a police officer and his service in the military.…
