Power lines are working overtime with the heat, and some are concerned that blackouts are possible with so much air conditioning running at homes and businesses.

Generosity and a success story amid 1995's heat wave An educator remembers how the kindheartedness of Chicago Historical Society staff was instrumental in helping a young man learn how to read ...

The first ComEd bills with a massive baked-in supply rate increase are hitting home for Chicago-area customers, and after a record heat wave in June, they may be in for some sticker shock. The ...

ComEd bills jump due to heat wave, wholesale electricity prices Many Northern Illinois residents got sticker shock upon opening their ComEd electric bills for the month of June.

Chicago is sweltering under a heat dome with temperatures that feel like 110 degrees or higher. It's a reminder of the city's deadliest weather disaster 30 years ago. Ash-har Quraishi reports.

CHICAGO — The first ComEd bills with a massive baked-in supply rate increase are hitting home for Chicago-area customers, and after a record heat wave in June, they may be in for some sticker shock.

CHICAGO — Stifling heat and humidity will cover the Chicago area from Wednesday morning through Thursday evening, according to forecasters. On both days, temperatures are expected to reach the ...

Dr. Sindhu Aderson, Central Region Medical Director for Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the warning signs of heat stroke. As Chicago faces its most severe heat wave of ...

Darius Johnson reports on the dangerous heat wave in Chicago. Barack Obama responds to Donald Trump's Russia "treason" threats Eric Bana: ‘I’m happy to be killed off in something – it’s ...

July has already been more humid than average, and now another, less obvious factor will enhance humidity this week: corn sweat. Like a person breathing, corn exhales water vapor through its ...

Sauna-like conditions on Friday are threatening to break records in major Northeast cities during summer’s hottest month after dangerous heat peaked Thursday in the central United States.