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, ...

Chicagoans can expect intense heat compounded by muggy humidity for the next several days. The National Weather Service has ...

People experiencing homelessness are particularly vulnerable to the health ramifications of extreme heat, which is worsening ...

Three hospitals in the Chicago area have had problems with air conditioning as a dangerous heat wave has affected the region ...

A Midwest heat dome is driving high temperatures and high humidity that will push the Chicago heat index into the triple ...

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

Relief from the extreme heat facing the Chicago area remains several days away as advisories and warnings remain in effect.

Scorching temperatures and high humidity are a bad combo, especially when that's the forecast for three days in a row, making ...

Saturday set a new highest minimum temperature for June 21 in Chicago. Humidity levels are making it feel well over 100 ...

Record-breaking heat indices — a combination of temperatures and humidity to determine how heat really feels to the body — are possible from Kansas City to Maine.

Heat wave linked to rise in opioid overdoses in Chicago over the weekend, health experts say A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday ...