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Mayor Linda Gorton declared a snow emergency in Lexington, Kentucky this week as the city continues to experience heavy snowfall, with more expected in the coming days.

The CDC has reported a sharp increase in overdose deaths linked to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than fentanyl.

A powerful winter storm swept across central and southern states to the East Coast on Monday, creating dangerous travel conditions, power outages, and widespread disruptions. Snow, ice, and freezing temperatures caused schools, businesses, and government offices to shut down across multiple states.

A ground stop was issued at O'Hare Airport on Monday morning due to snowy and icy conditions.

Chicago police are searching for multiple suspects involved in a series of armed robberies that occurred within a two-hour span early Friday morning.

A federal grand jury has indicted Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a former Pittsburgh resident and dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, on charges of attempting to support Hezbollah, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and making false statements regarding international terrorism.

Three East Chicago Central High School officials are facing criminal charges after entering a student's home without permission to recover stolen property following a football game on October 25, 2024.

An Illinois hospital system issued a mask mandate due to "widespread respiratory illnesses."

A tragic explosion near the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning left one person dead and seven others injured.

Artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are "distorting" the power grid, according to a Bloomberg report. The outlet's analysis found that "more than three-quarters of highly-distorted power readings across the country are within 50 miles of significant data center activity."