The annual White House press corps gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: President Joe Biden. The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which the pandemic sidelined in 2020 and 2021, returned with Biden as the first president in six years to …
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An EF-0 tornado with peak wind speeds of 75 miles per hour touched down in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook Saturday as severe thunderstorms moved through the region, according to the National Weather Service. In a tweet, the NWS said it confirmed a brief tornado occurred based on information from local government officials, weather …
Firefighters in Rockford responded to a building collapse that occurred as a result of thunderstorms in the area Saturday evening, according to authorities. In a tweet at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Rockford Fire Department said it was on scene of a building collapse near Broadway and 9th Street. It wasn’t immediately known if anyone was …
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From downed trees to blown off roofs, several instances of damage were reported Saturday evening following storms that moved through portions of the Chicago area. Wind gusts reached 65 miles per hour in suburban Plainfield, where an irrigation system apparently blew into a fence, according to storm damage reports from the National Weather Service. To …
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Three University of Oklahoma meteorology students were killed in a crash when their vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer rig in northern Oklahoma late Friday, according to a crash report. The students were travelling back from chasing a powerful tornado in Kansas, officials confirmed. Nicholas Nair, 20, of Denton, Texas; Gavin Short, 19, of Grayslake, Illinois; …
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Heavy rain, thunderstorms and damaging winds moved throughout the Chicago area Saturday afternoon, resulting in more than 100 canceled flights at O’Hare International Airport and numerous delays. As of 5:09 p.m., 134 flights had been canceled at O’Hare, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Inbound flights were delayed at an average of an hour, …
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With a tornado watch in effect for the majority of the Chicago area and the possibility of severe thunderstorms, ComEd is urging residents to take precautions and positioning crews in the event of potential power outages. Wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour and quarter-size hail have been reported with storms that occurred …
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Officials have confirmed that a body found on the South Branch of the Chicago River is that of a man who was reported missing earlier this month. According to authorities, the body of 31-year-old Eden De La O was discovered in the Chicago River near 41st Street and Central on Saturday. De La O had …
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Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” …
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A tornado watch is in effect for most of the Chicago area on Saturday, with the possibility of severe weather looming in the forecast. Thunderstorms are beginning to fire near Pontiac and Streator, moving to the northeast at 40 miles per hour. Here are the latest headlines: 3:20 p.m.: Line of Thunderstorms Continues to Form …
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