More than 160 million Americans are under the highest level of extreme heat alerts during a wave of above-average ...

One patient's family told the Chicago Sun-Times temperatures spiked at West Suburban Medical Center during the weekend heat ...

The Chicago Fire Department responded to about 90 calls between the extreme heat and people in distress in the water, ...

About 33 million people, almost 10% of the country, will feel blistering 100-degree heat on June 24, meteorologist Ryan Maue ...

Health officials told ABC7 the hot temperatures may be to blame, at least, in part. As the temperatures soared this past ...

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

A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday alone — triggering the ...

As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats. Umande, a western lowland gorilla living at the ...

A heat dome occurs when a large area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere acts as a reservoir, trapping heat and humidity ...

Sixteen people were sent to the emergency room for heat-related illness following two New Jersey high school graduations ...

Some residents in Park Forest apartments are starting to see relief after several days without air conditioning.