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The currents beneath a deadly month on Lake Michigan

May 9, 2019 at 9:10 a.m.

Following news over the weekend of several rip current-related deaths, including a prominent Chicago pediatric surgeon, we decided to more deeply explore rip currents in the Great Lakes. We sought...

The currents beneath a deadly month on Lake Michigan

December 24, 2018 at 11:15 a.m.

Following news over the weekend of several rip current-related deaths, including a prominent Chicago pediatric surgeon, we decided to more deeply explore rip currents in the Great Lakes. We sought...

August a deadly month for Lake Michigan rip currents

December 24, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

Standing on the Lake Michigan shore, Jackie Kovacs saw her granddaughter fighting to swim back to land Sunday afternoon and immediately dived into the water to help. Before she could...

Warning issued about rip currents through weekend

December 24, 2018 at 11:15 a.m.

Strong storms moving in from central Illinois are raising the risk of dangerous rip currents along Lake Michigan's shoreline from Lake County south to the Indiana Dunes.Waves of four to...

Spores of cladosporium mold are shown magnified 3,400 times. Mold readings in the Chicago area hit a record high Monday and remained very high Tuesday, triggering strong reactions in some allergy sufferers.

Mold surge makes life miserable for allergy sufferers

November 3, 2021 at 3:47 p.m.

Kathy Olalde was gardening Monday when her chest grew heavy and her eyes began to itch. Olalde, 64, popped an allergy pill, but the relentless congestion eventually drove her into...

Mold surge makes life miserable for allergy sufferers

December 24, 2018 at 11:13 a.m.

Kathy Olalde was gardening Monday when her chest grew heavy and her eyes began to itch. Olalde, 64, popped an allergy pill, but the relentless congestion eventually drove her into...

Judge rejects guilty plea by woman accused in violent bank robbery

December 24, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

A federal judge on Monday rejected a guilty plea by a Chicago woman accused of robbing a suburban bank at gunpoint with an accomplice after she maintained she didn't take...

Telling the many stories of multiple sclerosis

May 9, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

How do you tell the story of Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that is so varied it can leave some people feeling tired and others paralyzed or blind? When we decided...

Telling the many stories of multiple sclerosis

December 24, 2018 at 11:03 a.m.

How do you tell the story of Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that is so varied it can leave some people feeling tired and others paralyzed or blind? When we decided...

Jackson now far from a rising star

December 24, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

Until Rod Blagojevich's arrest on corruption charges nearly four years ago, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was the ever-aggressive politician, a man constantly on the move trying to raise his...

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