Elyssa is a digital news producer for CBS Chicago. She covers breaking news and manages the station's social media presence. A ground stop was issued at O'Hare Airport on Saturday morning. According ...

When temperatures sink well below zero and the ground freezes solid, most animals head for shelter or migrate somewhere warmer. But a few species have figured out how to live right where the cold hits ...

In a parking lot just outside O’Hare International Airport Monday afternoon, a man prayed next to his car as a plane took off. The parking lot, just east of the airport’s Terminal 5, is where Uber and ...

US airlines have started canceling hundreds of flights due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to cut air traffic ...

The Arctic is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet it’s home to some of the most resilient and fascinating ...

Three Arctic seal species have been moved up to higher threat categories on the IUCN Red List, with one now endangered and two now near threatened. Global warming is melting away the sea ice they need ...

This photo taken from surveillance video footage provided by the New York Police Department, shows a woman who is wanted for questioning after an infant girl was abandoned at a New York City subway ...

A MOTHER and her newborn baby died within hours of each other in a tragic home birth, an inquest has heard. Rob Cahill recounted details of his wife and baby’s death after a home birth which has left ...

A woman sought for questioning about the baby girl found abandoned on a New York Penn Station subway platform earlier this week has been arrested, investigators said Wednesday. The 30-year-old woman ...

A Cabazon man accused of killing his 7-month-old baby changed his plea Thursday, a month after his wife triggered an investigation after claiming the toddler was kidnapped. Jake Mitchell Haro, 32, and ...

A mother died while rescuing her baby from an apartment fire in South Korea that began when a neighbour tried to kill a cockroach with a makeshift flamethrower, police said. The blaze broke out after ...