President Biden and his party have selected Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, according to the Democratic National Committee, elevating a large liberal city in the heart of the Midwest, a critical battleground region. The convention will be held Aug. 19-22 of next year at the United Center, the committee announced. Republicans plan…
A powerful storm is forecast to deliver heavy snow and strong winds from Utah to Minnesota starting on Monday, just days after another storm pummeled much of the United States. Forecasters say the worst conditions are expected from Tuesday on, as the storm sweeps from the Central Rockies to the Northern Plains and the Upper…
It collapsed a theater in Illinois. Tossed cars in Little Rock, Ark. Flattened homes in Tennessee. And left thousands without power in New Jersey. The storm system that tore through the Midwest, South and Mid-Atlantic on Friday and Saturday carved a path of destruction that encompassed an area from Wisconsin to Delaware, south to Mississippi,…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — At least three people were killed and two dozen were injured in tornadoes that raked Arkansas on Friday, and a roof collapse killed at least one person at a concert venue in Illinois, as a storm system swept through the country’s midsection, from Wisconsin to Texas, officials said. In Arkansas,…
Widespread and potentially severe thunderstorms, including the possibility of damaging winds and tornadoes, are likely on Friday for over a dozen states in the Midwest and the mid-South, potentially affecting over 30 million people. The thunderstorms, which could bring heavy rain and flash flooding threats, are likely to begin in the middle-to-lower Mississippi Valley and…
A prolonged winter storm that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in the Upper Midwest was continuing its assault on the region on Thursday, as portions of Southern California prepare for blizzard conditions, forecasters said. More than 800,000 customers were without power early Thursday across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota, according to…
The Weather Service in Birmingham, Ala., identified five areas in the state of likely tornado damage. It said it would not be able to carry out damage assessments until Wednesday because of ongoing threats, including a tornado warning that was in place on Tuesday afternoon in eastern Alabama, near Roanoke. On Tuesday evening, a tornado…