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Beware: Given the unseasonably high temperatures, Chicago is at a high fire risk.

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ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- Much of the Chicago area on Tuesday was under the National Weather Service red flag warning, meaning "critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will ...

All evacuations have been lifted near the town of Divide, Colorado. Amid an autumnal heat spell sweeping large parts of the nation, rare red-flag warnings have been issued for Chicago and western ...

The students were showing support for Israel near the Student Center when two attackers came up to them, punching one of them ...

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for much of the Chicago area Tuesday, with strong wind gusts expected and temperatures likely to break a 25-year-old heat record. But what ...