Will Arbery's Evanston Salt Costs Climbing at First Floor Theater combines environmental and existential dread with mundane frustrations.

On Thursday, temperatures may not rise above the low single digits Fahrenheit in Chicago, with any winds making for dangerous wind chill temperatures. SEE ALSO: Polar vortex about to blast U.S ...

The polar vortex is a massive, swirling band of cold air that normally traps frigid temperatures around the Arctic. However, ...

Since the Ice Ages, the Polar Vortex has acted as a climatic gatekeeper. When breached, it unleashes freezing air into regions unprepared for it. This decade, those breaches are becoming more frequent ...

Another large fire exacerbated by climate change is threatening the health of Chicagoans. Government officials issued an air ...

An international study has revealed vortex-like structures in an antiferroelectric material - a class of material with no net ...

The fires began earlier this week in the province of Manitoba. The smoke will bring hazy skies and could potentially affect ...

A time-lapse video shows how quickly the Chicago skyline disappeared as the wall of dust blew through. "This looks like a bad thunderstorm coming through, but you can tell that it's just not a ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering breaking, local and community news in Chicago. She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer ...

Chicago, which has given rise to everything from the coffee maker and mobile phone to the Ferris wheel and now a new pope, is about to add another potentially groundbreaking development to its ...

Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also lifted many suburbs, particularly those on the fringes of the metro area.