Midwest Forecast
A look at weather conditions in the Midwest, updated twice each day.
A look at weather conditions in the Midwest, updated twice each day.
Ahead of the presidential debate, Republicans and Democrats are furthering their Black voter outreach efforts, with a particular focus being placed on Black men.
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said Wednesday that the famed waterway continues to face a water shortage, despite recent rains alleviating most restrictions imposed following last year's drought. "The waterway continues to face the impact of a prolonged dry season from this past year that limited the capacity of daily passages through the canal," the ACP said in a statement.
A candidate in Iran's presidential election withdrew from the race late Wednesday, becoming the first to back out in order for hard-liners to coalesce around a unity candidate in the vote to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi. Amirhossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, 53, dropped his candidacy and urged other candidates to do the same “so that the front of the revolution will be strengthened,” the state-run IRNA news agency reported. Ghazizadeh Hasehmi served as one of Raisi’s vice presidents and as the head of the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs.
Devastated communities across the Midwest are picking up the pieces after days of relentless flooding that has destroyed homes, roads and public facilities, with yet more storms to come this week.
Commerce and trade ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea vowed on Wednesday to cooperate on strategic issues including artificial intelligence (AI) safety, export controls, clean energy and semiconductor supply chains. "We're doubling down our efforts to work together," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at the start of the meeting in Washington. "As we three are leading economies in manufacturing, services, technology and innovation and we have to work together to the benefit not just for our countries, but the safety and security of the world," Raimondo said.
North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm missile defenses in the continental United States. The statement contradicted South Korea’s assessment of a failed launch Wednesday of a different type of weapon. The launch tested the separation and guidance control of individual mobile warheads to ensure the capability of the Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said.
There are about 30 million children across the country living in homes with guns, according to the CDC.
Steve Bannon must report to prison on contempt of Congress charges by July 1 without further delay, the Justice Department argued to the Supreme Court.
Gonzales was convicted of the rape and murder of 18-year-old Bridget Townsend, who was just getting her start in life.
Campaign officials have created a digital strategy to try to ensure that voters — whether they tune in Thursday or not — see the best version of the president.
In his campaign Cao has stressed his military service on radio shows, podcast episodes and in television news segments. Cao has said that he’s been “shot at,” “blown up,” and has “scars” from his time in the military.
Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into the atmosphere over the last five years, an air quality board said Tuesday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District planned to issue a written abatement order later this week after Tuesday's announcement. Each of the 112 violations can emit hundreds of pounds of illegal air pollution, the board said.
Federal funding given to school districts to stanch pandemic learning loss resulted in a boost in student achievement, a Harvard University study found.
Heather Dubrow of "The Real Housewives of Orange County," shares how she avoids labels when it comes to her three LGBTQ+ children with husband Dr. Terry Dubrow.
“We cannot allow coup attempts to take Bolivian lives once again. We want to urge everyone to defend democracy,” Arce said from the presidential residence, Casa Grande.
Kindness rule: A Minnesota teacher’s lesson on the "30 seconds or less" kindness rule is going viral.
Israel and the United States said Wednesday they had made progress toward resolving a rift over US weapons shipments after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly accused President Joe Biden's administration of slowing down deliveries.Netanyahu in recent days has publicly accused the Biden administration of slowing down weapons deliveries to Israel, which has been at war in Gaza since an October 7 attack by Hamas.
Bolivia's army chief was arrested Wednesday after sending soldiers and tanks to take up position in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted "coup d'etat"."No one can take away the democracy we have won," Arce said from a balcony of the government palace in front of hundreds of supporters.
The parents of the 43 missing Mexican students who were abducted and presumed killed want outgoing Pres. López Obrador to release more information on the state's collusion around the events and will push President-elect Sheinbaum.
NASA says Saturday is the best day to view the planetary parade in 2024. But folks will need some equipment to view the celestial phenomenon.