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Friday Forecast: Thunderstorms, dangerous heat across Chicago area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

CHICAGO — Thunderstorms are moving through the Chicago area Friday morning, with more rounds for potentially severe weather in the forecast.A risk for severe storms is possible in the morning hours, along with hot and humid conditions. High tempertures reach 96 degrees. Interactive Radar: Track showers and storm here The latest warnings and advisories issued:A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Northwest Indiana. A Heat Advisory is in effect across the area until 9 p.m. and an Excessive Heat Warning has been issued for 9 p.m. for the areas in pink. An Air Alert Advisory has been issued until midnight across the area.Mostly cloudy conditions are expected tonight with a severe storm threat between 4 p.m. and midnight. Low temperatures hit 71 degrees.SATURDAY FORECAST: Morning thunderstorm chance, decreasing clouds, N 5-15. High: 81/77The City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications is advising residents to be prepared for the hot weather.The c...

Mega Millions jackpot now $910 million ahead of Friday's drawing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

(NEXSTAR) -- Lottery players will have another shot at a huge Mega Millions jackpot Friday night and a chance to break a stretch of more than three months without a big winner of the game.The estimated $910 million prize has been building since someone last matched all six numbers and won the jackpot April 18. Since then, there have been 28 straight drawings without a jackpot winner.The jackpot is now the eighth-largest ever in the U.S. It comes a little over a week after someone in Los Angeles won a $1.08 billion Powerball prize that ranked as the sixth-largest in U.S. history. It's still a mystery who won that prize.The largest U.S. lottery prizes:$2.04 billion (Powerball): Nov. 7, 2022; California$1.586 billion (Powerball): Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee$1.537 billion (Mega Millions): Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina$1.348 billion (Mega Millions): Jan. 13, 2023; Maine$1.337 billion (Mega Millions): July 29, 2022; Illinois $1.08 billi...

Drug shortage could worsen syphilis outbreaks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

(NewsNation) — Syphilis cases are on the rise in the U.S. and shortages of a key drug are limiting access to treatment for those with the illness.Cases of the illnesses have been on the rise since 2000, including sexually transmitted infections among adults, as have congenital syphilis cases, which occur when mothers pass the disease to their unborn children. Cases reached a 70-year high in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Syphilis is typically treated with penicillin G benzathine, also known as Bicillin L-A, an injectable medication. It's the only treatment recommended for pregnant people with the disease. Advocates push back against proposed abortion pill restriction Syphilis is caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum and is primarily passed through contact with syphilitic sores. It can also be spread from a pregnant person to their unborn child. The disease can resemble many other conditions and has multiple stages of infection. If ...

Police investigating false alarm of active shooter at Tesla gigafactory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Authorities investigated the Tesla Gigafactory early Friday morning after receiving "shots fired" and "active shooter" reports from the area. Travis County Sheriff's Office deputies got a 911 call of an active shooter around 4:30 a.m., according to TCSO. Austin Travis County EMS said medics responded to the scene and were ready to treat potential patients after a "shots fired" call came in. Authorities said no injuries were reported, however. TCSO said deputies cleared the building and found nothing. An off-duty Tesla employee told KXAN they got a text just before 5 a.m. that those on site should take cover due to an "active attacker."The investigation impacted early morning traffic. The factory is located near Del Valle off State Highway 130 just north of Highway 71.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Shoal Creek Conservancy holding event to remove trash out of creek bed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Shoal Creek Conservancy, along with Austin's Watershed and Resource Recovery departments, is hosting an inaugural event to clean up the trash and litter that is affecting one of Austin's creek beds. The Shoal Creek Shopping Cart Corral will happen this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at five different locations along the creek bed. This comes almost a year after the city released a report on the amount of trash that fills Austin creek beds. The type of trash littering our creeks Ivey Kaiser is the executive director of the Shoal Creek Conservancy. She regularly walks along the urban trail adjacent to the creek to see which spots need the most cleaning. "Lots of takeout containers. Lots and lots of drink containers," Kaiser explained of the trash she sees in the creek. The 2022 Watershed department report found that pretty much anything can be found inside the creek, including electric scooters, but the most common item found is single-use plastics like water bot...

Meteor showers over Texas; how these light shows dazzle every year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Making a wish on a shooting star is easy if you know when to look up. Each year, thousands of meteors rain down on Earth. The majority of these are small, the size of a grain of sand, and they can create dazzling light shows in our night sky.In this First Warning Weather University lesson, chief meteorologist David Yeomans takes a closer look at meteor showers and how they happen.In this lesson you will learn:What is a meteor?Where do they come from?When are the biggest meteor showers each year?What else can you learn in First Warning Weather University:How does a 400-year old tool predict the weather?Why do some clouds look a little stranger than others?Lake Travis sometimes stinks more than usual and this is why.

Schenectady PD hosting civilian police academy in the Fall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Schenectady Police Department will be hosting a civilian police academy in tandem with other local law enforcement agencies this fall. Those interested in taking part may fill out a survey given by the police department online. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The survey gauges civilians' interest in possible topics covered, how long the course should be, how many sessions would be held weekly, etc. Those who aren't interested in joining are still encouraged to fill out the survey. In 2022, the Albany Police Department held a citizens' police academy in the Spring of 2022. Per the citizens' police academy webpage on Albany's website, their academy offered "a unique opportunity to increase understanding between citizens who live in or work in the City and Albany Police through education." Weekly classes were offered to cover several topics, help dispel misconceptions, and build trust between cit...

On the rebound? QB Russell Wilson and three other Broncos bounce-back candidates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

Denver’s veteran players reported to training camp Tuesday and the first of 12 open practices is Friday.The roster will be sliced and diced and analyzed in all sorts of ways between now and the cutdown from 90 players to 53 on Aug. 29.Today, a look at five Broncos bounce-back candidates.QB Russell WilsonThis list has to start with Wilson, who turned in the worst season of his career in 2022. Coach Sean Payton has said all along that nobody involved with that team got away without some dirt on their hands. He ratcheted up that rhetoric in an interview with USA TODAY this week, saying Wilson still has “gas in the tank.” Added Payton: “There’s so much dirt around that. There’s 20 dirty hands, for what was allowed, tolerated in the fricking training rooms, the meeting rooms. The offense. I don’t know (Nathaniel) Hackett. A lot of people had dirt on their hands. It wasn’t just Russell. He didn’t just flip. He still has it.” That would certainly be a welcome development for the Broncos. R...

Nearly 200 million people in the U.S. are under heat or flood advisories

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

Nearly 200 million people in the United States, or 60% of the U.S. population, are under a heat advisory or flood warning or watch as high temperatures spread and new areas are told to expect severe storms.The National Weather Service said a “dangerous” heat wave began to scorch the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Thursday and will continue into the weekend. Severe thunderstorms and flash floods are possible for parts of the Northeast and South, New England and South Florida. Meanwhile, the string of record-breaking temperatures will persist for the Southwest and Midwest.“It's (hitting) all the big cities,” said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center. “That's why the population (affected) is so high.” Former Trump administration lawyer on Mar-a-Lago investigation: ‘The evidence is so overwhelming’ Scientists have long warned that climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, will lead to more and prolonged bouts of extreme ...

Review: ‘Beanie Bubble’ channels the crazed ’90s

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:31 GMT

By Jake Coyle | Associated PressWho knew so many movie ideas could be found while rummaging through your attic?This year we’ve had movies on Tetris ( “Tetris” ), Nike ( “Air” ), Blackberry ( “Blackberry” ) and Cheetos ( “Flamin’ Hot” ). The latest is “The Beanie Bubble,” a comic drama about the Beanie Baby craze of the 1990s.We once debated the ethics of product placement in movies — now the product IS the movie. It may not say entirely wonderful things about our capitalistic society that we’re pumping out big-screen movies and streaming-service content that exalts the stories behind snacks, sneaks and stuffies.“The Beanie Bubble,” which lands on Apple TV+ Friday, may be part of a ’20s trend but its interest is unpacking a late-20th century phenomenon and the some of the women exploited along the way. Zach Galifianakis plays Ty Warner, the chief executive of Ty Inc., the maker of the stuf...