Tag: Chicago
World 17.11.23 | 09:01

A train colliding with a snow plow in Chicago caused tragedy and numerous injuries

According to police, a metro train crash in Chicago resulted in numerous injuries, as ABC News reports. According to the Chicago Fire Department, at approximately 10:35 a.m. local time, a Chicago Transit Authority train and a snow plow collided, as reported by ABC News. Thirteen citizens and seven CTA...

Macedonia 18.02.22 | 10:45

Son of outspoken Government supporter rewarded with a diplomatic post in Chicago

The Kovacevski Government yesterday denied media reports that it is sending an unqualified journalist as consul to New York. But it did not deny the report of a crony appointment of the son of a pro-Government commentator as consul to Chicago. Petrit Musliu is the son of Albert Musliu, businessman and...

Life 01.02.19 | 19:39

Here are the wildest photos of the polar vortex rocking the US

A polar vortex swept through the Midwest this week, bringing with it historic low temperatures in some areas. Chicago, which was particularly hard-hit, dropped below -20 degrees on Thursday, with wind chill bringing temperatures down into the blistering -40s, Vice reported. The cold snap has claimed...

World 01.02.19 | 10:26

Polar vortex kills 21 in the US

The death toll from the polar vortex which affected the United States is put at 21, as record setting cold and wind chills hit the homeless. A 38-year-old woman was found frozen in her unheated home in Milwaukee on Wednesday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The body of a man was also found frozen...

Life 31.01.19 | 10:21

It’s so cold in Chicago, rail crews are lighting train tracks on fire just to keep them running

As historically-low temperatures sweep through much of the US, Chicago train tracks are literally being set on fire to keep the trains operating. Chicago is so ridiculously cold that they’ve set the railway tracks on fire pic.twitter.com/bXJ2SKcCQH — Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 30, 2019