Natural gas evaporation leak on I-55 causes traffic gridlock

Natural gas evaporation leak reported on I-55 after 2-vehicle crash Traffic was snarled Thursday on Interstate 55 after a reported natural gas evaporation leak from a vehicle. COOK COUNTY - Traffic on Interstate 55 was snarled Thursday during the evening rush after a two-vehicle crash caused a natural gas evaporation leak. The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-55 just north of County Line Road in Cook County.

New Amtrak investment would improve Union Station, create more routes into Chicago

Amtrak investment would improve Union Station, create more routes into Chicago Mayors across the Midwest are calling on the federal government to approve Amtrak’s Chicago HUB Improvement Program. CHICAGO - Mayors across the Midwest are calling on the federal government to approve Amtrak’s Chicago HUB Improvement Program. The $850 million investment would improve Chicago’s Union Station, create more routes into the city, and open a variety of new service options across the Midwest.

New Zealand Pushes 'Cow Fart Tax' To Fight Climate Change

As part of a plan to fight climate change, New Zealand leaders are proposing a tax on the greenhouse gases emitted by farm animals.WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty ImagesIf passed, farmers would have to start paying the new tax in 2025. New Zealand farmers are facing a potential new tax — on the gas their animals produce. As Vice reported, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern proposed the new tax on Tuesday, October 11, as a method of combatting climate change in the country.

Nodosaur, The Dinosaur Mummy Found With Its Skin And Guts Intact

"We don't just have a skeleton," said one of the researchers involved in studying the nodosaur. "We have a dinosaur as it would have been."Robert Clark/National GeographicThe nodosaur is the crown jewel of a dino exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta, Canada. You can’t even see its bones, but scientists are hailing it as perhaps the best-preserved dinosaur specimen ever unearthed. That’s because those bones remain covered by intact skin and armor — 110 million years after the creature’s death.

Our Lady of Victory Catholic church in Chicago closes after 105 years

Our Lady of Victory Catholic church in Chicago closes after 105 years The closure is part of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Renew my Church plan - a restructuring effort that groups several churches and schools into 3 new parishes. CHICAGO - The oldest catholic parish on Chicago's Far Northwest Side closed on Sunday. Our Lady of Victory was founded in 1906. The closure is part of the Archdiocese of Chicago's "

Pillows Grand Hotel Reylof in Belgium wins Best Hotel Design award

If it's an ultra-chic European weekend getaway you're after, the Pillows Grand Hotel Reylof in Belgium is perfect. Why? The hotel has just been awarded winner of the Best Hotel Design gong at the Venuez Hospitality Awards 2019. Dating back to 1724, the building of Pillows Grand Reylof Hotel was the former baronial residence of poet Baron Olivier de Reylof and sits just outside the boundaries of the medieval city walls of Ghent.

Shattered salsa jar causes $20K in damages at Massachusetts pool

article A pool has to be repaired after someone brought salsa. (Credit: Needham DPW) NEEDHAM, Mass. - A popular pool in Massachusetts is back open after a jar of salsa led to $20,000 in repairs.  The town of Needham's Park and Recreation Departmentposted on Facebook that the lap pool at Rosemary pool was closed on July 14. The reason was due to a glass bottle shattering and glass shards being found in the pool.

Stone Mountain's Confederate carvings 'should be removed'

Image 1 of 7 ▼ STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, has called for the removal of Confederate memorial carvings on Stone Mountain. App users: View full article here Abrams, a former Georgia House Minority Leader and current state representative, tweeted Tuesday morning that the carvings remain a “blight on our state and should be removed.” According to Stone Mountain Park’s website, the “Confederate Memorial Carving depicts three Confederate heroes of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E.

Survivors recall doomed United Flight 553 as anniversary of Chicago crash draws near: 'Like a bomb e

Survivors recall United Flight 553 as anniversary of Chicago crash draws near Early December will mark the 50th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight 553, which slammed into a residential neighborhood just south of Midway Airport. CHICAGO - Early December will mark the 50th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight 553, which slammed into a residential neighborhood just south of Midway Airport. A survivor of one of Chicago's worst aviation disasters is reliving the nightmare.

Teen mom throws newborn in dumpster in shocking video

HOBBS, New Mexico - Surveillance video taken outside a New Mexico store shows the moments a teen mom tossed her unwanted newborn into a dumpster – and the rescuers who pulled her to safety five hours later. "I got a call about 8:30 on Friday, and Hobbs PD said, ‘Hey Joe are your cameras working out back?’" Joe Imbriale, the owner of Rig Outfitters, told Fox News Digital. "They said we have a crime scene.