A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday. Widespread freezing rain and drizzle are causing untreated roads, sidewalks, and driveways to become icy and slick. Ice accumulation of up to 0.

Freezing rain could lead to hazardous travel conditions across the entire Chicago area, especially during "peak timing" of the winter weather system.

The ice has arrived and could be a bad night for traveling in the Chicago area. The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice on Tuesday.

A snarling honey badger stares down a cape porcupine in Botswana. It’s a brief pause in a life-or-death fight between the two animals. The porcupine bought some time with its sharp quills but a leg injury inflicted by the badger has left the porcupine vulnerable and it ultimately won’t survive the encounter. Photographer David Northall […]

Freezing rain, sleet and icy conditions are expected to overspread across the Chicago area Wednesday as a winter weather system moves across parts of Midwest and the Northeast. The system, which NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman described as “significant,