The world’s top athletes in winter sports will showcase their skills and go head-to-head in competitions at the2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Athletes will face off in 15 returning disciplines, ranging from alpine skiing to bobsled and figure skating. But this year, there’s a new addition to the lineup, and it’s one many fans may not have heard ...

NBC Chicago reporters are consistently asked about a lot about people interviewed for stories, and we have an update on a grandmother who was mauled by two dogs in Harvey last spring. The 58-year-old was attacked on the evening of April 14. Donna Hale said she was walking near 145th and Sangamon in Harvey, when something touched her. It turned out to be ...

A ground stop was issued at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport due to security on Tuesday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said. According to the FAA’s National Aerospace System, a ground stop began at 5:24 p.m. and was expected to remain in effect until 6:30 p.m. Details on the security incident that prompted flights to be ...

Fall away left footer. AINs. “Kiss and cry.” Sometimes picking up sports terminology can feel like learning a foreign language. The jargon was developed out of necessity to communicate complex ideas quickly, according to David Caldwell, a linguist who teaches at the University of South Australia.  Below, we’ve defined some common words and ...

Lindsey Vonns dreams of returning to the Olympic stage looked dashed last week, but she plans to ski in Cortina even after tearing her ACL in her knee. Vonn, who returned from retirement and aims to win gold in multiple events during the upcoming Olympics, tore the ACL in her left knee during a crash in a World Cup race in Switzerland on Friday. ...

The Midwest is well represented at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, and one of its most popular sports will kick off this week, even before the Opening Ceremony. Curling. Midwest athletes make up nearly the entire U.S. curling team. In fact, one of them could set a U.S. Olympic record in Italy. Rich Ruohonen, a 54-year-old curler from Brooklyn ...

Of course it would take those mischievous Minions to thrust what has become a yearslong musical nightmare for figure skaters into the global spotlight just days before they step onto the ice for the Milan Cortina Olympics. Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate revealed this week that the music he has used all season, a medley from the animated ...

A suspect has been arrested in the execution style murder of a 30-year-old woman inside of a rural Momence bar on Monday. According to the Kankakee County Sheriffs Office, 47-year-old Julius Burkes Jr. was arrested as he left his home in the 6400 block of Rhode Island Avenue in Hammond, Indiana on Tuesday. Burkes is being held in custody in Indiana, ...

The Chicago Bulls have reportedly pulled off another trade, dealing center Nikola Vucevic to the Boston Celtics. According to ESPNs Shams Charania, the Bulls will also send a second-round pick to Boston in the deal. In exchange, the Bulls will acquire Anfernee Simons and a second-round pick from Boston, according to the report. Vucevic was ...

Officials at the University of Illinois Chicago advised people to stay away from campus as a police investigation remained underway on Monday afternoon. UIC, in a campus alert posted on social media, confirmed police activity in the 1100 block of South Wood Street. As of around 2:30 p.m., authorities were on scene, and the police activity remained ...

Its been a frigid stretch of weather in the Chicago area, and if it feels unusual, your assumptions may be right. The last time the city of Chicago had a high temperature of above 32 degrees was back in mid-January, and Tuesday will mark the 17th consecutive day that the city has failed to reach the freezing mark, according to NBC 5 Storm Team ...

The new Ryan Field in Evanston will soon be the home for the Northwestern Wildcats football team, and its opening date has special significance. The school announced Tuesday that its new football stadium, built on the site of the original Ryan Field, will open its doors for the first time on Saturday, October 2 when the Wildcats open their home Big Ten ...

The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics begin this week, but the actual events start earlier than you might think — and that includes major sports like ice hockey, snowboarding and figure skating. While the Opening Ceremony is set for Friday, the Games actually begin Wednesday. When are the Olympics? The first Olympic events begin on Feb. 4, but the ...

The Chicago Bulls have swung a trade for a pair of guards, reportedly acquiring Jaden Ivey and Mike Conley Jr. According to ESPNs Shams Charania, the guards will come to Chicago as part of a three-team deal involving the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves. The Pistons will acquire Kevin Huerter from the Bulls and Dario Saric from the ...

Some athletes were just Bjrn to win Olympic medals. That certainly rings true for the three most decorated Winter Olympians, all of whom come from Norway.  Through 24 editions of the Winter Olympics, only 14 athletes have collected nine medals or more. A handful of those competitors have a chance to add to their total at the 2026 Milan Cortina ...

The highly anticipated Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics won’t just feature athletes from the games. It will also include a number of international artists, including a performance from iconic pop diva Mariah Carey. The ceremony, which takes place Friday, Feb. 6, marks the kickoff of the 2026 Olympic Games, though some events will ...

The Winter Olympics are upon us. Four years after convening in Beijing, top athletes from around the world will head to Italy for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Milan Cortina marks Italy’s third time hosting the Winter Olympics, and it is also NBC’s eighth time as the broadcasting home of the Winter Olympics. How and when will Milan Cortina ...

Former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy has a new job, reportedly being hired as offensive coordinator for the New York Giants. The move was reported my multiple outlets, including ESPNs Adam Schefter and the Associated Press. Nagy spent the last three seasons as offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, helping the team to a Super Bowl ...

Police revealed more details Tuesday after a local bar owner in rural Momence was found shot and killed “execution style” as she was opening for the day, with the suspect first demanding money from the cash register and then fleeing the scene. The update, from the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office, came a day after the department said it was ...

A pair of coworkers thought theyd won $350 on an Illinois Lottery ticket, but a check of the app revealed a way larger payday. The coworkers, named Randy and April from a community called Ashton in Lee County, have been playing Lottery games together for years, but an early January drawing in the Lucky Day Lotto game gave them a payday they could have ...

A homicide investigation is underway in rural Kankakee County after a 30-year-old woman was found dead at a local bar near the Illinois-Indiana state line Monday morning, with officials asking for the public’s help as they release photos of a car and person of interest in the case. The update comes hours after the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office on ...

Months before two fatal shootings in Minneapolis by Border Patrol agents, Greg Bovino, who until last week was overseeing the agencys immigration enforcement operations, pushed back on internal efforts to temper his aggressive approach, according to an email that was obtained by NBC News. Bovino wanted to do large-scale immigration sweeps during a ...

Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is expected to announce Tuesday whether she will be able to compete at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games after injuring her left knee in a World Cup race last week. The 41-year-old American is scheduled to speak at a press conference at 10 a.m. ET. Vonn crashed in a World Cup race in Crans-Montana on Friday, losing control and ...

TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is asking for prayers for her mothers safe return as Arizona authorities continue to investigate her possible abduction. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing around noon on Sunday from her home outside Tucson after she was last seen the night before. Initially a search-and-rescue operation, Pima County Sheriff Chris ...

All eastbound and westbound lanes of Touhy Avenue in suburban Niles were closed during the busy Tuesday morning rush hour commute after vehicle crash involving a pedestrian, police asid. The Niles Police Department posted about the crash, near the Village Crossing shopping center in the 5600 block of Touhy Ave., at 6:39 a.m. “Please use ...