The American Red Cross is offering a cash incentive to donate blood ahead of the winter holidays after the organization declared its second-ever national blood supply crisis this year. “As we lean into fall activities, keeping blood and platelet donation appointments on the books is crucial to ensuring hospitals have the tools they need to care for ...

An extra hour of sleep is on the way for most Americans, though the fall back to standard time will bring darker afternoons, too. One tip: Try to get outside for some morning sun itll help your body clock reset faster. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. ...

Be mindful about what you drink. It could affect your heart health and risk for cardiovascular disease. Sipping certain beverages adds sugar, chemicals and stimulants to the diet. The liquid calories provide less satiety than food, leading to overindulgence and weight gain. But fill your glass or cup with a healthy beverage and you can provide the ...

The Chicago area over the past few weeks has seen beautiful blue skies, mild conditions and warm October days. Will the weather stay that way for Halloween? Here’s an early look at the holiday forecast and the weather changes to expect this week. Monday Temperatures Monday morning started out chilly but mild, NBC 5 Storm Team meteorologist ...

Soak up the sunlight while you can — early sunsets are one week away, but so is an extra hour of sleep. “Fall back” for most states, including Illinois, takes place Sunday. At 2 a.m., Daylight saving time will come to an end for fall, and clocks will turn back one hour earlier. DST will start back up again Sunday, March 14, when we “spring ...

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown is to be sentenced Monday over brawling at a London nightclub three years ago. Brown, 37, pleaded guilty to a count of affray at Londons Southwark Crown Court in July for attacking a music producer with a bottle on the head. Brown had denied attacking Abraham Diaw with a bottle at the Tape nightclub in the swanky ...

A Chicago-based nonprofit is using the power of music to help students develop a deeper understanding of themselves, society and the world around them. Jeanne Warsaw, a 20-plus-year music industry executive, started MeMa Music 15 years ago. All music tells a story, Warsaw said. So, I thought, I’m going to create a curriculum that uses music from the ...

A firefighter with the Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District in suburban Kane County died after experiencing a medical emergency during a training exercise, the fire protection district said Sunday. Firefighter Greg Witt died following a medical emergency during a scheduled training exercise on Wednesday. Witt, a U.S. Marine veteran, had served with ...

Field hockey star Ashley Sessa, who competed in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, is a Pennsylvania native who has found a home in the Chicago area playing for Northwestern University. At a recent game, Sessa, a senior Wildcat, walked onto Lakeside Field with her father and brother by her side and her mother, Tracy, in her hand on FaceTime. “My wife ...

Its not even Halloween yet, but it may seem like some people are already coming down with the flu. Doctors say that appears to be the case, with flu season off to an unusually early start. As of Oct. 21, flu infections are growing or likely growing in 44 states, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

With the days getting shorter and sunsets coming earlier, a major seasonal shift is coming soon. Illinois is set to “fall back” in one week – on Sunday, Nov. 1. Daylight saving time is the period when clocks are moved forward in the spring, while the rest of the year is known as standard time. Illinois currently shifts between the two. ...

The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a hugely consequential battle for control of both chambers of Congress and multiple governors mansions around the U.S. Closer to the Chicago area, there are plenty of races that will demand attention from voters, including gubernatorial races in Illinois and Wisconsin and a tight race to determine Indianas ...

After a 21-10 loss to Illinois in Champaign on Saturday, Oregon has fired offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer. Mehringer, who became the full-time offensive coordinator prior to the start of the 2026 season, was relieved of his duties Sunday as Oregon grapples with a season thats quickly gone south, with the Ducks carrying a 4-3 record after starting ...

A concealed carry license holder shot an alleged assailant during an altercation in North Lawndale Sunday morning. According to Chicago police, the 23-year-old man was walking in the 3100 block of West Cermak at approximately 10:25 a.m. when he was approached by two individuals. A physical altercation then unfolded, and the 23-year-old, who has a ...

When Griselda Garibay was diagnosed with breast cancer at 44, the news came as a shock. The Chicago resident moved to the United States from Mexico when she was 12. Now the mother of two daughters, she had no symptoms, no family history of the disease and considered herself healthy. “I was doing all the right things,” Garibay, a breast cancer ...

A movement to explore the idea of separating from Cook County and creating a new state is continuing to build, with 11 more counties set to vote on non-binding referenda in this years election. According to the group Illinois Separation, which has spearheaded drives to put non-binding questions of separating from Cook County, a total of 33 counties have ...

Twelve people, including several minors, were injured in a shooting near Florida A&M Universitys Bragg Memorial Stadium, where homecoming celebrations included a football game Saturday. The Tallahassee Police Department said in a statement that 11 of the 12 were shot and that three victims had serious injuries. The others, it said, had been stabilized. ...

Halloween is all about costumes, spooky decorations and trick-or-treating. But for children with food allergies, a bowl full of candy can come with concerns about ingredients and cross-contact. The Teal Pumpkin Project aims to make the holiday more inclusive by encouraging households to offer non-food treats alongside candy. A teal pumpkin on a doorstep ...

Two people were taken to area hospitals and numerous residents were displaced after a fire broke out in a suburban Deerfield apartment Saturday. According to officials with the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire Department, firefighters were called to a 16-unit apartment building in the 1200 block of Deerfield Road at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A fire had broken ...

Voters in the city of Chicago will face three advisory questions on their election ballots, including one related to the fallout from Operation Midway Blitz. That federal immigration enforcement operation, which took place in the late summer and early fall of 2025, made national headlines both for its scope and for clashes that took place between federal ...

The Chicago area has been seeing one of its warmest Octobers in decades, but just how long will those temperatures last? According to the latest forecasts from the NBC 5 Storm Team, the above-average temperatures will continue for most of the upcoming week, including on Sunday when readings are expected to once again soar into the mid-70s. Winds ...

A man has died and two others were injured Saturday night after a trio of gunmen opened fire at a West Garfield Park gas station. According to Chicago police, the three victims in the shooting were standing at a gas station in the 400 block of South Kostner at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday when three men exited a white SUV and immediately began firing ...

If youre surprised to hear about people getting sick with the flu before Halloween, youre not alone. The 2026-2027 flu season appears to be off to an early and strong start, experts say. Influenza activity is still low nationally, but cases are rising quickly in many parts of the country, especially the West, and two states, Louisiana and Hawaii, are ...

One of Chicago’s most well-known animal shelters took in dozens of dogs that were among roughly 76 rescued from a suburban home where they were living in filthy, hoarder-like conditions, the shelter said on Saturday. The dogs arrived late Friday night after Anti-Cruelty was called in to help with the large number of dogs that were removed this week ...

Three people were shot in on a sidewalk in Chicago in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon, police said. Around 2:50 p.m., a 40-year-old woman, a 41-year-old man and a 46-year-old man were standing outside on the 3000 block of West Flournoy in the city’s East Garfield Park neighborhood when an unidentified gunman drove by in a car and fired shots in ...