User-reported issues for Facebook alone topped 90,000 on Downdetector as of 12:30 p.m. CT. Outage reports for Instagram had exceeded 60,000, while about 11,000 were reported on Messenger and WhatsApp.
National Weather Service officials are expecting snow showers and tumbling temperatures Wednesday in the Chicago area. Officials said an arctic front was expected to bring in snow showers and gusty ...
When a chunk of the polar vortex dislodges from the North Pole, it can bring Chicago's coldest periods of weather on record, such as those recorded during the winters of 1977, 1989 and 2014.