CHICAGO (WGN) – This week marks the 30th anniversary of the devastating Chicago Heat Wave of 1995. Over 700 people died in the oppressive heat that year. WGN-TV’s Mike Lowe spoke with former WGN-TV ...

There was lots of promise -- Email is an ancient technology, and is due for a refresh. Google Wave promised to change the way we communicate, and would eventually replace Email. Unfortunately, Google ...

It’s not often Google admits one of its products is a complete failure, so the internet industry was shocked yesterday when the search giant said it will be shutting down the Google Wave platform by ...

Nearly one year after the heat crisis in the Pacific Northwest, emergency managers, doctors and even transit systems in the area say they are using lessons learned to prepare for this summer. The city ...

CLIMATEWIRE | The city of Portland was baking last June and Bureau of Emergency Management Director Jonna Papaefthimiou was in crisis mode. Sweltering in temperatures 40 degrees Fahrenheit higher than ...

Given what the world now knows about the coronavirus from the (ongoing) first wave, it’s vital that policymakers draw certain lessons from the (mis)handling of the first wave. Such lessons can help ...

Xinfadi market is busiest in the middle of the night. Corn from Hubei, cherries from Shandong, garlic from Jiangsu, gather momentarily before they are dispersed to supermarkets across Beijing. In just ...