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Excessive heat warning in effect until Friday | VIDEO
As the sweltering heat tightens its grip on the area, officials are urging residents to check on their neighbors.

Jesse Jackson Jr. condition 'more serious' than initially thought
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s medical condition is ''more serious than we thought and initially believed," a spokesperson revealed in a statement released Thursday.

Heat buckles pavement, slows Metra trains | VIDEO
The extreme heat is causing problems on the roads and rails in the Chicago area.

1,250 still without power after Sunday storms
ComEd hopes to have power restored to everyone who has been without power since Sunday's storms by Thursday.

Car bumper found in train wreckage
Clean crews say they have found the bumper of car in the wreckage of a derailed freight train.

11 arrested in downtown attack
A man was attacked in downtown Chicago near the intersection of Dearborn Street and Chicago Avenue.