An American Airlines jet made an emergency landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after suffering a lightning strike shortly after takeoff at 10:16 a.m. Thursday morning, a spokeswoman said.
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 2 storm though they warn it is still powerful as it heads toward North Carolina and the Eastern Seaboard.
A bridge worker who fell 20 feet into the gears of a Chicago River drawbridge was rescued by Chicago Fire department crews this morning, fire officials said.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.