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Bitterly cold night ahead

Weather Forecaster Nathan Gidley has an evening update on the bitter arctic air on the way tonight and what you can expect for the rest of the week.



Carson poses with the band Pierce the Veil, June 10, 2016. It was the second time Sophia’s seen them, it was the only tour where they played their entire album, Misadventures. Sophia Carson, photo provided.

Brutally Honest: Therapy reimagined

That moment when the filler music before a show stops, and you know it’s show time. The venue lights go down, the screams rise, the intro music to the first song begins … and there they are: one of your favorite artists, if not your favorite, in the flesh. The artist or band that has lifted your spirits, quenched your bad moods and had you bopping from day one is directly in front of you.


A woman walking the half mile from Chicago's Adler Planetarium to the Chicago Aquarium braces herself in the stiff wind and blowing snow off Lake Michigan, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

5 national stories of the week

Winter weather across the country, a former president undergoing surgery, record number of migrant kids in custody, dams at risk across the U.S. and Juul’s ban on an e-cigarette flavor make up this week’s five national stories.



Local animal shelter ARF needs volunteers

Students aren’t the only ones who have to face the harsh cold this winter season. The animals at ARF find themselves stuck in cages all winter because of little volunteer help there. 



Fireworks are seen over the Brandenburg Gate as part of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

5 international stories of the week

The fall of the Berlin Wall celebrations, the statue unveiling of a former U.S. President at his Berlin Wall speech site, the Japanese Emperor’s enthronement parade, the Hong Kong protests and Iran producing more low-enriched uranium make up this week’s five international stories.