In spite of the extreme cold, a lot of people made their way down to Chicago’s lakefront Sunday, taking advantage of free days at some of the city’s biggest tourist attractions.

Many of the dabbling ducks use their flat bills to strain food items from the water, but the big spatulate bill of the Northern Shoveler is adapted to take this habit to the extreme. Flocks of ...

Hazardous to damaging surf conditions about southern and central parts of the coast. Fire Danger - High: Northern Slopes, North Western, Upper Central West Plains, Lower Central West Plains, Northern ...