A Cook County jury has awarded $104 million verdict to two men injured in an Interstate 90 construction zone car crash in Elgin in which one of them was left a quadriplegic. Rob Rosā and Michael ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...

On October 14, 1947, Captain Chuck Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 aircraft, "Glamorous Glennis," achieving a speed of Mach 1.06. This flight disproved prevailing expert warnings that exceeding Mach 1 ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- The victims of a deadly limousine rollover crash in 2016 have won a $104 million verdict against the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The crash happened March 25, 2016 on ...

Six of the US Air Force’s most iconic aircraft were featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff—each of which played a role in advancing America’s exploration of space. The Right Stuff (1983) is ...

As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, dispatchers received several calls about a wrong-way driver who hit several vehicles. The crash happened around 1:12 a.m. on I-70 eastbound near Brandt Pike. A ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A rollover crash with minor injuries closed westbound 104th Avenue at Irma Drive and southbound Irma Drive at 105th Avenue in Northglenn for about an hour Friday morning. The ...

Modified with rockets and reaction controls, the NF-104A climbed to 118,000 feet in half an hour, training pilots for spaceflight. Chuck Yeager, Jack Woodman, and Robert Smith pushed the Starfighter ...

A Ponchatoula man has been arrested in connection with a three-vehicle crash that sent eight people to area hospitals, including three children under the age of 8, authorities said. The injuries from ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Two people were hospitalized following a crash at the intersection of Carter Street and Route 104 in Rochester. The incident occurred just after 9 p.m. Monday. Police said the driver ...

According to Capt. Adam Radens of the Rochester Police Department, a westbound vehicle attempted to "beat a light that was turning red by speeding up through the intersection" and collided with a ...