You can finally turn over a new leaf with your houseplant. A mind-blowing biotech breakthrough called PlantGPT can translate your houseplant's silent suffering into speech. The new device, developed by a group of students at Spelman College in Atlanta, uses artificial intelligence to monitor and analyze plant health da...

From rising education costs to the price of essentials and extracurriculars, raising kids can be expensive - especially if they want to be an elite athlete one day. Arthur Liu, father of Olympian and 2025 world champion figure skater Alysa Liu, estimates he's spent a total of $500,000 to $1 million on her training alon...

For travelers looking for a little Minecraft before Miami, Chicago's Midway Airport is the place to be. On Thursday, the Gameway gaming lounge opened near Gate A5 complete with PCs, Xboxes and PlayStations. Travelers can reserve gaming stations that are equipped with comfortable seating, headphones, high-speed internet...

The Chicago Bears released a statement Thursday as lawmakers took a step closer to making a stadium in northwest Indiana closer to reality. The Indiana Senate already rapidly passed legislation setting the parameters for a deal with the Bears, including a bond issue, a lease with the team, and other agreements that a n...

Did you wake up to a car completely covered in dust on Wednesday? The dust on the cars is partially because of what's going on to the south and west, ABC7 Chicago meteorologist Larry Mowry said. Gusty southwest winds brought in dust, smoke and ash from the wildfires that have been burning across parts of Oklahoma. That...

In honor of single game tickets going on sale Friday, the Chicago Cubs are celebrating with a "larger-than-life" surprise that will be spread across the city. On Thursday, the Cubs plan to drop life-sized bobbleheads at varies locations. The bobbleheads are to celebrate the club's 150th anniversary as a Natio...

A new red panda moved to Lincoln Park Zoo just in time for Lunar New Year. Qi, is an adult male. The 7-year-old red panda was moved from New York to be a mate for Nisha, another red panda at the Lincoln Park Zoo. "Red pandas are an endangered species, so the potential for cubs from Nisha and Qi is particularly exc...

A Chicago suburb has gotten the title of having the worst traffic bottleneck in the country. The interchange where I-290 crosses and merges with I-294 and I-88 has the worst congestion of any interchange in the U.S., according to the American Transportation Research Institute. The average speed was 39.5 miles per hour....