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Three stabbed, 14 trampled in annual fireworks display at Chicago's Navy Pier, police hunt for two male suspects
Polar vortex freezes US Midwest; schools, postal services shut down as authorities struggle to provide shelter to homeless
Mercury plunges to 'life-threatening temperatures' in US midwest; Chicago makes special arrangements for homeless
Polar Vortex Explained: Artic-like deep freeze grips US with coldest temperature in 20 years, but is this climate change?
Photos: Hell hasn't frozen over, but Chicago certainly has
Chicago hit a record low of -16 degree Fahrenheit this morning as a polar air mass brought the coldest temperatures in about two decades into the city.