As COVID-19 cases surge across the United States and Europe in a second wave, we are now seeing countries go back into lockdowns.

Europe has reported more than 1.3 million new cases during this past week. With new restrictions taking place in Europe, the United States is looking on with the question of further state lockdowns

It’s warmer right now in the outer edge of Antarctica than Chicago.

Blame something called the “polar vortex,” which is directly impacting travel for thousands of Americans.

A polar vortex by definition is a large mass of rotating air that is located in the upper-middle atmospheric layers over either the North or South Pole.