Good morning, Chicago.
As Andrea Jack sat in a plane at O’Hare International Airport on Monday evening, she felt as though she were flying.
The problem — the plane hadn’t left the ground.
The 45-year-old was stuck on the aircraft as severe thunderstorms, and what is being investigated as potential tornados, swept the Chicago metro area, including at O’Hare. Even as the storms prompted the evacuation of Federal Aviation Administration facilities and caused hundreds of travelers to shelter in place inside the airport, some passengers aboard planes were forced to wait out the weather on the tarmac.
Jack, who had a layover in Chicago on her flight with American Airlines to Oregon after visiting family in Ireland, said she ended up spending about two hours on the plane.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Rebecca Johnson and Sarah Freishtat.
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What should residents of high-rise buildings in Chicago do in a tornado warning?
Tornadoes and severe storms sent scores of Chicagoans scrambling to basements Sunday and Monday, but what should residents do if they live in high-rise buildings?
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US Rep. Mary Miller, who at RNC says media has ‘demonized Trump,’ symbolizes rightward shift of Illinois GOP
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Out-of-state officers fatally shot a man blocks away from the RNC, angering Milwaukee residents
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House Democrats want to stop early DNC effort to nominate Biden before party convention in August
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Since the pandemic, ready-to-drink options have become the third most popular form of coffee drinking for daily drinkers. The growth has been rapid since 2023, rising from 8% to 15% of coffee drinkers who were polled about their preferred preparation in the past day, according to the National Coffee Association’s Coffee Data Trends for spring 2024. The most popular forms of coffee preparations for daily drinkers are still drip and single-cup machines such as Keurig and Nespresso. The National Coffee Association’s data also showed Gen Z and millennials were more likely to drink specialty and RTD coffee.
We sampled several local canned coffee offerings. Here’s our favorite.
For most Americans, coffee in a can is the realm of the Starbucks Doubleshot popped open on a road trip, filled with lots of sugar, milk, energy supplements and plenty of other additives. But specialty roasters and restaurant groups in Chicago are increasingly entering the fray. They largely brew their coffee black, listing coffee and water as the sole ingredients. Cans are a portable way to highlight the quality of their product and get it into the hands of more customers.
The Tribune Dining Team tested six local specialty canned coffee offerings to see how they stacked up against each other.
