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Day 1 Convective Outlook/Categorical for Sunday, June 28, 2026 indicates Level 1/5 and Level 2/5 risk of severe thunderstorms in northwest Illinois with the lowest risk type storms in northeast Illinois (SOURCE: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center).

National Weather Service Website Down Sunday, June 28, 2026

Sun Jun 28, 2026 10:35 am Cardinal News

UPDATE … SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD 0036Z MON JUN 29 2026 …NWS WEBSITE RESTORED… The www.weather.gov website has been fully restored including the CMS and forecast.weather.gov components. […]

Apple iPhone with an SOS, indicating there is no normal connection to the subscriber's cellular network available (CARDINAL NEWS)

Verizon and Metra Experience Outages, Service Disruptions; Unknown if Related

Mon Sep 30, 2024 03:46 pm Cardinal News

Both Metra service and Verizon service have been affected by communications issues causing significant disruptions in their services. Initially there was no information indicating that the two outages were related. Metra passenger trains were delayed […]

Watching a Monarch butterfly float from the Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission, crowds were packed on both sides of Miner Street near the end of the parade route, which also included Dunton Avenue and Oakton Street -- also packed with viewers (CARDINAL NEWS)

Record Crowd at Arlington Heights 4th of July Parade Route May Have Caused Verizon 5G Outage

Thu Jul 4, 2024 03:29 pm Cardinal News

Did your Verizon 5G cellphone show SOS instead of signal bars this morning, Thursday, July 4, 2024? SOS mode indicates you can make emergency calls to 9-1-1, but can indicate that you can’t make regular […]

Spam alert delivered to CARDINAL NEWS from Facebook (META) during the last week of June 2024.

Very Important Message Regarding Facebook Feeds from CARDINAL NEWS

Wed Jul 3, 2024 03:56 pm Cardinal News

UPDATE TUE MAR 31 2026: The information below involves a condition of operation that has expired; however, this notification page is maintained for historical reference to learn from past experiences. Social media has many advantages, […]

Elon Musk (PHOTO CREDIT: Steve Jurvetson CC BY 2.0)

XTV App from X Teasers; App for Amazon and Samsung Smart TVs

Mon Apr 29, 2024 09:37 pm Cardinal News

X, formerly Twitter, is teasing a new app that is being built for the seamless viewing from devices, such as smartphones, to large screen Smart TVs. In a teaser video, the interface has some resemblance […]

From the “Complaint Department” Files: “Will You Monitor Your FB Page Please?” (Regarding Spammers)

Fri Mar 1, 2024 02:06 pm Cardinal News

Today, Friday, March 1, 2024 CARDINAL NEWS is sharing a message forwarded to the CARDINAL NEWS Complaint Department. This is just an FYI to anyone who is concerned about spam — especially on Facebook. SPAM […]

National Weather Service Website Features for Local Information Inaccessible

Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:18 am Cardinal News

Several National Weather Service webpages, especially at the local level at each NWS office, have been experiencing technical difficulties this week. The outage may have been fixed Thursday morning, January 18, 2024. According to the […]

If you see "Nothing to see here - yet" you are probably seeing an embedded Twitter list or timeline, which has been broken by actions by Twitter

Important News About Embedded Twitter “Nothing to See Here” Timelines and Lists on CARDINAL NEWS

Wed Jul 19, 2023 12:57 pm Cardinal News

Apparently Twitter’s restrictions involving usage limits implemented early July 2023 have also broken an important feature that allows web designers to embed Twitter timelines and embed Twitter lists. There several CARDINAL NEWS pages with embedded […]

Branding, Terms of Service Confirm: Twitter, Inc. No Longer Exists; Consolidated Under ‘X Corp’

Thu May 4, 2023 07:29 am Cardinal News

Twitter now has an identity under X Corp. In a court filing April 4, 2023 [PDF], Twitter, Inc. disclosed that it no longer existed, and was consolidated into X Corp. The corporation was created on […]

Twitter Outage Reported Monday; Users Getting Error Code 467

Mon Mar 6, 2023 11:12 am Cardinal News

Embed Twitter timelines are not visible on websites. Only a shortened link to the timeline is available. A click on that link results in a referral to an error code, or may crash the app […]

First Commercial Wireless Phone Call Made on October 13, 1983 at Soldier Field

Thu Oct 13, 2022 02:37 pm Cardinal News

President of Ameritech Mobile Communication Bob Barnett, sitting in a Chrysler convertible parked next to Soldier Field on October 13, 1983, calls Mr. Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor — the great grandson of inventor Alexander Graham […]

Fiber optic repair around 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 27, 2022

WOW! Fiber Optic Was Line Brought Down by Garbage Truck Friday Along Euclid Ave Arlington Heights

Sun May 29, 2022 11:45 pm Cardinal News

Fiber optic lines were spliced Friday after a garbage truck brought down the cable Friday afternoon. A WOW! technician did splicing work of the involved very small “glass threads” involved in transmitting of data signals […]

Facebook Like Button Deprecated on CARDINAL NEWS Articles Wednesday April 27, 2022

Wed Apr 27, 2022 05:46 am Cardinal News

Just a quick note that CARDINAL NEWS on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 removed the Facebook Like Button from the top of each article because it was not working reliably. In some cases a pop-up window […]

Devil Pepper cartoon freeing Twitter bird with Arlington Cardinal approval (SOURCE: @remonwangxt)

Elon Musk Buys Twitter — Will Become Privately Held Company

Mon Apr 25, 2022 02:03 pm Cardinal News

Elon Musk and Twitter on Monday, April 25, 2022 announced a deal with Twitter going to Elon Musk at $54.20 per share. Twitter will become a privately held company, and existing stockholders will get $54.20 […]

Are These the Stages of a Modern Hostile Takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk?

Mon Apr 11, 2022 08:06 pm Cardinal News

Elon Musk, a proponent of free speech on social media (especially Twitter), has gone through several stages in the past week that has some analysts wondering if he is planning a hostile takeover of Twitter. […]

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