These are images straight out of a doomsday movie: a huge storm front is gathering over the US city of Chicago. Then hail follows and lightning strikes the Willis Tower. Warren Buffett keeps ...

Photos from the Chicago Sky’s introductory news conference for their WNBA draft selections on April 17, 2025, at The Metropolitan Club at Willis Tower. The Chicago Sky’s Maddy Westbeld ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Ledge is a glass box on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower, the eighth-tallest building in the world and the tallest building in the Western hemisphere.

Chicago is home to one of the tallest buildings in the world: the Willis Tower. So tall that on a windy day, the topmost floors can sway as much as three feet. But what keeps it from falling?

Landmark opened in 1973 with original tenant Sears Roebuck & Co. CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Sears Tower is history. As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower.