Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right incendiary and professional complainer, has been banned from a furry convention. Yiannopoulos announced that he took on a "fursona" — alternate egos that furries adopt in ...

A chlorine gas leak at a Hyatt hotel in Chicago forced an evacuation early Sunday morning, disrupting the Midwest FurFest convention. The chlorine gas leak set off the hotel alarms around 12:40 a.m., ...

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A report out of Chicago says that on December 7th, the annual Midwest FurFest, a convention celebrating art, literature and performance based around anthropomorphic animals, was interrupted an ...

Investigators said a chemical leak that interrupted the weekend FurFest convention was an intentional act and was being treated as a criminal matter. Nineteen people were hospitalized early Sunday in ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. (WLS) -- Police are investigating after a chlorine leak forced the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont to evacuate early Sunday during the Midwest FurFest Convention. Rosemont police were ...

The chlorine gas this morning that interrupted a hotel convention to celebrate furry animals may have been released intentionally, authorities in Illinois said. Rosemont police have no suspects, but ...

A convention dedicated to aficionados of furry costumes returned to “almost normal operations” hours after its host hotel had to be evacuated because of a chlorine gas incident, organizers said Monday ...

“It’s not like we’re saying sex doesn’t happen—when you get adults in a hotel somewhere, stuff’s going to happen,” says Matt Berger, media relations lead for Midwest FurFest. “But sex is definitely ...

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