The CTA Holiday train is back and spreading joy throughout Chicago during December. The decked-out holiday train, a CTA tradition for more than three decades, will make appearances on all of the ...

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Editor's Note: A person of interest was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon. Our latest update can be found here. Our original story continues below. A woman is in critical condition after police ...

A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack.

CHICAGO — A person of interest is in custody in connection to a woman who was set on fire during a fight on a CTA Blue Line train overnight, according to Chicago police. Police said the attack ...

The 26-year-old woman who cops said was set on fire by a lunatic with a lengthy rap sheet on a Chicago L train earlier this month has been identified as Bethany MaGee. “It is devastating that a career ...