This still image taken from Chicago Transit Authority surveillance footage and included in a federal court record shows a man who federal authorities identified as Lawrence Reed holding a flaming ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said on Friday, in another jab at a ...

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The CTA has teamed up with famed Chicago musical artist Chance the Rapper as the agency urges us to “enjoy the ride.” That’s the slogan for a new collaboration to promote the CTA. It features two ...

A Chicago man who says he has “subway surfed” numerous times since he was a teenager — surreptitiously climbing atop moving L trains and becoming an open-air commuter, which he often chronicled on ...