Lawrence Reed, the man accused of setting a young woman on fire on a Chicago Transit Authority train this past November, ...

A status hearing is scheduled Tuesday for Lawrence Reed, the man charged with setting a woman on fire aboard a CTA Blue Line ...

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If Union Pacific’s merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who’ve been hauling freight across Chicago for more than a century.

Joliet is one of six communities nationwide — and the only one in Illinois — selected as an official Route 66 Centennial Kickoff city.

Voting has opened in Uganda’s presidential election. The polls opened Thursday morning despite a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic gesture. Crowds have gathere ...

Florida International University revisits these exhilarating, forward-looking expositions, from 1850s London to 1960s New ...

This column contains references to suicide. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, you can contact the National Suicide ...

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