A man set a fire on a CTA Blue Line train on the city's Northwest Side on Friday morning, Chicago police said. Police said it happened near the CTA Blue Line's Damen Avenue stop in the Wicker Park ...

The suspect with a lengthy criminal history and who was released after being accused in a violent August attack, has been federally charged after allegedly lighting a young woman on fire Monday on the ...

Federal charges were filed on Wednesday against a man accused of setting a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train in downtown Chicago this week. Lawrence Reed, 50, was charged in a criminal complaint ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The man accused of dousing a woman in gasoline and setting her on fire on a CTA train will stay behind bars. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laura McNally ordered Lawrence Reed to remain in ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday sought to head off concerns about public transit safety after a man was charged with lighting a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train. Asked at an unrelated West ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — A man with a lengthy criminal history is facing a federal terrorism charge after authorities said he set a woman on fire in an unprovoked attack on a CTA Blue Line train Monday night. A ...

A person of interest was questioned Tuesday afternoon after a woman was set on fire Monday night on a Blue Line train, Chicago police said. Shortly before 9:30 p.m., a 26-year-old woman was riding a ...