A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he ...

We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train halted and a voice rang out. “All right, folks,” said a man on the PA system.

Chicago has depended on its trusty elevated rail system for well more than a century. Every day, some 400,000 riders board one of Chicago’s glistening ‘L’ trains to go to work, home, sporting events, ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with committing a terrorist attack, alleging he poured gasoline on a woman and chased her through a Chicago train car before setting her ...

The train firebug was sitting in the back of a Chicago Blue Line L car when he approached the woman, later identified as “soft spoken” Bethany MaGee, who had her back to him — and then poured gasoline ...