Assistant Opinion Editor George Koutrouvelis reflects on his experience riding the Purple Line "L" train, and why it feels so disconnected.

It was bold, reckless even, but I felt a spark of something I hadn’t felt in a long time—belief in my own audacity and potential.

CTA Blue Line trains were suspended downtown Tuesday morning due to what the agency described as a “medical emergency on the ...

A person was hit and killed by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday morning in downtown Chicago, disrupting service for nearly two hours.

The woman set on fire on the CTA Blue Line in a random act of violence has been released from the hospital.

A woman who was set on fire on a CTA Blue Line train back in November is now out of the hospital.

A woman was cut with a sharp object during a fight on a CTA Blue Line train in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood early Wednesday morning. Chicago police said around 6:30 a.m., a 38-year-old woman got ...

The conditions on the Blue Line reflect a systemic problem — and that is the city’s shortage of 24-hour shelters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago police are warning about a sexual assault that happened after a female victim got off a CTA train on Tuesday. This was in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The man facing a federal terrorism charge for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train is due in court on Tuesday. Lawrence Reed, 50, was indicted in the CTA fire ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are warning about a sexual assault that happened after a female victim got off a CTA train on Tuesday. This was in the Logan Square neighborhood about 6:45 p.m. Police ...

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