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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man facing a federal terrorism charge for allegedly dousing a 26-year-old woman with gasoline and lighting her on fire on a Blue Line train car was ordered detained while awaiting trial Friday. The ...

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 (WGN) – A grand jury has indicted a man on charges related to an incident where he allegedly set a young woman on fire while aboard a CTA Blue Line train, and another incident where he ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago, overseeing editorial operations and social media, and covering breaking, local and community news. The man who is charged with ...

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 ...