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11/18/2025

A large number of fire crews responded to the Blue Line in Chicago's Loop Monday evening after witnesses said an assailant set a woman riding the train on fire.

11/18/2025

Authorities say that Metra's Union Pacific-West train service has been halted after a train struck a pedestrian Monday evening. The agency said that inbound and outbound trains were stopped near Kedzie.

11/18/2025

An Indiana homeowner is being charged with a felony after he shot and killed a house cleaner on his front porch. Police said the woman and her husband had mistakenly shown up at the property, thinking it was a different address.

An Indiana prosecutor has charged a homeowner who shot and killed a house cleaner earlier this month, when she showed up at his property by mistake.

11/18/2025

The district officially launched 27 zero-emission electric school buses and 28 charging stations — not like the kind of buses adults used to ride.

The district officially launched 27 zero-emission electric school buses and 28 charging stations.

11/18/2025

A wall of rain is building in from the west, sliding off to the east during the overnight hours. Lingering areas of light rain and drizzle for the Chicago area on Tuesday. Find out how much rain is expected tonight on CBS News at 10.

11/18/2025

A mother says she gave birth to her baby in a car minutes after being turned away from a hospital over the weekend in Crown Point, Indiana. Video shows her being wheeled out by hospital staff, and she's clearly in pain.

11/17/2025

Stepping away from his bedside for a brief moment, Jackson's oldest daughter, Satita Jackson, on Monday said her father is doing much better from the time he was admitted into the hospital last week.

On Sunday, Jackson's family said that his condition was stabilized and he was breathing without the assistance of machines, but he remains under observation by doctors.

11/17/2025

Hundreds of migrants being held by the federal government are hoping to go free by the end of the week, after a judge determined their arrests might have been improper.

11/17/2025

Last June, William D. Swetz, 34, of Flossmoor, was charged with aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to court records.

Last June, William D. Swetz, 34, of Flossmoor, was charged with aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

11/17/2025

Many Cook County homeowners are reeling from whopping property tax bills that came out late and much higher than expected. Chicago's south and west sides saw some of the biggest increases.

11/17/2025

The playground is one of five new green playgrounds as part of the "Space to Grow" partnership with Chicago Public Schools and several other groups.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the new playground at Myra Bradwell School in South Shore on Monday.

11/17/2025

Froylan Bahena-Vargas, 62, was charged with one felony count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Oak Forest police said on Nov. 3, officers responded to a BP gas station for a report of a man touching the victim inappropriately.