Chicago police seek to identify suspects in CTA Green Line stabbing, robbery
The incident happened on Christmas Eve just before 9 p.m. in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
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The incident happened on Christmas Eve just before 9 p.m. in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
Pastor Corey Brooks saw the photo of the alleged offenders for whom police were looking in the robbery at the 47th Street Green Line station, and recognized all of them. Tara Molina reports.
The CTA employee said he also cannot go to work to do his dream job of fixing buses while he is injured. Sabrina Franza reports.
Police said the suspect approached the victim while on the platform and took headphones from the victim's head by the use of force.
Someone carrying a Palestinian flag was arrested on the platform of the Ashland Green Line stop during a pro-Palestinian march Wednesday night. Jermont Terry reports.
The station along the Lake Street branch opened Monday as a gateway to the West Side, and just in time for the Democratic National Convention at the nearby United Center coming up. Tara Molina reports.
The new 'L' stop near the United Center opened just in time for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Tara Molina reports.
The new Green Line stop is just one element of all the work the city has done—and continues to do—to get the city in tip-top shape.
A new Chicago Transit Authority Green Line stop at Damen Avenue is one element of all the work the city has done—and continues to do—to get the city in tip-top shape. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The Chicago Transit Authority did not specify what "track conditions" meant.
The Chicago Transit Authority would only say service was disrupted due to "track conditions."
Ivan Weldon faces a long list felony charges in the stabbing at the Garfield Green Line stop, and this was not the first time he’s been arrested for a crime on public transit. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
After safely navigating the EL tracks, Idris got a special train line named after him!
Chicago Police are searching for a man in connection with a robbery on the Green Line. Surveillance images captured him Thursday evening at the Cermak stop after detectives say he grabbed his victim from behind and stole their belongings.
The rider fell onto the tracks above the street level before she fell 15 to 20 feet onto the bed of a pickup truck, according to police.
A witness said it happened after the woman missed her stop.
Chicago police say two men who knew each other got into a fight.
Arrest made after fight leads to stabbing on Green Line platform
Police said the offenders approached the victim before beating and choking him, taking his personal belongings, and fleeing the scene.
Detectives said on Oct. 2 around 1:21 a.m., the men approached the passenger, implied they had a weapon, and demanded their property.
A man is facing multiple felony charges after causing thousands in damages to CTA property, according to Chicago police. Zander Glass, 20, was arrested Monday, in the 4000 block of South Indiana.
The men broke the windows on the train a little before 1 p.m. at the Green Line Cottage Grove stop in the 800 block of East 63rd Street.
Chicago detectives are trying to identify the men captured on CTA security cameras kicking the windows of a Green Line train. The incident happened earlier this month.
The victims decided to jump down on the tracks to take pictures and somehow the male touched the energized third rail.
It happened on the tracks near 40th and Indiana.
The Seattle Storm snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 97-88 win over the Chicago Sky on Monday night.
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One person was killed in a house explosion in Portage, Indiana, during a severe weather outbreak Tuesday morning.
CBS Skywatch was over the smoking rubble of a house in Portage, Indiana, where one person died in an explosion during severe weather Tuesday morning.
In Homewood, gigantic piles of mulch, tree limbs, and branches were already lying around from storms that hit earlier in the summer. More debris had to be removed and put into piles on Tuesday. Lauren Victory reports from the Mobile Weather Lab.
A massive line of destructive thunderstorms barreled through the Chicago area Tuesday morning, cutting a swath of damage as they did.
This is real-time coverage of the dangerous storms on Tuesday, Aug. 11, with meteorologists Albert Ramon and David Yeomans.
A tornado blasted through Chicago's south suburbs during the midday hours Tuesday.
A line of destructive thunderstorms with winds over 90mph barreled through the Chicago area Tuesday. Two tornadoes have been reported.
One person was killed in a house explosion in Portage, Indiana, during a severe weather outbreak Tuesday morning.
Chicago Bears safety Coby Bryant is expected to miss 4 to 6 months after undergoing surgery on his injured knee, head coach Ben Johnson announced Tuesday.
The Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in the southwest Chicago suburb of Tinley Park was damaged when severe storms blasted through the area on Tuesday.
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