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U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García, 4th, speaks to reporters Nov. 9, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year would require federal oversight of dispatching software. García is a sponsor. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Federal Railroad Administration investigating rail dispatch incidents in Chicago area

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating three incidents over the summer involving problems with dispatching...

A train at Chicago's Millennium Station, the endpoint for the South Shore Line commuter rail service. The South Shore Line is hoping to get youngsters into the habit of riding trains by offering some new promotions. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

South Shore Line wants to train kids early with Kit the Fox

By Doug Ross

October 10, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

The South Shore Line is hoping to get youngsters into the habit of riding trains...

The price of a gallon of diesel fuel is shown electronically on a pump at a QuikTrip station Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel

By Michelle L. Price

October 9, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed...

Passengers rescued after Green Line train derailment

By Carolyn Stein

February 10, 2025 at 4:07 p.m.

Fifteen passengers on a Chicago Transit Authority Green Line train were rescued this morning after...

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Here’s what we know about a commuter plane crash in Alaska that killed 10 people

By Associated Press

February 8, 2025 at 11:15 a.m.

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that...

A CTA Pink Line train departs the Ashland 'L' station on Nov. 10, 2022. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

The United Center hasn’t been served by a Pink Line station since it opened. Could redevelopment plans change that?

By Sarah Freishtat

February 8, 2025 at 5:45 p.m.

A new Pink Line station wouldn't be the first at the intersection of Madison and...

Today in Chicago History: ‘A slow-motion horror’ in the Loop kills 11 in CTA derailment during rush hour

By Kori Rumore

February 4, 2025 at 12:56 p.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according...

In this undated image provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators and members of the salvage crew recover wreckage from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night, Jan. 29, 2025, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. (NTSB via AP)

Salvage crews remove large portion of commercial jet from river after deadly air collision near DC

By Claudia Lauer

February 3, 2025 at 1:07 p.m.

Salvage crews have removed a large portion of a commercial jet from the Potomac River...

A train at Chicago's Millennium Station, the endpoint for the South Shore Line commuter rail service. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

South Shore’s on-time performance improving; goal is at least 90% of all trains

By Doug Ross

February 2, 2025 at 11:56 a.m.

On-time performance for the South Shore Line isn’t where it should be, but it’s getting...

Investigators work the scene after a small plane crashed in Philadelphia, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

7 dead, 19 injured after air ambulance crashes in busy Philadelphia neighborhood

By Matt Rourke

February 1, 2025 at 4:21 p.m.

At least seven people were killed and 19 were injured when an air ambulance crashed...

CPD: 2 men stabbed on Loop CTA platform Thursday night

By Peter Breen

January 31, 2025 at 8:28 a.m.

Around 10:30 p.m., a 51-year-old man and another man around 30 years old were in...

Police and coast guard boats are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pilots have long worried about DC’s complex airspace contributing to a catastrophe

By Ryan J. Foley

January 30, 2025 at 7:29 p.m.

The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have...

With its left engine missing, American Airlines Flight 191 goes into a steep roll, then crashes in a burst of flames less than a mile away from the runway at O'Hare International AIrport. The photo was taken by Michael Laughlin, 24, a student pilot who was on a layover when he witnessed the tragedy. (Michael Laughlin)

Vintage baiduhai: Plane crashes that stunned our city

By Kori Rumore

January 30, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Here's a look back at commercial passenger plane crashes that stunned Chicago.