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The city of Chicago is seeking to dismiss two officers involved in the controversial shooting of an unarmed man on a busy CTA platform in February 2020. The Feb. 28 incident was captured by a commuter armed with a cell phone camera, which depicted officers struggling on the platform at Grand Avenue and State Street with a man named Ariel…

Chicago’s top cop recently recommended the firing of two officers involved in the controversial shooting of an unarmed man on a busy CTA platform in February 2020. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

Chicago’s top cop recently recommended the firing of two officers involved in the controversial shooting of an unarmed man on a busy CTA platform in February 2020. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

The Chicago Transit Authority is testing more electric buses on the city’s streets.

Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into a 2020 Chicago police shooting at a Red Line station that was caught on cellphone video, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

With more people seeking out public transportation, the Chicago Transit Authority on Sunday increased capacity on buses and trains. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

With the demand growing for public transportation as more people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the Chicago Transit Authority on Sunday increased capacity on buses and trains. Capacity on standard buses has increased from 15 to 20 individuals, while capacity on larger buses and rail cars has gone up from 22 to 33 people, the agency said in a news release….

A woman was fatally struck by a train Saturday morning in the Loop.

Service on multiple Chicago Transit Authority train lines was suspended early Tuesday due to problems that arose as a major snowstorm pummeled the city.

NBC Storm Team 5 meteorologist Andy Avalos has your latest forecast update.

Chicago firefighters are on the scene after a CTA Orange Line train derailed at Midway Airport on Sunday morning. According to fire officials, the department was called to the Midway terminal on Sunday morning after a train derailed while switching tracks near the airport. A dozen passengers were removed from the train and were evaluated by CFD personnel, but all…

A musician visiting Chicago and lost an expensive and irreplaceable flute was reunited with his musical instrument on Thursday. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports

A Boston graduate student’s flute was finally found in a Chicago pawn shop after the man went from train to train on a wild chase. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Elevated trains are a reliable symbol of Chicago, but what if an el train falls off the track? That’s exactly what happened at the height of evening rush hour on Feb. 4, 1977, at the corner of Lake and Wabash. Eleven people were killed and scores were injured. A new look at the investigation reveals what happened and what commuters...

The Chicago Transit Authority plans to offer free disposable face masks on several city bus routes.

Authorities say a man is in serious condition Friday after he was shoved in front of a CTA Red Line train during an altercation. According to Chicago police, the man became engaged in a verbal altercation at approximately 7:21 p.m. That altercation later turned physical, and authorities say the man was pushed in front of a northbound CTA Red Line…

The Chicago Transit Authority’s popular holiday train and bus will still run this year, but there will be one major difference: riders can’t get on them.

The CTA has suspended Blue Line service between the Rosemont and Jefferson Park stations Wednesday morning due to a derailment at the Harlem station.

NBC 5 Investigates’ Hilda Gutierrez has more on a group of CTA employees looking for city officials to help crack down on those riders who refuse to wear facial coverings amid the pandemic.

Chicago police are seeking two men wanted in connection with a robbery Monday on the Red Line. About 7:45 p.m the victims were on a CTA Red Line train in the 100 block of West Cermak Road, when they were approached by two men who demanded their property, Chicago police said. They then took it by force. Anyone with information…