We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train halted and a voice rang out. “All right, folks,” said a man on the PA system.

A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack CHICAGO -- ...

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with terrorism for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train. According to charging documents filed in the U.S. District Court’s Northern ...

On April 23, 2020, a man poured gasoline around the Illinois state government building in Chicago and set it on fire. The man, identified as Lawrence Reed, age 44, was said to be angry because he had ...

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Aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief train from Los Angeles to Chicago. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times) We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Passengers say the journey on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief — delays and all — is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level ...