1818: Official reopening of the White House in Washington DC. On the same day, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Service on Metra's Union Pacific North Line has been halted near North Chicago, after a train hit a pedestrian Thursday morning. Metra said inbound and outbound trains on the UP-North ...

Long-running plans to revamp Chicago’s Union Station are poised to take a step forward in 2025, as Amtrak prepares to begin modernizing and boosting capacity at the commuter and intercity rail hub.

Brian Rich/Sun-Times file photo Share Chicago Teachers Union leaders on Thursday said negotiations for a new teacher’s contract are at a standstill. CTU President Stacy Davis Gates claimed that ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The union representing Chicago's rank-and-file firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics unanimously voted Thursday that they no longer have confidence in leadership at the Chicago Fire ...

Concrete barriers, planters, bollards and Streets & Sanitation salt trucks all are used at large-scale Chicago events to prevent vehicles from driving into crowds. "Part of our preparation is ...

Global credit ratings firm S&P rang the alarm on Chicago Public School finances last week, weighing in on the ongoing political gridlock between district leadership, the Chicago Teachers Union and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Signal issues are impacting ... North Line and North Central Service trains were are all stopped at Union Station earlier Friday morning. The issues have been ongoing since ...

Axios Boston's Mike Deehan recently traveled from Boston's South Station to Washington D.C. on Amtrak to check out the East ...

(The Center Square) – The Chicago Teachers Union is moving quickly to finalize a new contract with Chicago Public Schools. CPS and CTU have been without a contract since June 30, when the ...

The Bachmann HO GE 44-ton diesel locomotive is the subject of our latest product review video. Join Model Railroader Senior ...

A shooting that erupted at a South Shore gas station late Monday morning left ... a spokesperson for the Chicago fire department. Both were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center ...