CTA to test all-door boarding on 2 South Side routes

All-door boarding will be tested on two South Side routes: the #J14 Jeffery Jump and the #192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express, the Chicago Transit Authority announced Monday.

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on its buses

Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, said Friday it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks.

Video from inside school bus that flipped in crash

According to the OHSP, a Northern Local School District bus with 25 students aboard overturned after it struck a 1996 Ford Mustang which had failed to stop at a red light.

Flight stopped at Midway due to sick passenger who traveled to China

A flight that landed at Midway International Airport Monday was stopped as medical personnel treated sick passengers who recently been to China.

Bill filed to ban pumping of your own gas in Illinois

A new bill has been proposed by an Illinois lawmaker to ban people from pumping their own gas in the state. 

Airliner skids, breaks open in Istanbul; 3 dead, 179 injured

A plane skidded off the runway Wednesday as it tried to land in Istanbul, crashing into a field and breaking into pieces.

Airline passenger arrested over false coronavirus claim says he did it for 'publicity'

An airline passenger who falsely claimed he had the coronavirus aboard a WestJet flight — and got arrested for it — now feels his prank was “probably not the best thing to do.”

Delta, American and United suspend flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Both Delta and American Airlines have cut all flights to China as the deadly new coronavirus spreads. United is suspending flights to three big cities but will continue flying to Hong Kong.

Person struck by Metra train near Wheaton, trains halted

Inbound and outbound trains were halted, Metra said. Passengers are asked to look for alternative transportation.

Delta employee shot and killed in parking lot near Atlanta airport

A Delta Air lines employee was shot and killed late Sunday night in a parking lot at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, officials.

Weed stolen from ‘amnesty box’ at Midway Airport

The stolen cannabis was deposited about 8:20 a.m. by a departing traveler who was warned by security that weed was illegal in his destination state.

Hoffman Estates hospital treating Chicago woman who has coronavirus

Officials said a 60-year-old woman from Chicago who came in through O'Hare International Airport on Jan. 13 was diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Amtrak suspends policy resulting in $25,000 bill for activists

The passenger rail agency had told Chicago-based Access Living its policy was to charge extra to reconfigure train cars to accommodate wheelchair users.

O'Hare starts screening passengers from China for coronavirus

Travelers arriving at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport from Wuhan, China started being screened Wednesday for the respiratory coronavirus.

Metra MD-N service operating with delays after train strikes semi near Edgebrook station

Metra Milwaukee District North trains are running nearly an hour behind schedule during the evening rush Tuesday after a train struck a semi truck in Edgebrook on the North Side.

O'Hare to screen passengers for symptoms of mysterious new Chinese illness

Health screenings for the virus were underway at three airports - New York's Kennedy airport and in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Airports in Chicago and Atlanta were expected to get similar screenings later this week.