The Latest Breaking News from CTA

Even for a regular rider, a trip into an urban American subway system long has involved a leap of faith. The systems are, by definition, subterranean. The third rail, a metaphor taken from the ground-level electricity used to power subway cars, implies danger in all fields.

A witness told officers that two people began arguing and then fighting on a train late Tuesday morning, police said.

The operator left his southbound train in Edgewater and was pushed as he searched for the phone on the tracks Monday night, police said.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The man, between 25 to 30, was found on the southbound inner tracks at the Belmont stop about 3:20 a.m. Friday, police said.

ACT party leader David Seymour’s demand that a referendum on Māori co-governance be a bottom line in any coalition agreement with the National Party was, if nothing else, well timed.

The city of Chicago plans to make available $12.5 million in prepaid gas and public transit cards in an effort to address soaring gas prices, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday.

Last week, the City Council’s Finance Committee abruptly canceled a hearing on Lightfoot’s plan reduce the city’s gas tax. Now, the mayor is talking about offering gas cards to motorists and Ventra card credits to CTA riders.

Sylvester Adams, 53, of Lynwood, faces charges of attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the attack, which was captured on cellphone video that has spread on social media.