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Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.
The U.S. government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said on Friday, in another jab at a Democratic-led city during the government shutdown.
The window of a CTA bus was shattered by a bullet early Saturday morning on the city's South Side, police said.
Chicago police are looking to identify two suspects, who they said robbed someone while riding a CTA Red Line train in the Englewood neighborhood on Sept. 6
Yara Afaneh was scrolling through her phone on the platform at the Loyola CTA Red Line station Tuesday afternoon when a man approached and said “excuse me miss.” Afaneh, 23, didn’t look up, but when she noticed he wasn’t wearing shoes she said she got a bad feeling and started walking away.