LaGuardia Airport runway reopens, days after crash on tarmac killed 2 Canadian pilots By Philip Marcelo March 26, 2026 at 4:53 p.m. The runway where two pilots died in a collision between a jet and a fire...
Wildfires, dust storms and traffic made Chicago the 3rd-most polluted major US city in 2025, report finds By Adriana Pérez March 26, 2026 at 7:29 a.m. Massive intermodal facilities, growth of industrial warehouses have contributed to the Joliet area having highest...
Food delivery robots shatter two Chicago bus shelters. ‘Two in seven days is not great,’ alderman says. By Talia Soglin March 26, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. Food delivery robots have shattered two city bus shelters within the last week, fueling heated...
Seconds before LaGuardia crash, controller cleared the fire truck to cross the runway, NTSB says By Michael R. Sisak March 24, 2026 at 7:32 p.m. Federal investigators say a runway warning system didn’t trigger an alarm before an Air Canada jet...
Deal emerges to end Homeland Security budget standoff as TSA disruptions deepen By Joey Cappelletti March 24, 2026 at 2:12 p.m. Senators raced Tuesday to clinch an emerging proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much...
TSA Union: How to help unpaid workers at O’Hare and Midway airports amid partial shutdown By Lauryn Azu March 24, 2026 at 12:31 p.m. Grocery store and gas cards valued $20 or less each can be mailed to workers...
Flight attendant thrown from Air Canada plane survives in a ‘total miracle’ By Jennifer Peltz March 23, 2026 at 3:20 p.m. A flight attendant still strapped in her seat survived being thrown from an Air Canada...
ICE agents deployed to O’Hare as TSA goes without pay amid partial shutdown By Talia Soglin March 23, 2026 at 5:33 p.m. At O'Hare, travelers have not seen significant delays, and security lines were not long and...
ICE officers go to TSA checkpoints at Trump’s direction, while long wait times at airports persist By Wyatte Grantham-Philips March 23, 2026 at 1:29 p.m. More federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump...
2 pilots killed when jet collides with fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport By Jake Offenhartz March 23, 2026 at 6:45 p.m. An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at...
ICE officers go to TSA checkpoints at Trump’s direction, while long wait times at airports persist By Wyatte Grantham-Philips March 23, 2026 at 3:29 p.m. President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with...
CTA riders and workers have been assaulted at rates at least double other public transit agencies By Talia Soglin March 25, 2026 at 4:34 p.m. Workers and passengers on the Chicago Transit Authority have been assaulted at rates at least...
ICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, President Trump says By Collin Binkley March 21, 2026 at 6:08 p.m. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role...