2 h. ago Federal prosecutors charge man with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train

Federal prosecutors have charged a man with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train, calling it a terrorist attack

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24 h. ago Woman, 26, is set ablaze on Chicago train by male passenger months after Ukrainian refugee died at hands of subway rider

A woman was set on fire while riding on a commuter rail in Chicago on Monday evening. The incident is the latest in a horrifying string of attacks against women during their commutes.

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25 h. ago Man sets fire to a woman on a Chicago L train before fleeing, police say

Authorities say a man doused a woman with fluid and set her on fire on a Chicago L train, leaving her in critical condition

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29 h. ago Woman, 26, 'set on fire by man' while riding Chicago train as police hunt suspect

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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29 h. ago Woman, 26, 'set on fire by man' while riding Chicago train as suspect arrested

A horrific attack on a Chicago L train in the US saw witnesses attempted to give CPR after a man set a woman on fire following dousing her in an unknown liquid during an argument

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4 d. ago Feds charge more people in connection with July shooting at Texas detention center

Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged six more people with a new terrorism-related charge in the July shooting outside an immigration detention center near Dallas

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2 w. ago Alabama man charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in multiple Southern states

Federals prosecutors have charged an Alabama man with making threatening calls and texts to multiple rabbis, an imam and others in the South, including telling one that “I want you to die.”

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3 w. ago NBA gambling scandal shines harsh light on US sports’ embrace of betting

Two sweeping federal indictments have implicated big names in basketball and raised uncomfortable questions about who benefits from legalized gamblingThe NBA gambling scandal is the biggest story of the year in US sports, a culmination of the years-long embrace between professional leagues and the multibillion-dollar gambling industry that has now crossed the line from synergy into scandal.In two sweeping federal indictments unsealed in Brooklyn on Thursday, prosecutors charged more than 30 people – including the Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player and assistant Damon Jones – with schemes that turned inside information and rigged card games into engines of profit for organized crime. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Federal prosecutors charge man accused of threatening to shoot up Atlanta airport

Federal prosecutors have charged a Georgia man arrested this week at Atlanta's airport after his family told police he planned a shooting

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