Coming up on "The Chicago Report:" The U.S. House committee investigating the Chicago Teachers Union demands five years of financial audits, escalating questions about CTU’s political spending and influence over upcoming school board races.

The trial, set to start Dec. 8 and last 10 days, represents a high-stakes gamble for the city, whose lawyers typically recommend settling civil cases involving actions by the police that led to criminal charges and are ruled to have violated department policy.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The latest update on this story can be found here. Our original story continues below. Police in Forest Park, Illinois, have released new details after four individuals were shot and killed on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train ...

A Chicago man accused of setting a woman on fire aboard a CTA train will remain detained in federal custody pending trial, according to prosecutors. Attorney Karen Conti explains what's likely next during the legal process.