Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Friday, June 24, 2016.

  • Woman stabbed to death on Red Line train in the middle of the day

A woman was killed after being stabbed in the neck on a Red Line train Thursday afternoon, the first homicide on the CTA since 2013. The stabbing, believed by the Chicago Police Department to be an act of random violence, occurred at the 47th Street stop, which trains were skipping after the incident. A man is in custody for the homicide, according to a spokesman’s social media post.  [DNAinfo Chicago]