Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Monday, March 7, 2016.
Man stabbed at CTA Belmont Red Line stop for “no apparent reason”
A 26-year-old man was stabbed as he exited a train at the Belmont Red Line stop in Lakeview around 3:30 AM Sunday. There is a suspect, but police have not released his description. [ABC7 Chicago] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is hosting a free rally at UIC Pavilion Friday night, and so far more than 40,000 people have signed a MoveOn.org petition to cancel the event. Two of his Republican rivals, Senator Ted Cruz and Governor John Kasich, will also be making campaign stops in the Chicago area this week ahead of Illinois’s March 15 primary. [CBS Chicago]