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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 28

    • 9 states added to Chicago’s travel advisory as Delta fuels COVID surge across US (Block Club)
    • Activists float an alternative location and design for the Obama Presidential Center (Crain's)
    • Driver fatally struck Jamal Johnson, 42, as he walked on a stretch of Higgins Road with no sidewalks (Herald)
    • Witness: "Reckless driver" was spotted speeding on the Eisenhower prior to fatal crash (ABC)
    • Ayanna Bennett, 26, found dead of gunshot wound in car at Crystal Lake Metra station (LMCS)
    • A West Side vacant lot has been turned into an arts pop-up with vendors, performances, and workshops (Block Club)
    • Block Club looks at the Clark Street protected bike lane project in Edgewater

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