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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 20

    • Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans, Who Promoted O'Hare Express, Steps Down (Crain's)
    • Van Driver Dies After  Crashing Into Semi Stopped on Expressway Shoulder (Sun-Times)
    • WTTW Journalist Elizabeth Brackett's LFT Bike Crash Death Ruled an Accident (Sun-Times)
    • Man Shot While riding a Bike in Portage Park (Sun-Times)
    • Petition Asking CTA & Metra to Install Anti-Suicide Lighting Has 15K Signatures (Care2)
    • Section of I-55 Buckles in Central Illinois' Heat Wave (Herald)
    • Metra Is Adding Trains for Sunday's Pride Parade (CBS)

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