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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 20

    • Uber is expanding its offices at Chicago's old main post office (Curbed)
    • Driver fatally struck woman, 67, in Forest Park (Sun-Times)
    • Driver fatally struck Cook County officer Ronald Prohaska, 50, on Illinois River bridge in Morris (CBS)
    • Woman charged with DUI for Peotone crash that killed male passenger, 46 (Sun-Times)
    • Hit-and-run driver injured two women at Archer/Halsted in Bridgeport (Block Club)
    • 2 robberies reported at California Green Line station (Sun-Times)
    • Inflatable sculpture of DuSable, Kitihawa, Harold Washington will visit several Green Line stations (Curbed)
    • Active Trans rallies support for the Dickens Greenway in the face of opposition from "local NIMBYs"
    • Four Star Family Cyclery is offering free pro-greenway designs, just in time for Thursday's Dickens hearing

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– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago

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