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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, September 26

    • Bicyclist killed last week in Waukegan by hit-and-run driver identified as Vere Day, 60 (Tribune)
    • "Suspicious death" at Rosemont station caused 3-hour Blue Line delay early this morning (Sun-Times)
    • Bomb scare at Clark/Lake halted 6 different CTA train lines during yesterday's PM rush (ABC)
    • Man who punched woman who photographed him, knocking her onto 'L' tracks, gets 11 years (Tribune)
    • CBS: CTA violent crime level back to normal after July spike; overall rate remains high
    • After this week's Purple/Brown crash, here's look back at the rare history of CTA train collisions (NBC)
    • More coverage of the Leland meeting (including a quote from SBC's Courtney Cobbs) (Block Club)
    • Bike the Shore ride this Saturday, led by Oboi Reed, promotes health and access to nature (Block Club)

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Thanks for your support, and enjoy your autumn.

– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago

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