Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 31
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5:40 PM CST on December 31, 2019
- Lots of downtown streets will be pedestrianized for New Year’s Eve (NBC)
- Man found dead on CTA bus in Grant Park (CBS)
- SUV driver struck and injured man, 55, in River North, no citations (ABC)
- Victim speaks out after multiple late-night assaults on the Red Line this weekend (WGN)
- Snow, icy roads blamed for crashes around Chicagoland (CBS)
- Do Chicago’s new LED lights actually make the streets safer? (Tribune)
- Don’t drive intoxicated! Here are the deets on free CTA, Metra, and Pace rides for New Year’s Eve
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