Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 6
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10:59 AM CDT on July 6, 2020
- SE Side bike protests against police in schools, relocation of scrap metal recycler to area (CBS)
- New Slow Street opens on South Shore Drive from 53rd to 56th in Hyde Park (CDOT)
- 2 Chicago police officers hurt after striking closed Steelworkers Park gate (Sun-Times)
- String of violent robberies on Red Line in River North, Lincoln Park (CBS)
- Community bike shops keep cyclists rolling during the pandemic (Active Trans)
- Motorist-only movie theater opening in Soldier Field on Wednesday (Block Club)
- Bike tour of sites related to 1919 Chicago Race Riot on July 25
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