Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, December 15

• Blackstone alumnus and Divvy employee Jermell Akins critically wounded in shooting (GoFundMe)
• Boy, 15, stabbed on Jackson Red Line platform, in good condition (ABC)
• 3 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed Eliseo Mendoza, 86, family seeks answers (Block Club)
• Man who allegedly fired rifle on Metra platform turns himself in (NBC)
• Crash, downed power line shut down I-190 and limited access to O’Hare (CBS)
• Chicago Inno looks at the end of Chicago's 2nd e-scooter pilot
• CleanTechnica: Chicago charging deserts highlight the racial divide of EVs
• Metra will offer free rides on NYE (but you still shouldn't go to indoor parties) (NBC)

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