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Today’s Headlines for Thursday, December 24

9:31 AM CST on December 24, 2020

    • Stay home for Christmas, New Year’s to reduce COVID spread, state’s leaders plead (Block Club)
    • Child "gravely" injured, woman in critical condition after Gage Park crash (CBS)
    • Police share video of driver fleeing Lisle traffic stop, fatally crashing on I-88 ramp (Sun-Times)
    • Chicagoans are accepting $10K checks to move to Michigan and work remotely there (Crain's)
    • Sun-Times op-ed: "Biking was a great escape during a ridiculously stressful year"
    • After 2 years of work, Englewood leaders unveiling 1st "Buy The Block" renovated home (Block Club)
    • Retired fashion designer created a mannequin Nativity scene on his lawn (Block Club)

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