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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, January 19

9:04 AM CST on January 19, 2021

    • Under state crime bill, motorists would not lose license for unpaid traffic cam tickets (ProPublica)
    • 8 injured, including 3 children, in Lake Shore Drive crash at North Ave. (ABC)
    • Driver strikes 2 twin brothers, 14, on skateboards in Elgin, seriously injuring them (NBC)
    • Map: After a record year for carjacking in Chicago, the trend is continuing in 2021 (Tribune)
    • A CTA bus driver was carjacked in employee parking lot Friday afternoon (WGN)
    • State loosening COVID restrictions in Chicago, allowing museums to reopen and sports to return (Block Club)
    • The Navy Pier Flyover bike bridge now has a drawbridge (The Chainlink)

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