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Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 25

    • Amtrak police shoot and kill suspect in California murder at Chicago's Union Station (NBC)
    • Driver held on $500K bond for alleged DUI in Elmhurst crash that killed her fiancé (CBS)
    • Fleeing shooting suspect crashes into Lincoln Square's Giddings (Kempf) Plaza (Block Club)
    • Police talking with person of interest after 5th hammer attack on CTA this month (Sun-Times)
    • Where are the bike lanes on new Montrose bridge "with bike lanes" over Kennedy? (Block Club)
    • Video: A #147 CTA bus plows through a flooded DuSable Drive viaduct (ABC)
    • Restoration of Louis Sullivan-designed Orthodox cathedral nears finish line (Block Club)

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