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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 31
- Chicago police pull over Black drivers 7 times more often than white drivers, state report shows (Block Club)
- Chicago cop put on desk duty after grabbing Black woman walking dog in Lincoln Park (Block Club)
- 2 killed when motorcyclist strikes pedestrian in Peotone, driver drags motorcyclist (Tribune)
- 3 hospitalized after Amazon driver is involved in crash on I-290, truck bursts into flames (CBS)
- Schedules for Metra Rock Island, North Central Service lines to change starting Tuesday 9/7 (CBS)
- WGN checks out the Sundays on State car-free event series
- Today is the last day for 1st Ward residents to submit proposals for PB election (Block Club)
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