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Today’s Headlines for Monday, November 15

9:38 AM CST on November 15, 2021

    • Cahill: Chicago transit needs to improve to win new riders. Could P3s fund new rail lines? (Crain's)
    • Driver ran red at Pratt/Wester, killing two women on sidewalk, no citations (ABC)
    • 1 dead, 3 injured after head-on crash on DLSD in Streeterville (ABC)
    • Hit-and-run driver killed man, 59, biking in Back of the Yards (ABC)
    • CTA worker, officer expected to recover after man stabbed and struck them on Blue Line (ABC)
    • City Council to weigh $2M settlement for 2008 CPD chase that killed Julia Lynn Callaway, 55 (ABC)
    • Oak Park bike shop damaged by allegedly intoxicated driver (CBS)
    • Union press release: Metra union threatens strike after "talks enter third year with no progress"
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