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Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 6
- More coverage of the Nick Parlingayan hit-and-run bike fatality case (Block Club, ABC, Sun-Times, Tribune)
- Driver hits another car in Illinois Medical District, fatally strikes pedestrian, and crashes into building (ABC)
- Motorist dies after crashing through construction closure Kennedy near O'Hare, striking truck (ABC)
- CTA will repair 28 stations this year as part of its “Refresh & Renew” program (Railway Age)
- Winning casino proposal on old Tribune Freedom Center site includes pedestrian bridge (NBC)
- Real estate firm: It should be easy to lease vacant Boeing HQ due to Metra proximity (Tribune)
- What's up with the massive clouds of midges on the Lakefront Trail? (WTTW)
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