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Today’s Headlines for Monday, January 2

9:00 AM CST on January 2, 2023

    • Jennifer Lopez, 12, killed Sunday after driver of car she was riding in rolled the vehicle on I-55 near Harlem (ABC)
    • Motorist killed after rear-ending semi at Indiana 49 and Indian Boundary Rd. in Chesterton (Tribune)
    • Driver struck pedestrian Saturday morning on 6-lane Touhy Ave. at Central Ave. in Skokie (CBS)
    • Man, 18, charged with DUI after school bus crash that killed passengers Emil, 19, and Grace, 20, Diewald in Kane County (ABC)
    • Allegedly intoxicated driver charged after Metra train hit his vehicle in North Chicago (LMCS)
    • 5 charged in attack that seriously injured man, 26, on Monroe Red Line platform Wednesday night (FOX)
    • Violence Interrupters planned to add 30 people to trains to provide extra security last weekend (FOX)
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