Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, June 7
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- RPM work happening on Glenwood at Estes from 10 PM Friday to 4 AM Monday (CTA)
- 2 injured in hit-and-run crash on Lake Shore Drive near downtown Chicago (FOX 32)
- 4 women critical after crash involving semi in Auburn (WGN)
- Cop got out of 44 tickets by saying over and over his girlfriend stole his car (Block Club)
- Operation Summer Vacation: Getting your kids out of the house, including bike trips (WBEZ)
- 'As Bare As You Dare' World Naked Bike Ride returns to Chicago (Patch)
- Journalist Rick Kogan discusses "Shift," a documentary about Iowa's RAGBRAI ride (Tribune)
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