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Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 10

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• 1 SUV passenger dead, 15 people injured after wrong-way driver collides with CTA bus on DLSD in Kenwood (AP News)

• Chicago and NASCAR to sort out street race's fate (Axios)

• Did NASCAR pay enough to use Grant Park, downtown streets? (Sun-Times)

• Temporary changes to UP Northwest midday schedule July 11-July 18 (Crusader)

• Chicagoland Metra service comes with a sales tax, but Rockford's won't (Rockford Register Star)

• New Metra station underway for downtown Belvidere (Rock River Current)

• Summer Nature Festival at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is coming back (Block Club)

• West Siders want a seat at the table when Democratic National Convention comes to Chicago (Tribune)

• Winnetka taking a closer look at billionaire’s planned land swap near beach popular with dog owners (Sun-Times)

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Editor's note: After being seriously injured on his bicycle in southern Illinois this spring, Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield is in the process of recovering. He recently returned to running SBC on a low-key basis, including publishing Today's Headlines and putting out daily articles. We appreciate all who have been supportive during this time. Thanks for reading!

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