Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 21
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• Block Club: According to National Lawyers Guild news release, at least 72 arrested at protest Israeli Consulate outside OTC Metra station building
• Block Club: 13 arrested after pro-Palestine protesters breach security fence Monday, police Say
• Ex-ER physician, 70, says he was unfairly jailed for 12 hours after riding bike through gap in DNC security fence while trying to watch protest (USA Today)
• Driver dies after rear-ending tow truck and being ejected from car Wednesday around 2 AM on Bishop Ford near Dolton Road (CBS)
• After woman robbed, struck man, 31, in head with hammer, Tuesday around 3:49 PM on Blue Line platform, 430 S. Western, trains to DNC delayed (CBS)
• The Wild Mile is expanding along Chicago River’s North Branch (Block Club)
• The Chainlink’s Yasmeen Schuller asks, “What do you think has changed the most about biking in Chicago in the last ten years?”
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