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Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, May 6

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"Homewood-Flossmoor HS senior Tom'Mya Lyons killed in Bishop Ford crash hours after prom: 'A beautiful soul'" (ABC)

• No injuries after "Metra Train Hits Car In Tinley, Driver Cited For Going Around Gates: Metra" (Patch)

• Block Club: "Former Chicago Alderman Goes Viral For Giving Man His Jacket On Blue Line: 'A Reminder To Be Kind'"

• SBC contributor Igor Studenkov: "Park Ridge Chooses Local Company To Install Vending Machines In Metra Stations" (Journal & Topics)

• "Government officials: A circuit breaker for property taxes is critical for Cook County homeowners" (Tribune)

Block Club: "City’s Plan To Permanently Remove Columbus Statues Irks Some Italian Americans"

• Steinberg: "New book illuminates Wrigley Building. Iconic structure? Yes. Superb? Not so much." (Sun-Times)

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