Today’s Headlines for Friday, June 27
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• Daily Line: “Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee hear from CPD, police reform advocates on pretextual stop policy”
• Pickup driver struck and injured teenage girl on bike last weekend at 110th/Central Park in Mt. Greenwood, briefly stayed on scene, then left (CBS)
• A few days before man fatally stabbed a Blue Line passenger on 6/25 near Rosemont, other men were stabbed, injured on Blue Line near Jeff Park (Nadig)
• “New EL Tracker app helps Chicago riders track their commute” (Columbia Chronicle)
• Block Club: “Damen Silos, Facing Demolition, Should Become Public Festival Grounds, Local Leaders Say”
• Letter: “Baggage handlers keep the airport moving, but there aren’t enough of them at O’Hare” (Sun-Times)
• “CTA’s trains and buses are the most convenient ways to get to various sporting events, concerts, festivals and the annual Pride Parade in Lakeview”
• “Take Metra to the Oak Park Microbrew Review on Saturday, August 16.”
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