Today’s Headlines for Thursday, October 2
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• “Hundreds Protest Downtown As Trump Says Troops Are Coming To Chicago ‘Very Soon'” (Block Club)
• Minivan driver, 72, ticketed for failure to reduce speed after fatally striking Juslene Akeza, 4, 5:43 PM Wednesday in 6200 block of N. Talman (ABC)
• “A person was shot in the eye while riding a CTA bus Wednesday evening on the city’s West Side.” (ABC)
• “Chicago police investigating after minivan driver slams into CTA bus in East Garfield Park” (CBS)
• Evanston’s well-designed “Chicago Avenue bike lane project sparks tension among businesses, residents” (Daily Northwestern)
• For hardcore railfans only: Here’s some CTA footage of yesterday’s 78th anniversary ride on one of the hotsy-totsy 1920s vintage railcars
• We approve of this headlines: “All aboard the Espresso Express: Metra installs Cafe Cars” (WGN)
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