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• SUV driver, 32, dies after rear-ending CTA bus, no one on bus serious injured, Sunday around 4:30 AM near 23rd/Blue Island in Heart of Chicago (ABC)
• Sedan driver struck and injured person Sunday around 8 AM in the 7-lane 7600 block of Dempster in Niles (CBS)
• ...Last Tuesday around 6:08 AM, a SUV driver fatally struck man, 84, crossing 5-lane Touhy at Central in Niles (ABC)
• Bethany MaGee, 26, survivor of 11/17 fire attack on Blue Line near Clark/Lake, discharged from hospital, releases statement thanking supporters (WGN)
• High Speed Rail Alliance ED Rick Harnish: "Beef up Metra Electric South Chicago Branch to facilitate quantum campus access" (Sun-Times)
• "Neighbors Pack SW Side Coffee Shop To Show Support For Its Anti-ICE Stance," Archer safety project supporters rode bikes to the event (Block Club)
• Equiticity needs $69K from individual donors by 2/28 support its research, advocacy, programs, and Community Mobility Rituals
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