Today’s Headlines for Friday, May 29
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• “Weekly Travel Advisory: CTA Customers Should Allow Extra Travel Time For Events and Planned Rail Work”
• “Red Line subway closing for first of four weekends of repairs” between Fullerton and Cermak (Sun-Times)
• Boy, 15, charged with felony in connection with group beating of man, 35 on 4/14 around 9:30 AM on ‘L’ near Roosevelt, assault on girl, 12, 30 minutes later at Harrison (Fox)
• CPD: Suspect stabbed man, 56, in hand Thursday around 11 PM during fight on Morse platform in Rogers Park, fled on foot, victim in good condition (ABC)
• “New Metra Electric Line schedule takes effect June 15″
• “Cortland Street Bridge To Remain Open For Pedestrians, Cyclists Through Summer” (Block Club)
• Won’t someone think of the drivers? “Lakefront Parking Gates Spark Concerns Over Access: ‘The Lakefront Should Be For Everyone'” (Block Club)
• Which Trib Editorial Board member wrote a new op-ed defending ShotSpotter, supported by Archer foe / alder hopeful Claudia Zuno? We’ve got a hunch. (Bluesky, Twitter)
• Zuno’s opponent and Archer project supporter Ald. Julia Ramirez’s son, who is almost exactly as old as the protests, bonded with Pope Leo over shared Sox fandom (ABC)
• “Take Metra to see Big Boy [the world’s largest operating steam locomotive] up close June 3″
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