Today’s Headlines for Friday, November 6
8:57 AM CST on November 6, 2026
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• SUV driver, 44, fatally struck e-scooter rider, 67, this morning around 4:30 AM in 3300 block of W. Peterson in North Park. Motorists was cited for failure to reduce speed. (WGN)
• …This was the 4th fatal e-scooter crash in Chicago this year.
• “Nearly 74% of Chicago voters were in favor of a referendum that would charge owners of vacant or undeveloped property with an annual tax that would support CPS.” (Sun-Times)
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