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🚆 What caused Yellow Line crash?
November 21, 2023
Anyone else feel like it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving if you didn’t hear “gobble, gobble” over the PA at Jewel? 🦃 Just me?
What's CITY Talking About?
What Caused Yellow Line Crash?
Yellow Line service from Howard to Skokie/Dempster was still suspended Monday after a train crashed into a city snow plow Thursday, injuring nearly 40 riders. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
Dog Disrupts Burke Trial
One of the therapy dogs at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse became sick after eating a juror’s bag of treats, leading to a brief recess Monday in the former 14th Ward alder’s federal corruption trial. [NBC Chicago]
Expect Record-Breaking Holiday Travel in Illinois
More than 2.8 million Illinois residents are expected to travel this week by planes, trains, and automobiles — the second-highest number for all modes of transportation on record — according to AAA. [Sun-Times]
- What are some tips for all the holiday travel? [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
Chicagoans of the Year
Six Chicagoans were recognized for how they welcomed migrants, wrote prolifically about a civil rights icon, and more. [Chicago magazine]
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What To Do
Tuesday, Nov. 21
- Gallagher Way Winter Wonderland | Wrigleyville | 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. | Free, $5+ Wrigley Field portion of Winterland
- Speed Dating 💘 West Town | 7–10 p.m. | $13
- “Hunger Games” Trivia 🏹 Lakeview | 8 p.m. | No cover
Wednesday, Nov. 22
- Thanksgiving Wines Tasting 🍷 River North | 3 p.m. | $39
- House Music Wednesday 🎵 Douglas | 8 p.m. | Free
- Midweek Meditation 🪷 Oak Park | 6 p.m. | Free
Thursday, Nov. 23
- Chicago Thanksgiving Parade 🦃 The Loop | 8–11 a.m. | Free
- Thanksgiving Bootcamp Challenge 💪 Bronzeville | 8–10 a.m. | $12
- Turkey Trot 🏃 North Side | 9 a.m. | $25+
Today on City Cast
Inside 60-Day Migrant Shelter Limit
The City Cast Chicago podcast breaks down the Johnson administration’s new policy, the Yellow Line crash investigation, and holiday travel tips.
Signing off to return to dessert duty 🫡
—Sidney Madden
Thanks to editor Simone Alicea!
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