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Police want your help identifying a man caught on CTA surveillance video eating popcorn.

The same man is wanted for allegedly fatally stabbing James R. Parsons IV on the Blue Line downtown on Monday.

Lorraine Swanson has the details: Photos Released Of Suspect In Fatal CTA Blue Line Stabbing

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• It certainly looks like Jazmin Juarez 'got hosed' by the city, Megan Hickey reports. Juarez said her family got stuck with a $64,000 water bill for allegedly using more than 6 million gallons of water in two months. (CBS2)
• Ald. Michael Scott abruptly resigned his City Council seat Tuesday. Scott said he has accepted a job with Cinespace Studios. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the process for appointing Scott's replacement. (Patch)
• Chicago's top doc said she expects coronavirus spread will reach a "high" transmission level by Friday. Still, Dr. Allison Arwady says she doesn't anticipate the return of mask mandates unless the number of hospitalizations reaches a critical level. (ABC7)
• Congrats to Lane Tech's baseball team. They won the city championship against Gwendolyn Brooks — managed by Ald. Anthony Beale — at Wrigley Field on Monday. Details behind paywall. (Sun-Times)
• While cancelling days off for rank-and-file cops under his command, a top police commander took weeks-long vacations, according to a department memo. (CWB)

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