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• Significant portion of MBTA Green Line shuts down for 9 days

  

• Back-to-school sales tax holiday begins Friday in Illinois

  

• Beaches at Cedar Lake in Minneapolis closed due to blue-green algae

  

• CPW warns of blue-green algae bloom at John Martin Reservoir State Park

  

• 2 dead, 1 hospitalized after shooting at Southfield restaurant, police say

  

• Cougar spotted roaming in community west of the Twin Cities

  

• Sacramento's Thrift Town store, featured in Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird," is closing again

  

• Couple blindsided by hundreds in fees at Chicago hotel booked through agency