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Billy Corgan to co-host New Year’s Eve special on NBC5

Smashing Pumpkins leader to appear live with his wife, Chloe Mendel, at Highland Park tea shop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trial date set for father of alleged Highland Park parade shooter: ‘It’s a rare case with rare facts’

A Lake County, Illinois, judge Friday set a November trial date for the father of alleged Highland Park parade shooter Robert Crimo III to decide whether the father acted recklessly when he signed forms that allowed his son to purchase guns.

Chicago Tribune

Father of accused Highland Park parade shooter gets a trial date

Robert E. Crimo Jr. is set to go on trial Nov. 6 in Lake County Court.

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Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting documentary spotlights resilience

Jon Siskel’s 20-minute film features 13 people talking about the parade and the memorial that helped inspire it. Here’s some of what they told him.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge wants trial this year for father of accused Highland Park parade shooter

Robert E. Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park survivor heads to scene of Nashville shooting

The survivor of a mass shooting last July 4th outside Chicago rushed to the scene of the latest such tragedy in Nashville, expressing disbelief that one had occurred again

The Independent UK

Feds found bomb-making components in Illinois parade shooting suspect’s home, unsealed warrant shows

CHICAGO — A federal search warrant unsealed Thursday shows agents found “bomb-making materials” in the apartment of Highland Park massacre suspect Robert Crimo III, including a remote initiator, jugs with ammunition and boxes of Tannerite, a commercial component used for exploding targets.

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Father of Highland Park parade shooting suspect pleads not guilty to reckless conduct charges

Prosecutors say Robert E. Crimo Jr. was criminally reckless when he signed his underage son’s gun ownership permit.

Chicago Sun-Times

State assault weapons ban moves ahead after Democratic deal and echoes of a child’s screams

The Illinois Senate voted 34-20 to approve the measure, which now must go back to the Illinois House for concurrence. Earlier, lawmakers heard audio that began with a high-pitched cry from a child at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. “What is happening?” the child screams. “What is…

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New York Post says Robert Crimo III, Highland Park shooting suspect, prank-called reporter on New Year’s Eve

CHICAGO — Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, the alleged Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooter, prank-called a New York Post reporter on New Year’s Eve from jail, the outlet reported Saturday.

Chicago Tribune

Suspected burglar arrested at Billie Eilish's childhood home in LA

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police arrested a man after he allegedly tried to break into pop singer Billie Eilish's childhood home in the Highland Park neighborhood late Thursday, according to authorities.

Los Angeles Times

Semi-auto gun ban only part of solution, Illinois House told

An Illinois House committee is conducting hearings on a wide-ranging gun legislation that includes a ban on semi-automatic weapons

The Independent UK

Survivors of mass shootings in 2 Illinois communities voice support for proposed assault weapon ban

CHICAGO — On the surface, Highland Park and East Garfield Park don’t have much in common.

Chicago Tribune

Ending wrongful convictions will take more than piecemeal reform

The fact that so many people are wrongfully convicted because of police misconduct in Illinois and other states illuminates a failure of larger dimensions.

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Victims file lawsuits against alleged parade shooter, his father, gun dealers

CHICAGO — Victims of the Highland Park shooting have filed multiple lawsuits naming the alleged shooter, Robert Crimo III, Smith & Wesson, two firearms dealers and Crimo’s father as the parties who bear responsibility for eruption of gun violence that killed seven and wounded dozens of others during the northern…

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Victims file lawsuits against alleged parade shooter and his father

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Highland Park parade mass shooting victim Cooper Roberts returns home

Cooper had been rehabilitating at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab after a series of surgeries following injuries from a bullet that that severed his spinal cord and badly damaged some internal organs.

The Independent UK

Lindsey Graham confronted at anti-abortion event by woman whose unborn child had fatal abnormality

A Highland Park shooting survivor challenged the South Carolina senator on what exceptions his bill does and does not make

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Editorial: Does lax enforcement of Illinois gun legislation violate victims’ civil rights?

As Illinois Democrats continue to seek a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines after the Highland Park massacre on July 4, critics of gun safety laws voice a familiar rebuttal:

Chicago Sun-Times

Two months after Highland Park parade attack, families of two killed find comfort at unofficial memorial

“I come here almost every day, in the morning,” Alejo Toledo said Monday, when the two-month anniversary of the attack was remembered at the unofficial memorial.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park mass shooting victim Cooper Roberts struggles with memory

The 8-year-old boy’s brain function is a concern after he experiences memory loss and shows issues with fine motor skills, his family said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park shooting victim Cooper Roberts, 8, to spend several weeks at rehab center before returning to school

“This is a huge motivation for Cooper as he is excited to return to the classroom and see his friends,” the Roberts family said in a statement.

Chicago Sun-Times

Takeaways from inside the courtroom as accused Highland Park July 4 massacre gunman pleads not guilty

The hearing lasted some eight minutes, about seven minutes longer than it took a gunman to kill seven people and wound 48 others at the July 4 Highland Park parade.

WEKU

Highland Park parade shooting suspect pleads not guilty

The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park businesses affected by July 4 parade massacre eligible for SBA loans

A business recovery center will be at the First Bank of Highland Park through Aug. 11.

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