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Rockets, Fertitta family unveil renovations to Houston hoops court

The Rockets and the family of owner Tilman Fertitta partnered with several Houston entities to renovate the Highland Park basketball court.

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Crimo father’s T-shirt stunt a thumb in the eye of real victims

Father of accused Highland Park gunman pretends he’s the one wronged.

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Judge delays setting trial date for accused Highland Park parade shooter

Judge Victoria Rossetti had said she would set a trial date on Monday for Robert E. Crimo III, but prosecutors asked for three more months to finish gathering evidence.

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Father of Highland Park shooting suspect will stand trial as judge denies motion to dismiss charges

At a hearing in Waukegan, Judge George Strickland ruled against Robert Crimo Jr.’s motion to dismiss charges of reckless conduct for helping his son obtain a gun license even though the then-19-year-old had threatened violence.

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Highland Park, a year later: Use of state’s ‘red flag’ gun laws jumps in wake of parade killings

In the immediate aftermath of last year’s mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade came the expected questions when such a tragedy unfolds: Who was the gunman? Where had his weapon come from?

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After surviving Highland Park parade mass shooting, ‘some days ... it’s just really hard to still get out of bed and go outside’

A year later, Zoe Pawelczak and her father, Scott Vanden-Heuvel, are still trying to figure out how to live with what happened the day they ran for their lives.

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2 top national journalism honors awarded to Sun-Times staffers

Top reporting honors in the National Headliner Awards went to a team for news coverage of the mass shooting at last year’s Highland Park Fourth of July parade and to Neil Steinberg for best local columns for a second straight year.

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Highland Park shooting suspect’s trial date could be set in September

During a hearing at Lake County Courthouse Tuesday, Robert E. Crimo III’s first court appearance since January, his attorney said a trial date could be set by Crimo III’s next appearance Sept. 11.

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Highland Park mom, who survived July 4th shooting, finds strength to join DC march against assault weapons

Lindsey Hartman is ready now. A survivor of the Highland Park parade massacre, it’s taken nine months to overcome her fears and step outside to support a cause that is at the heart of her survival.

Chicago Tribune

Highland Park survivor at Nashville shooting scene interrupts Fox News cameras to call for gun reform

‘How are our children still dying, and why are we failing them? Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens’

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Biden calls for scrutiny of gun makers marketing weapons to minors

A civil suit filed in last year’s Highland Park July 4th massacre asserts a gun company’s marketing influenced the alleged parade shooter.

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Accused Highland Park shooter may have considered using homemade explosive during attack

A set of FBI affidavits, unsealed in federal court Thursday, seem to offer the most substantive details yet about the closely guarded case. Crimo faces 117 felony counts filed in Lake County for allegedly firing an assault rifle at paradegoers from a rooftop in the north suburb.

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Illinois parade shooting suspect makes brief return to courtroom for case update; 10,000 pages of reports have been shared

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Lake County prosecutors indicated the massive investigation into the July Fourth Highland Park parade shooting is still ongoing during a brief courtroom appearance Tuesday for alleged shooter Robert Crimo III.

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Grand jury gets case of July 4 shooting suspect's father

Illinois prosecutors have told a judge they are presenting evidence to a grand jury for a possible indictment against the father of the man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago

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Editorial: Dozens of sheriffs say they won’t enforce Illinois’ assault weapons ban. Did they forget their oaths of office?

The horrific mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade last year demanded swift, resolute action — and the Illinois General Assembly delivered.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois’ sweeping firearms ban certain to end up in court, and some experts doubt it will stand

CHICAGO — In his closing remarks before a vote on a sweeping firearms ban, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pushed back at critics who contended the prohibitions would violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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Illinois House approves assault weapons ban

After a lengthy debate that stretched into Friday, the House voted 64-43 to pass the measure that would also ban “rapid-fire devices” that turn firearms into fully automatic weapons. It must still clear the Illinois Senate.

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Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting suspect’s father released on bail

Robert Crimo Jr. faces 7 felony reckless conduct charges for sponsoring his son Robert Crimo III’s application for a state firearm owner’s identification card.

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Prosecutors charge father of alleged Illinois parade shooter with felonies for sponsoring son’s firearm ID card

CHICAGO — Lake County prosecutors announced Friday they have charged Robert Crimo Jr., father of alleged Highland Park parade shooter Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, with felony reckless conduct for sponsoring his son’s firearm owner’s identification card.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois’ gun debate: Legislation, litigation and emotion fuel one of the state’s most polarizing conflicts

CHICAGO — Born 10 days before Columbine, 23-year-old Nabeela Syed’s opinion on guns in this country began forming in the third grade.

Chicago Sun-Times

$5.8 million in donations distributed to Highland Park parade shooting victims, mental health orgs

One-hundred percent of donations collected by the Together Highland Park Unidos committee were distributed to victims, their families and 17 local organizations providing mental health services.

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Lawyers for accused Highland Park parade shooter ask for more time to review ‘volume’ of evidence

Robert Crimo III flashed a peace sign as he left the courtroom.

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Early voting opens, law enforcement discuss the police response in Highland Park and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Taking gun manufacturers to court can save lives

The gun industry and its allies for too long have helped to spread carnage while ducking responsibility.

The Independent UK

Smith & Wesson sued over link to July 4 parade mass shooting

Several lawsuits in Illinois accuse gun-maker Smith & Wesson of illegally targeting young men at risk of violence with ads for firearms

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