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The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Cook County homeowners told to pay up for tax breaks they shouldn’t have received, Illinois Dems’ assault weapons ban 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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Good toddlers with guns: The craziness of the gun nuts

After his parents were cut down by a maniac in Highland Park, Illinois, Monday, 2-year-old Aiden McCarthy was found bloodied, lying under his father’s body. He was rescued and eventually delivered into the loving arms of his grandparents.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: How can states limit guns? By protecting the right to peaceably assemble

The deadly July Fourth attack in Highland Park, Illinois, underscores how a cherished constitutional right is under attack — the First Amendment right to peacefully assemble.

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Commentary: Guns should be more regulated than uteruses

In the United States, uteruses are increasingly more regulated than guns. This must change if we are to avoid a repeat of horrific mass shootings like those in Highland Park, Illinois; Uvalde, Texas; Buffalo, New York, and dozens of other cities and towns in the last few months alone. And…

Tribune News Service

Michael Hiltzik: Elon Musk is walking away from his Twitter deal, just as you knew he would

Elon Musk late Friday proved that it’s a mistake to think of him as unpredictable. In a move that everyone from investors to casual observers have been predicting for many weeks, he formally bailed out on his $44-billion deal to buy Twitter.

Los Angeles Times

Illinois Democrats move to ban assault weapons, fix FOID card after Highland Park mass shooting

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has already voiced support for bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. But in an election year, Illinois House Democrats failed to drum up enough support earlier this year. But its sponsor said, “it has some momentum behind it now.”

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP governor nominee Darren Bailey apologizes for comments after Highland Park parade shooting but struggles to move past controversy

CHICAGO — A week after becoming the Republican Party nominee for governor, state Sen. Darren Bailey sought Thursday to pivot from his bungled response to the mass shooting in Highland Park by declaring more gun control laws weren’t necessary, saying state funds needed to be better directed for mental health…

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EXPLAINER: Will parents face legal trouble in July 4 attack?

The parents of the Illinois man charged with opening fire on a July 4 parade are now under scrutiny in the attack that killed seven people

The Independent UK

Holder White is state high court's 1st Black woman justice

The first Black woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court has been sworn in

The Independent UK

Highland Park suspect’s father to be investigated for signing gun application

Crimo Jr denies any responsibility for the attack, saying ‘I had no – not an inkling, warning – that this was going to happen’

The Guardian - US

Red flags missed: How July 4 suspect slipped through system

Illinois’ “red-flag” law could have stopped, or at least slowed down, the suspect in the Independence Day parade shooting from being able to buy the gun he is accused of using to kill seven people and wound dozens more

The Independent UK

A look back at June’s breakout teams and players

The stakes were raised in June as college coaches evaluated the top prospects in Illinois while playing with their high school teams.

Chicago Sun-Times

Robert Crimo’s family member was ‘afraid to go home’ after 2019 death threat

Illinois State Police released the redacted police report from September 2019 as officials face questions over why Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo was able to legally purchase multiple firearms

The Independent UK

The Highland Park shooting suspect considered a second attack in Wisconsin, police say

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade fled to the Madison, Wis., area afterward and contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Waterfowl blind draws: Illinois DNR announces schedule for the great outdoors gatherings of summer

Considering where to go when Illinois’ waterfowl blind draws come at the end of the month after the Illinois DNR announced the schedule yesterday.

Daily Mirror

Off-duty officer sparks outrage after pinning black teenager to pavement with his knee

The boy's parents, Angel and Nicole Nieves, said in a statement that the officer was supposed to protect their son and not hurt him after the clip taken in Illinois, US, sparked outrage online

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Images of gun violence could prod the public

Another American holiday. Another mass shooting. This time in Highland Park, Illinois, where at least seven were killed. We seem destined to both celebrate and mourn these days.

Chicago Tribune

Highland Park police ‘danger’ warning couldn't bar alleged parade shooter from buying rifle, state police say

CHICAGO — Two days after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade shocked the country and put renewed focus on weaknesses in Illinois’ gun laws, authorities continued to hash out how alleged gunman Robert Crimo III apparently bought a high-powered rifle despite troubling episodes in his background.

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Should red-flag law have stopped parade shooting?

Days after a rooftop gunman killed seven people at a parade, attention has turned to how the assailant obtained multiple guns and whether the laws on Illinois books could have prevented the Independence Day massacre

Los Angeles Times

‘Dilbert’ cartoonist Scott Adams has a bleak take on our ‘dangerous young man problem’

After the recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, cartoonist Scott Adams is speaking out about what he calls the country’s “dangerous young man problem.” And his conclusions — by his own admission — aren’t easy to read.

Salon

Bill O'Reilly rages at "minority gangs"

The disgraced former Fox News host lost his mind after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker condemned gun violence

Chicago Sun-Times

High school football notebook: Damon Walters picks Northwestern, IHSA and Public League make format changes

Pat Fitzgerald continues to keep some of Illinois’ best prep football players close to home.

The Independent UK

Robert Crimo makes first court appearance as prosecutor says he confessed to Highland Park shooting

Robert Crimo appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday for a bond hearing in the 19th Circuit Court in Lake County, Illinois

Reason

Americans' Trust in Government Institutions Hits a New Low

Plus: First-degree murder charges for the Illinois parade shooting suspect, breakthroughs in cloning technology, and more...

The Independent UK

Highland Park banned assault weapons a decade ago. A fragile patchwork of gun laws didn’t stop a mass shooting

Gun violence prevails with frightening regularity as long as high-powered firearms are available, Alex Woodward reports

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