The Latest Breaking News from Independence Day

The Independence Day mass shooting repeated a narrative our country has trained us to memorize of blood, nightmares, remembering and forgetting. First, our phones alert us to breaking news of a shooting: some wounded, some dead. News channels broadcast images of parking lots, police tape, red and blue lights flashing,…

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.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police on Tuesday were attempting to determine who fired a gun and from where during Monday night’s Independence Day celebrations, in a shooting that injured two police officers and caused the panicked evacuation of thousands from the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are investigating the possibility that the two officers who were shot at the city’s Independence Day celebrations on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Monday were struck by stray bullets from celebratory gunfire — potentially fired from some distance away, officials said Tuesday.

FOLSOM, Calif. — Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews came home to Folsom in time for Independence Day, and thousands of people were there to welcome him.

Suspect pre-planned Fourth of July parade attack and wore ‘women’s clothing’, police say

A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots initially mistaken for fireworks

Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry shared their thoughts on the restriction of abortion rights

Several famous faces have expressed resentment at celebrations in the wake of recent controversies in the country