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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls mass shooting a ‘horrible tragedy,’ blames guns being carried by young people

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday blamed too many guns on city streets and parents not keeping track of their children for a week of violence in Chicago that culminated Thursday night with a mass shooting outside a McDonald’s restaurant and CTA station on the Near North Side.

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‘We are awash in guns’: Chicago police superintendent addresses mass shooting on Near North Side and promises more police officers at ‘longstanding’ problem corner

CHICAGO — A mass shooting that started with a brawl among two groups of young people left two killed and seven wounded late Thursday, blocks from the Magnificent Mile, according to Chicago police, who say they have one person in custody.

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Lightfoot’s curfew rollback clears committee amid opposition from all sides

The Committee on Public Safety approved the mayor’s ordinance by a comfortable vote of 14 to 3 that did not reflect the barrage of concerns raised about a crackdown roundly condemned as a toothless and desperate headline-grabber that will have no impact on youth violence.

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Pfleger still at forefront of anti-gun fight as he plans June march

“I truly believe the greatest symbol of evil in our time is a child lying in a casket, slaughtered by violence. How many people have to die and children slaughtered before we say, ‘Enough!?’ ”

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13-year-old carjacking suspect, apparently unarmed, shot by Chicago police

CHICAGO — A 13-year-old who authorities said was involved in a carjacking was shot and seriously wounded as he ran from Chicago police officers in the South Austin neighborhood Wednesday, according to Chicago police and fire officials.

Chicago Tribune

‘It felt like my soul left’: Mother of teen killed in Millennium Park mourns him as city’s new rules on minors there take effect

CHICAGO — With her son’s death in the heart of Chicago still roiling the city, Seandell Holliday’s mother said she didn’t give the 16-year-old permission to go downtown before he was fatally shot near The Bean on Sunday night.

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Drug dealing Lanarkshire lorry boss earned £7million from life of crime with help of crooked ex-cop

The High Court heard that despite Lawrence Phee's huge earnings from his criminal operation just £75,557 of his assets are available to be handed over to prosecutors.

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Lanarkshire businessman who made £7m from life of crime will only hand over £75k to authorities

Lawrence Phee, 51, who ran a drug smuggling operation with a former police inspector, will only pay back one per cent of his ill-gotten gains.

Daily Record

‘Hidden gem’ sketching club in Liverpool is England’s oldest art club

The club is celebrating its 150th anniversary this week

Liverpool Echo

‘How can he do that?’: Police Superintendent David Brown appears to overstate links to mass shooting in Chicago

CHICAGO — About 15 hours after a corner in the Back of the Yards neighborhood was sprayed with gunfire Tuesday, leaving one man dead and four others wounded, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown held a news conference to update the public on the mass shooting.

Chicago Tribune

‘Huge concern’ among farmers due to rising prices, new union boss says

The price of fertiliser has increased around 350% and that is causing many small and part-time farmers to question whether they will continue to produce at the same levels as before

Belfast Live

Redacted Justice Action newsletter will be allowed in SA prisons, following agreement with corrections department

The Justice Action group had lodged a Supreme Court challenge against the SA corrections department's ban of its newspaper, which has information about prisoner rights, voting, and policies of political parties.

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Mass shootings, gunfire by ‘The Bean’ reminders that gun violence must be addressed

Stopping the violence must be the top priority for city leaders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: May 11, 2022

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2 shootings leave 10 injured, 1 dead on Chicago's South Side

Police say one person was killed and 10 more were injured in two shootings on Chicago's South Side just six hours apart

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Plea from families of gun violence victims: ‘Please do more’ to solve killings

“We want people to put their guns down. We need these criminals to suffer consequences,” one victim’s relative said at a rally Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fewer people shot, killed in city this year — but summer looms

The mayor and other city officials have attributed this year’s downtick in violence to an initiative that has flooded 15 communities with new resources. Crime experts say that’s premature.

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SA court action over prisoner newspaper

A prisoner advocacy group is heading the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a decision by SA jail authorities to disallow inmates its election newspaper.

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'It hits everybody in a way': Violence in Chicago's downtown reflects troubles in its neighborhoods

CHICAGO — Over a 48-hour period two weekends ago, three shootings erupted within a mile of one another in Chicago’s downtown area, leaving two people dead. During that same time, some 17 other people were shot around the city, most of them in neighborhoods where a higher level of violence…

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South Australia's corrections department facing legal action after refusal to supply prisoners with voting materials

Lawyers will file proceedings against the South Australian corrections department in the Supreme Court on Friday morning.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor takes casino path of least resistance, but is it a winning hand?

Just because Ald. Walter Burnett is willing to put up with the inconvenience of a casino doesn’t mean Mayor Lori Lightfoot will easily round up the other 25 City Council votes she needs to ratify Bally’s River West site.

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3 killed, 10 wounded in shootings in Chicago Tuesday

In one of the attacks, four people were wounded when two gunmen opened fire on an SUV stopped at a light in the Loop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Four wounded when gunmen open fire on SUV in Loop — day after mayor decries growing gun violence downtown

A blue Dodge Durango was stopped in the 400 block of South Wells Street when the gunmen fired from a sidewalk around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday, according to police.

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Top cop touts decline in murders, shootings in April

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said the department will add officers to downtown, targeted neighborhoods where crime has been “displaced.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Downtown shootings continue spike with 64% jump in 2022

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday said she’s “not happy about this weekend” after a spate of shootings in the area, noting that city officials need to “step up our efforts downtown.”

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