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Federal appeals court upholds Illinois semiautomatic weapons ban

sA federal appeals court on Friday upheld Illinois’ prohibition on high-power semiautomatic weapons, refusing to put a hold on the law adopted in response to the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park

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No testimony from Highland Park massacre suspect at dad’s trial next week

Robert Crimo Jr. had been seeking to have his son testify in his own trial on charges that he recklessly signed his son’s gun ownership application when he was too young.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park massacre suspect’s father wants to call his son as a witness in his own trial next month

Robert Crimo Jr. is set to go to trial Nov. 6 on counts of reckless conduct for signing his son’s FOID application in 2019 when the son was underage.

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Highland Park massacre suspect keeps phone privileges despite rant that FBI staged attack

Robert Crimo III was recorded on a video call claiming the Fourth of July mass shooting was a “false flag” attack. He was previously reprimanded for making a prank call to a newspaper reporter.

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Bomb threats clear Highland Park elementary school two days in a row

Highland Park Police determined Thursday’s bomb threat was not credible and part of a string of threats to public buildings across the country.

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John Kezdy, punk singer and Illinois prosecutor, dead at 64 after bicycle crash in Glencoe

He rocked hard with the Effigies, oversaw grand juries for the attorney general’s office and survived the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre with a graze wound.

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Highland Park High parents say students are evading weapons detection systems, call for enhanced security measures

A student was shot dead off-campus this month. The use of a single weapons detection devices at Highland Park and Deerfield campuses is inadequate, parents say.

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Boy, 16, charged with murder in shooting death of 16-year-old boy in Highland Park

Omar Diaz, of Highwood, was found with a gunshot wound about 11:30 a.m. Sunday and was pronounced dead at Highland Park Hospital.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highwood teen shot, killed in Highland Park

The boy, 16, was found in the 2300 block of Green Bay Road, police said. A suspect remains at large.

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Illinois Supreme Court plans to rule on semiautomatic weapons ban

The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on the state’s ban of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally, including the Independence Day 2022 shooting that killed seven and injured dozens in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park

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Highland Park shooting suspect’s father asks to dismiss charges for ‘innocent conduct’

A father will ask a judge Monday to dismiss his case in which authorities say he helped his son obtain a gun license three years before the younger man fatally shot seven people at a 2022 Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago

The Independent UK

Dad of suspect in Highland Park parade shooting seeks dismissal of charges he recklessly helped his son get gun

Lake County judge will rule Aug. 28 on motion to dismiss reckless conduct charges against Robert Crimo Jr.

Chicago Sun-Times

Conductor Jonathon Heyward inspired by increasing diversity, inclusion in classic music realm

Heyward will make his Ravinia and Chicago Symphony Orchestra debuts Wednesday when he leads the ensemble as part of its annual summer residency at the Highland Park venue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: 28 must-see photos from the week in news

A record-setting storm caused widespread flash flooding and delayed the inaugural NASCAR event in Chicago; thousands gathered for the one-year anniversary of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting; and more from Sun-Times photographers.

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Biden White House throws spotlight two days in a row on Illinois assault weapons ban

Biden’s praise only goes so far, because the Illinois experience — where Democrats hold supermajorities in the Legislature — cannot be replicated in most other states.

Chicago Tribune

Highland Park set to remember Fourth of July parade shooting, victims

Silence is set to spread across Highland Park at 10:14 a.m. Tuesday to mark the moment one year ago when a gunman opened fire at the city’s Fourth of July parade.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park comes together one year after Fourth of July parade mass shooting

“There’s a lot of people here, and you’re just standing here thinking it could happen again. That will always stay in your head. But here we are.”

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Highland Park marks 1 year after July 4 shooting with community walk reclaiming parade route

The Fourth of July holiday takes on a different meaning for the Highland Park community this year

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The aftermath of mass shootings infiltrates every corner of survivors’ lives

Beyond medical bills in the millions and the weight of trauma and grief, mass shooting survivors and their family members contend with scores of changes showing how their lives have been upended by violence

Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: 20 must-see Sun-Times photos from the week in news

Thousands turned out for the Chicago Pride Parade, President Biden visited the Old Post Office to kick off “Bidenomics,” and NASCAR has come to town.

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‘The community stood behind us,’ say couple who owned Highland Park store from which shooter fired on Fourth of July parade

Ross Cosmetics had to shut down for a week. But then store owners Earl and Arden Edelcup and all of Highland Park began working to help each other recover from the horror.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park one year later: Advocacy becomes a way of coping, ‘doing the work they can’t do’

Several people who witnessed last year’s massacre rallied outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where judges heard a challenge to the Illinois assault weapons ban.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal appeals court considering Illinois assault weapons ban questions ‘popularity contest’ for guns

The arguments before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took place five days before the anniversary of the mass shooting during Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade, which prompted the assault-weapons ban.

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Story Television Preps First Original Special

Weigel’s digital network produces report on Highland Park’s July 4 mass shooting

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Woman killed in Highland Park hit-and-run was a ‘volunteer for the good of mankind,’ her father says

Maureen Wener was riding her bike Friday afternoon when she was hit by a car near Deerfield and Piccadilly roads. The driver did not stop.

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