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Caroline Mead carries her 5-year-old son, Crosby, as the family walks to Oak Terrace Elementary School less than two weeks before the boys’ first day of school in Highwood, Friday morning, Aug. 12, 2022. The Mead family survived a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

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This afternoon will be mostly sunny with a high near 80 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 62. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with a high near 82.