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CHICAGO — It’s been almost 20 days since 8-year-old boy Cooper Roberts was hospitalized after being critically wounded at the Independence Day parade shooting in Highland Park. The bullet caused injuries that left the boy paralyzed from the waist down and despite some progress, he remains in critical condition, according…

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Fire crews were called to the 2300 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive for a report of a one-car rollover accident.

CHICAGO — Filming on the Chicago set of “Justified: City Primeval” starring Timothy Olyphant has been halted until Monday after “two cars whose occupants were engaged in a gunfight smashed through the show’s barricades” earlier this week, according to reporting by Deadline.

The mayor calls HUD’s accusations that City Hall has engaged in environmental racism “preposterous.” The funding that’s threatened by the dispute includes money that keeps 650 people with HIV or AIDS from living on the street.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Until there is enough vaccine to meet the rising demand, Chicago has a plan to distribute the limited supply of monkeypox vaccine.

While making the Prime Video time-travel series here last summer, the actors kayaked the river, indulged in Jeni’s ice cream and got a feel for the ever-changing weather.

He was attacked in the 100 block of West Roosevelt Friday morning, Chicago Police said.

Transit authority employee also needed hospital care

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