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Bears surprised Highland Park shooting survivor at OTAs

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USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 2, 2023

Bears surprise Highland Park’s Cooper Roberts with wheelchair for the beach

Eight-year-old Cooper was left paralyzed from the waist down after the Highland Park July 4 parade shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023

Cody Whitehair in a comfort zone at center

“It’s kind of like riding a bike,” said Whitehair, who has transitioned from guard to center and back since his rookie season with the Bears in 2016 — when he moved to center four days before the season opener.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

Big dreams for tiny homes, a review of Steppenwolf’s ‘1919’ and more in your Chicago news roundup

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

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 10, 2022

Highland Park shooting victim Cooper Roberts returns to school

The 8-year-old boy, paralyzed from a bullet on July 4, continues to require rehabilitation.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 10, 2022

8-year-old Illinois boy returns home after devastating July 4 mass shooting at parade

CHICAGO — Eight-year-old Cooper Roberts has returned to his home after being shot during the Independence Day parade in Highland Park, his family said Thursday.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 23, 2022

Boy shot in July 4 parade massacre returns home to family

An 8-year-old suburban Chicago boy is back home after more than two months of treatment for severe injuries he sustained during the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, his family said Thursday

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Highland Park parade mass shooting victim Cooper Roberts returns home

Cooper had been rehabilitating at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab after a series of surgeries following injuries from a bullet that that severed his spinal cord and badly damaged some internal organs.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 22, 2022

Pakistan in dire need of humanitarian aid

Large parts of Pakistan have been flooded away, and starvation and disease are increasing with this disaster. Humanitarian aid from the global community is crucial.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 3, 2022

Inside Chicago's Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, the world-renowned rehab facility treating patients like Danny Golden and Cooper Roberts

CHICAGO -- Phillip Cline, 59, distinctly remembers the moment he became paralyzed from the neck down. He was run off the road while driving a motorcycle on July 4, 1996, at 1:20 p.m. in Wisconsin.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 2, 2022