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An Illinois House committee is conducting hearings on a wide-ranging gun legislation that includes a ban on semi-automatic weapons

CHICAGO — On the surface, Highland Park and East Garfield Park don’t have much in common.

The fact that so many people are wrongfully convicted because of police misconduct in Illinois and other states illuminates a failure of larger dimensions.

CHICAGO — Victims of the Highland Park shooting have filed multiple lawsuits naming the alleged shooter, Robert Crimo III, Smith & Wesson, two firearms dealers and Crimo’s father as the parties who bear responsibility for eruption of gun violence that killed seven and wounded dozens of others during the northern…

CHICAGO — Victims of the Highland Park shooting have filed multiple lawsuits naming the alleged shooter, Robert Crimo III, Smith & Wesson, two firearms dealers and Crimo’s father as the parties who bear responsibility for eruption of gun violence that killed seven and wounded dozens of others during the northern…

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.

A Highland Park shooting survivor challenged the South Carolina senator on what exceptions his bill does and does not make

As Illinois Democrats continue to seek a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines after the Highland Park massacre on July 4, critics of gun safety laws voice a familiar rebuttal:

“I come here almost every day, in the morning,” Alejo Toledo said Monday, when the two-month anniversary of the attack was remembered at the unofficial memorial.

The 8-year-old boy’s brain function is a concern after he experiences memory loss and shows issues with fine motor skills, his family said.

“This is a huge motivation for Cooper as he is excited to return to the classroom and see his friends,” the Roberts family said in a statement.