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Full-scale Chicago Air and Water Show returning in August

The beloved lakefront event will take place Aug. 20-21, centered at North Avenue Beach.

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To save people from gun violence, close loopholes in the law

A nation is acting irrationally when it allows, as police allege, a 21-year-man to walk into a store and legally buy a high-powered rifle that he will use to massacre parade goers.

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A member of Chicago’s Daley dynasty faces possible prison time in federal court Wednesday

A jury convicted ex-Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson in February of cheating on his taxes and lying to regulators. He is the grandson of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and the nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley.

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Ald. James Cappleman to retire from the City Council

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she is not at all surprised that City Council turnover would follow the two-year pandemic. “I think we’ll see some others who may also say ... ‘It’s time for me to move in a different direction.’”

Chicago Sun-Times

How the Highland Park shooter temporarily escaped, a first-person account of the tragic scene 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.

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One for the books: Next secretary of state should continue to champion libraries

Retiring incumbent Jesse White is widely regarded as having used his position to help libraries, readers, writers and lifelong learners.

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Republican Bailey apologizes for telling public shortly after Highland Park massacre to ‘move on’ and ‘celebrate’ the Fourth

“The shooter is still at large, so let’s pray for justice to prevail, and then let’s move on and let’s celebrate — celebrate the independence of this nation,” state Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, said on Monday 90 minutes after the shooting that left seven dead and at least 30 wounded.

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Park Ridge family says off-duty Chicago cop pinned 14-year-old boy on the sidewalk and pressed knee against his back

The family said it believes the incident last Friday evening was racially motivated. The boy is of Puerto Rican descent and the man was white.

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I was at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. I saw the horror unfold.

I just wanted to go to this parade and enjoy the day. And then the shooting started.

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Anna Valencia, once a rising political star, weighs city clerk re-election after losing badly in secretary of state race

Former state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias got 52.7% of the vote to Valencia’s 34.4% to succeed Jesse White as secretary of state.

Chicago Sun-Times

We can all do our part to help refugees feel welcome, safe

This could look like volunteering to help Chicago-bound refugees learn to speak English, set up their new apartments, navigate the U.S. health system or adapt to the culture of their new home. It could look like monthly financial sponsorship.

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Police arrest person of interest after Fourth of July mass murder

A person of interest has been arrested by police in the US after at least six people were killed in an attack on families celebrating Independence Day.

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PHOTOS: Sun-Times photographers on the scene in Highland Park on the day after

Here’s a look at photos taken by Sun-Times photographers following the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park.

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Police respond shooting at July 4 parade in Chicago suburb

Authorities say police are responding a shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb

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Highland Park police take a man into custody over the July 4th parade shooting

Officials are calling the 22-year-old a person of interest. Police Chief Lou Jogmen says the man gave himself up after a brief pursuit in his car.

Chicago Sun-Times

Darren Bailey should release his tax returns

Bailey isn’t under any legal obligation to make his tax returns public. But if the state senator is serious about serving the public as governor, he ought to play ball.

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Chicago sees worst air quality of the year on Fourth of July

Last year on Independence Day, Chicago reached a level of air pollution four times the hourly average of a normal summer day. “By 10:30 at night, it’s just a hazy fog and smoke everywhere that you can see,” one resident said.

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Photos: Take a look at this year’s Navy Pier fireworks

Residents and tourists gathered to view Saturday’s Navy Pier fireworks show, and Sun-Times’ Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere caught some shots of the display.

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Skepticism lingers at James Sneider Apartments after City Council takes action on cooling/heating rules

“You don’t need the ordinance, you need common sense,” Dr. Demetra Soter said. “This management company knew what to do and didn’t do it.”

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After woman killed in Friday night shootout, some Chinatown residents call for closure of karaoke bar

A petition organized the Coalition For A Better Chinese American Community and Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) will ask the city next week to revoke licenses for No. 18 Karaoke Bar.

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Archdiocese of Chicago criticizes North Side state senator over Roe v. Wade post

The image posted to Facebook by state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz sparked criticism from religious leaders, including the archdiocese, which labeled it “bigoted imagery.”

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Car insurers’ pandemic windfalls: Illinois insurers could have given you bigger refunds, maintained same profits

How much insurance companies collected — and how much more they could have given back to drivers.

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Unsung architectural ‘jewel on the prairie’ in Bronzeville is poised to shine again

The long-vacant, two-story former Lake Meadows professional building at 31st Street and Rhodes Avenue — a dormant but architecturally significant modernist South Side office building — is getting a major fix-up.

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Young progressives, Trump-affiliated Republicans big winners on election day

Meanwhile, the four Illinois legislative leaders did not have a spectacular primary day last week.

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Chicago community groups say ‘suspicious activity reports’ lead to racial profiling by police

Arab American Action Network along with other Chicago community groups say the reports have become a way to racially profile Muslims and people of Arab descent.

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