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Uvalde chief resigns from City Council

Arredondo was elected just weeks before the Robb Elementary School shooting

Salon · Jul 7, 2022

Highland Park shooting victims include both parents of toddler found wandering alone after gunfire. ‘Are Mommy and Daddy coming soon?’ boy asked grandfather

CHICAGO — Toddler Aiden McCarthy was found wandering alone in the chaotic aftermath of Monday’s mass shooting in Highland Park as strangers sought to reunite him with his family.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 6, 2022

Gun used in Highland Park shooting that left 6 dead and dozens injured was purchased legally in Illinois, authorities say

CHICAGO — The gun that was used in the Highland Park mass shooting was purchased legally in Illinois, authorities and Highland Park mayor Nancy Rotering told the Tribune.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 5, 2022

Utah Republican apologises for saying women can control ‘intake of semen’

Karianne Lisonbee, a state representative, made remark as conservatives celebrated US supreme court abortion ruling

The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2022

How active shooter training for law enforcement compares to the failures in Uvalde

ATHENS, Texas — Three officers moved serpentine down a tiled hallway lined with rows of stacked metal lockers — handguns held low, at the ready.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

Rockford Peaches — 30 years after ‘A League of Their Own’ — live on in a new series: ‘We didn’t know we were part of something bigger’

CHICAGO — For many of the women and girls playing baseball this summer, the Rockford Peaches — a team that hasn’t played in more than 60 years — remain a source of inspiration. One of the original four teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), the Peaches won…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 30, 2022

Rockford Peaches — 30 years after ‘A League of Their Own’ — live on in a new series: ‘We didn’t know we were part of something bigger’

CHICAGO — For many of the women and girls playing baseball this summer, the Rockford Peaches — a team that hasn’t played in more than 60 years — remain a source of inspiration. One of the original four teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), the Peaches won…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 30, 2022

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Biden’s pick to lead immigration enforcement agency, withdraws from nomination

The withdrawal comes after the congressional vote to confirm Gonzalez, a vocal opponent of Donald Trump’s immigration policies, stalled for months.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2022

With little short-term hope, Texas’ abortion-rights movement sets its sights on the long run

Advocates and politicians say they hope Texas’ ban on abortion will motivate voters. But they say they’ll need to emulate the strategies of the anti-abortion movement to reach long-term success.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 27, 2022

R. Kelly’s summer of reckoning

CHICAGO — It’s been nine months since Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly was last in a New York courtroom, where he was convicted by a jury after decades of allegations of sexual misdeeds.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 25, 2022