Illinois

• 8-year-old Highland Park shooting victim may not walk again, family says

  Cooper Roberts, 8, was one of dozens injured when a gunman opened fire with a rifle onto the crowd from a nearby rooftop, killing seven people.

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  Jul 8
  
• July 4 parade gunman slipped past safeguards of an Illinois ‘red flag’ law: officials

  The Highland Park parade shooter passed four background checks in the purchase of his guns, all of them conducted in 2020 and 2021.

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  Jul 6
  
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• 17 boats with invasive mussels stopped from entering B.C.

  Eight of these boats were headed to the Okanagan, four to the Lower Mainland, three to Vancouver Island, one to the Kootenays, and one to Skeena.

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  Dec 7, 2021
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• Illinois mother unvaccinated against COVID-19 stripped of rights to see son, judge rules

  Firlit said she has had adverse reactions to vaccinations in the past and that her doctor had advised her not to get a COVID-19 shot.

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  Aug 30, 2021
• Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake back on duty, won’t face discipline

  The Kenosha County district attorney concluded in January that the officer acted in self-defense when he shot Blake seven times at close range from behind.

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  Apr 13, 2021
• Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake will not face criminal charges

  Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said Tuesday that he had informed Blake of the news before holding a news conference to announce his decision.

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  Jan 5, 2021
• Black Chicago woman injured in police shooting says cops let boyfriend die

  Williams and Marcellis Stinnette, a Black man, were shot last week while in a car in Waukegan, north of Chicago. The officer who shot Stinnette was fired.

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  Oct 27, 2020
• Illinois officer who shot, killed Black man fired from police force

  The announcement of the firing came shortly after the FBI joined Illinois State Police in investigating the shooting late Tuesday of Marcellis Stinnette, 19, and the wounding of his girlfriend, Tafara Williams.

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  Oct 23, 2020
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• August wind storms in U.S. Midwest caused estimated $7.5B in damage: report

  The Aug. 10 storm hit Iowa hard but also caused damage in Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and Indiana.

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  Oct 18, 2020
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• Teen accused of killing 2 protesters in Kenosha won’t face charges in Illinois

  Rittenhouse of Antioch, remains held in a juvenile detention centre in Lake County without bond due to pending criminal charges in Kenosha.

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  Oct 13, 2020