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6:01 PM ET, July 4, 2022

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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Highland Park Fourth of July parade disrupted by gunfire, multiple people shot  —  Several witnesses said they heard multiple shots fired.  As they fled the parade route on Central Street in downtown Highland Park, parade-goers left behind chairs, baby strollers and blankets.
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Washington Post:
Gunman at large after killing at least five at Chicago-area parade  —  GLENCOE, Ill. — At least five people were dead, 16 were hospitalized and a gunman was at large Monday afternoon in a mass shooting that targeted Fourth of July paradegoers in Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, authorities said.
New York Times:
Witnesses recall chaos, terror and confusion.  —  The gunman fired from a rooftop in Highland Park, Ill., and was not in custody, the police said, leading to fears for other celebrations across the region.  At least two dozen people were injured.  —  ‘This appears to be completely random,’ a police official said.
Discussion: Vox, National Review, KXAN-TV and Variety
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Biden shares ‘shock’ at July 4th parade mass shooting: ‘More work to do’ to stop gun violence  —  The president said federal officials were helping search for the gunman.  —  President Joe Biden on Monday afternoon shared his “shock” and support after a deadly mass shooting at a July 4 parade …
The White House:
Statement from President Biden on the Shooting in Highland Park, Illinois  —  Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community on this Independence Day.  As always, we are grateful for the first responders and law enforcement on the scene.
Mitt Romney / The Atlantic:
America Is in Denial  —  Even as we watch the reservoirs and lakes of the West go dry, we keep watering our lawns, soaking our golf courses, and growing water-thirsty crops.  —  As inflation mounts and the national debt balloons, progressive politicians vote for ever more spending.
Adam Solomons / Daily Mail:
‘Putin is seeing spies everywhere’: Top Russian scientist dies two days after being pulled out of cancer bed and jailed for ‘treason’ as family claims he was ‘tortured’ by security service  — Quantum physics prof dies 48h after being dragged out of cancer bed and jailed
Washington Post:
Visual: Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony from the Jan. 6 hearing  —  Like no witness before her, Cassidy Hutchinson brought the public inside the West Wing on Jan. 6 and in the days surrounding it.  In live testimony and clips from her videotaped deposition, she used vivid detail …
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United States Department of State:
On the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh  —  After an extremely detailed forensic analysis, independent, third-party examiners, as part of a process overseen by the U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC), could not reach a definitive conclusion regarding the origin of the bullet that killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
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Doug Feinberg / Associated Press:
Griner sends letter to President Biden pleading for his help  —  Brittney Griner has made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.”
Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
‘Get the f*** out of here’: Squad member Ilhan Omar is booed by 10,000-strong Somali music festival crowd in her OWN district - days after she suggested Minnesota is worse than a refugee camp  — Ilhan Omar struggled to speak over a crowd booing her at a concert Saturday
Dustin Jones / NPR:
The abortion ruling has troops and veterans speaking out, some for the first time  —  For the first time in her life, Marine Corps Capt. Meleah Martin is refusing to wear American flag attire this Independence Day.  Instead, she told her family that she will only wear pride colors and apparel.
Michael Tracey:
The NATO Summit: a Historic, Triumphant Exercise in Media Fakery  —  Lo and behold, I was able to attend the NATO Summit in Madrid this week.  There's plenty to discuss on a substantive level about what emerged from the grandiose gathering — for one thing, the contours of what could very …
Kristine Parks / Fox News:
On 4th of July, NPR scraps Declaration reading tradition for ‘equality’ discussion  —  The 4th of July broadcast suggested equal rights were being debated after the overturning of Roe v. Wade  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for July 4  —  National Public Radio (NPR) …
 
 
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Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
After appeals court loss, Daniel Cameron turns to Supreme Court in push to end abortion
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Army Bases That Honor Confederate Traitors Could Soon Be Renamed for These Heroes
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Protesters Carry Out Short-Lived July 4 ‘Attack’ On D.C. Area Highways
Discussion: Raw Story
Howard Bryant / ESPN:
Baseball, barbecue and losing freedom this Fourth of July
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daily Mail:
Woke Guardian US news reporter is blasted over Twitter declaration that anyone who questions transgender ideology is a FASCIST
Discussion: New York Post
Washington Post:
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