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Month: July 2023

Highland Park gathers to remember parade shooting victims 1 year later

Highland Park gathers to remember parade shooting victims 1 year later

larrybraunphotography.com/Getty Images (ILLINOIS) — It was a somber Fourth of July for the residents of Highland Park, Illinois, as they gathered to mark one year since the mass shooting that took the lives of seven revelers and wounded dozens of others. Hundreds of people joined dignitaries, including U.S. senators Tammy […]

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Black-owned banks, born out of post-slavery economic barriers, seek to address racial wealth gap

Black-owned banks, born out of post-slavery economic barriers, seek to address racial wealth gap

ABC News (NORTH CAROLINA) — When Dorian Bolden began expanding his coffee shop, Beyu Caffe, in Durham, North Carolina, he says the most difficult part was securing funding as a Black business owner. “I recognize how we were not able to get funding the way I saw, you know, my […]

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5 people dead, 2 children injured in mass shooting in Philadelphia, police say

5 people dead, 2 children injured in mass shooting in Philadelphia, police say

kali9/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A suspect clad in a bulletproof vest and carrying a rifle and multiple rounds of ammunition opened fire in Philadelphia late Monday, killing at least five people and wounding two children, authorities said. The youngest of the deceased victims was only 15 years old. An unidentified […]

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Missing woman found alive after being stuck in mud for several days

Missing woman found alive after being stuck in mud for several days

Easton Police Department (NEW YORK) — A missing Massachusetts woman was found alive in Borderland State Park on Monday after she was stuck in mud for several days. Emma Tetewsky, 31, was reported missing on June 26 by her family. She was believed to still be in the area because […]

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Body camera footage shows dispute between Susan Lorincz and Ajike Owens prior to fatal shooting

Body camera footage shows dispute between Susan Lorincz and Ajike Owens prior to fatal shooting

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Body camera footage released Monday by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office shows Susan Lorincz, the woman charged with manslaughter for shooting her neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens on June 2, calling sheriff’s deputies on multiple occasions to complain about children in her Ocala, Florida, neighborhood. […]

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Five people dead, two children injured in mass shooting in Philadelphia, police say

Five people dead, two children injured in mass shooting in Philadelphia, police say

kali9/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A gunman clad in a bulletproof vest and carrying multiple rounds of ammunition opened fire in Philadelphia late Monday, killing at least five people and wounding two children, authorities said. Two people have since been taken into custody: a 40-year-old unnamed man who is alleged to […]

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Three killed, eight injured in late-night Forth Worth shooting in Texas

Three killed, eight injured in late-night Forth Worth shooting in Texas

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (FORT WORTH, Texas) — At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting late Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, police said. The Fort Worth Police Department said its officers were dispatched to Horne Street on the west side of the city in […]

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Fatalities reported in 2 separate fireworks incidents

Fatalities reported in 2 separate fireworks incidents

Piccell/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Authorities in two states are investigating fatalities from two separate incidents involving fireworks over the July Fourth holiday. One woman in Michigan was killed and nine others were injured after a firework exploded at a home late Monday night, police say. In Texas, one […]

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One dead, nine injured in July 4th weekend fireworks explosion

One dead, nine injured in July 4th weekend fireworks explosion

Piccell/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — One woman has died and nine other have been injured after a firework exploded at a home late Monday night, police say. The explosion happened at a home in Park Township, Michigan, near the intersection of Main Street and N. 160th Avenue, at approximately […]

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July 4 Highland Park parade shooting: Remembering the victims one year later

July 4 Highland Park parade shooting: Remembering the victims one year later

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — A doting grandfather who immigrated from Mexico to give his family a better life and two parents on a fun outing with their toddler were among the seven people shot and killed last year at a July 4 […]

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