Chicago White Sox cancel July 4 fireworks after Highland Park shooting
The Chicago White Sox canceled their July 4 postgame fireworks and announced plans to hold a moment of silence on Monday after a shooting in Highland Park, Ill., killed at least six people during an Independence Day parade. “Our hearts are with the Highland Park community,” the team wrote in a statement. “The entire Chicago White Sox organization expresses our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the innocent victims of today’s horrific shooting and
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Hearing number six of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee investigating the Capitol attack was decidedly damaging for the top two perpetrators of the failed effort to overturn the 2020 election — former president Donald Trump and his enabling chief of staff Mark Meadows. The former commander in chief and his chief of staff were appreciably wounded by detailed accounts from Meadows’s former close aide and star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, a twenty-something whose testimonial polish belies her age and experience. And she has survived it favorably thus far, notwithstanding the
Read MoreBiden says federal law enforcement will assist with hunt for July 4 shooter
President Biden pledged federal assistance in capturing the shooter who opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in a suburb of Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people. Biden said in a statement that he has spoken to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering (D), offering the “full support” of the federal government to the community. “[First lady] Jill [Biden] and I are sho
Read MoreBrittney Griner to Biden: 'I'm terrified I might be here forever'
WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been held in Russia since February, urged President Biden in a letter delivered to the White House on Monday not to forget about her and other Americans detained abroad. "...[A]s I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I’m terrified I might be here forever,” Griner wrote to Biden in excerpts of the letter shared by Wasserman, a talent agency that includes her management team. Griner, who has been detained in Russia for mo
Read MoreUkraine, Zelensky wish US a happy July 4th, release video of military band playing 'Star-Spangled Banner'
Ukrainian officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky wished the U.S. a happy Independence Day on Monday as the nation fights for its own independence against the ongoing Russian invasion. “I appreciate the leadership assistance of the United States in Ukraine's defending of common values — freedom, democracy and independence,” Zelensky tweeted, wishing Americans and President Biden a happy July 4th.
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