Chicago

In the modern NFL, $2.2bn won’t stop the Chicago Bears’ flight to the suburbs
The city’s mayor unveiled ambitious plans to renovate historic Soldier Field. But Bears ownership sees better commercial opportunities elsewhere
Melissa Jacobs
26, Jul, 2022 @9:24 AM

Highland Park suspect’s father to be investigated for signing gun application
Crimo Jr denies any responsibility for the attack, saying ‘I had no – not an inkling, warning – that this was going to happen’
Gloria Oladipo
07, Jul, 2022 @5:04 PM

Highland Park shooting: suspect considered attacking another parade
Police on Wednesday also identified the seventh shooting victim in the July 4 mass killing as Eduardo Uvaldo, 69
Guardian staff and agencies
07, Jul, 2022 @6:43 AM

Highland Park shooting: appeal raises $2m for toddler who lost both parents
Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was found wandering alone but has since been reunited with his grandparents
Guardian staff
06, Jul, 2022 @3:10 PM

Highland Park shooting death toll rises to seven as details of victims emerge
Shooting injured dozens as dead include grandfather Nicolás Toledo, teacher Jacki Sundheim and financial broker Steve Straus
Guardian staff
06, Jul, 2022 @2:29 AM

Highland Park shooting death toll rises to seven with 46 injured – as it happened
Suspect pre-planned Fourth of July parade attack and wore ‘women’s clothing’, police say
Chris Stein
05, Jul, 2022 @8:59 PM

Highland Park shooting: police say suspect used women’s clothing disguise; 7 now dead
YouTube has taken down page belonging to man in custody, while Instagram and Twitter have terminated his accounts, as death toll increases
Coral Murphy Marcos and Ramon Antonio Vargas
05, Jul, 2022 @5:23 PM

As fireworks lit up the sky, firearms displayed an uglier face of US culture
America’s national day became a twisted showcase of another form of US exceptionalism: its exceptionally easy access to guns and the resultant mayhem
Ed Pilkington in New York
05, Jul, 2022 @5:03 PM

Gun violence condemned after shooting at Fourth of July parade – as it happened
At least six people were killed and 30 injured after a shooting in the Chicago-area suburb of Highland Park just after 10am local time
Gabrielle Canon (now) and Lauren Gambino (earlier)
05, Jul, 2022 @2:46 AM

‘This isn’t freedom’: Fourth of July shooting rocks Chicago and shocks US
Leaders and activists demand change after shooter targets Highland Park parade celebrating Independence Day
Erum Salam and Coral Murphy Marcos
04, Jul, 2022 @7:32 PM

‘It’s important to fight’: US cities erupt in protest as Roe v Wade falls
Soon after the supreme court struck down abortion protection, pro-choice demonstrators took to the streets
Sam Levin in Los Angeles and Victoria Bekiempis in New York
25, Jun, 2022 @5:01 AM

Deaths of three Chicago women prompt urgent heat warnings
Experts say cities are failing to grapple with the deadly threat after discovery of bodies in senior housing facility
Guardian staff and agencies
28, May, 2022 @4:15 PM
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