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John Shadbar, 70, is accused of shooting his neighbor with an assault rifle May 7. Prosecutors allege Shadbar acted because the victim, Melissa Robertson, who is white, had Black children. Robertson survived and is recovering.
Illinois mistakenly overspent its latest round of funding and will run out of money for hundreds of programs that serve about 15,000 kids in Chicago. The programs' advocates encourage state lawmakers to intervene.
Hundreds of shoppers gathered outside the store on Lake Avenue west of the Edens Expressway before its opening, with some arriving as early as 5:30 a.m. to buy furniture and home goods.
Under the new law, state House and Senate candidates must run in the primary to appear on the November general election ballot — a move leaving prospective candidates in the lurch, viewed as a power grab by the Democrat-led legislature.