#Staffers urge Chicago mayor Johnson to call for cease-fire in Gaza

#Staffers urge Chicago mayor Johnson to call for cease-fire in Gaza

Over 30 staffers of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called on the progressive lawmaker to back a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war on Tuesday, signaling increased pressures between Democrats over the conflict. The letter, first reported by Politico, urges Johnson to join Chicago city council member Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez’s calls for Chicago leaders, President Biden and the…

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#Supreme Court leaves Illinois assault weapons ban in place

#Supreme Court leaves Illinois assault weapons ban in place

The Supreme Court declined to immediately block Illinois’s assault weapons and high-capacity magazine bans, leaving them in place, for now. A gun rights group and gun shop owner asked the justices to pause the law’s enforcement by intervening in the case ahead of an appeals court’s final ruling. The lawsuit also challenges an ordinance in…

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#Federal judge blocks Illinois assault weapons ban

#Federal judge blocks Illinois assault weapons ban

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an assault weapons ban in Illinois, ruling that multiple plaintiffs who sued alleging that the law violates their Second Amendment rights have a “reasonable likelihood” to succeed in their argument.  U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn issued a preliminary injunction on Friday against the state’s Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA),…

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#Meet the cheapest US states to buy a house

#Meet the cheapest US states to buy a house

A new study analyzing Zillow data has found that the monthly median sale price of a house last year was over $500,000 in Utah, California and Colorado — and over a staggering $800,000 in Hawaii. The study, conducted by Studio City realtors, found that Hawaii clocked in as the most expensive state in the U.S….

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#Illinois police save 9-year-old child drowning in icy pond

#Illinois police save 9-year-old child drowning in icy pond

“Illinois police save 9-year-old child drowning in icy pond” Police in a suburban Chicago town saved a child who was drowning in an icy pond on Wednesday. The 9-year-old child fell into an icy retention pond on Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. while trying to get a football, according to the Aurora Police Department. When officers got to the…

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