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Mourners leave New Beginnings Church following a funeral service for six-month-old Jonylah Watkins on March 19, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Watkins was shot, along with her father, while sitting on her father's lap in the family's minivan March 11. Jonylah died the following day. Her father is recovering from his wounds. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

For Chicago parents, Jonylah Watkins’ funeral a cautionary tale

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Six-month-old Jonylah Watkins laid lifeless in a pink dress as her parents saw her 3-foot casket close Tuesday saying 'goodbye' for the last time...
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Hadiya

2 suspects in custody in Hadiya Pendleton killing

Don Babwin, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Two men were taken into custody Sunday as "persons of interest" in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Chicago girl, a Chicago police spokeswoman said...
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MObama, Hadiya funeral

First lady attends Hadiya Pendleton funeral

Sara Burnett, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral service Saturday for a Chicago teen whose killing catapulted her into the nation's debate over gun violence...
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Hadiya Pendleton (Courtesy of WMAQ)

$40,000 reward offered in Hadiya murder

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theGRIO REPORT - The Chicago Police Department on Friday announced an increase in the reward being offered for information leading to the killer of Hadiya Pendleton...
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Members of the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago march in response to a recent shooting in and around their neighborhood September 5, 2012 in Chicago. (Photo by Frank Polich/Getty Images)

Banning assault weapons isn't enough

Michael Skolnik
OPINION - In the wake of the political cowardliness by most in Washington and with many Americans still clinging to their right to own weapons that are used on the battlefields of war and in first grade classrooms, it will take a different approach to end this madness...
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