Taste Of Chicago / Ken Griffin $5M Donation / Freedom Rider / Nelly

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• Pastor Corey Brooks finally can get off the roof. The South Side activist, who has been camped out on a roof to raise money to build a community center in Woodlawn, received a $5 million donation from Citadel founder Ken Griffin. (CBS2)
• Taste of Chicago makes its return to Grant Park for the first time since 2019 this weekend. Nelly, Local H and Drive-By Truckers are set to perform. (Patch)
• Chicago native and Civil Rights activist Diane Nash, one of the "Freedom Riders" received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden Thursday. (ABC7)
• A 28-year-old woman was found dead on the CTA Red Line tracks in Lake View. (Patch)
• State police defended the agency's decision to grant a gun permit to Robert Crimo III, the man accused of murdering seven people and injuring dozens of others in Highland Park Monday. (Sun-Times)
• Robert Crimo III's father also defended his decision to support his son's gun permit application. "I filled out the consent form to allow my son to go through the process that the Illinois State Police have in place for an individual to obtain a FOID card. ... And he was approved," Robert Crimo Jr. said. (Patch)

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