Community members gathered for a memorial ceremony and walk one year after a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens of others in an attack on the Chicago suburb’s Fourth of July parade …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/us/highland-park-parade-shooting-anniversary.html

Central Park is New York’s largest urban park and one of the biggest in the world, with 843 acres. This park is home to artificial lakes, waterfalls, meadows and wooded areas. You will also find the Central Park Zoo, among other attractions in this greenspace of New York.

https://www.introducingnewyork.com/central-park

In 1989, a then-15-year-old Yusef Salaam was one of five teenagers arrested and wrongfully imprisoned after the brutal rape of a jogger in New York Central Park. They were exonerated in 2002, when …

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exonerated-member-of-central-park-five-on-his-historic-city-council-primary-win

Yusef Salaam, who as a child was part of a group of teenagers wrongly accused, convicted and imprisoned for the rape of a woman jogging in New York’s Central Park, has declared victory in a …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/28/yusef-salaam-wins-city-council-primary-central-park-5-harlem-new-york

An exonerated member of the Central Park Five, Yusef Salaam, is poised to win a Democratic primary race for a New York City Council seat in Harlem. Salaam declared victory at a campaign event in …

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/yusef-salaam-central-park-five-new-york-city-harlem/index.html

In 2014, New York City settled a lengthy federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the Central Park Five for $41 million. In 2019, Netflix released a series about the Central Park Five and their …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/28/yusef-salaam-central-park-harlem-council/

The Central Park Five AKA The Exonerated Five. In 1989, a 15-year-old Salaam experienced first-hand the impact NYC’s power, politics and institutions can have on an otherwise normal life.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/22/yusef-salaam-central-park-five-exoneree-council-candidate/70348023007/

Central Park has something for everyone, no matter your interests or the time of the year that you choose to visit. See popular attractions on guided horse & carriage, bike, walking, pedicab, running and fitness tours, visit the playgrounds or Central Park Zoo with the kids, have a picnic on the grass, or choose from a myriad of sports and …

https://www.centralpark.com/things-to-do/activities

In about 40 minutes you can walk to the Conservatory Garden, the most formal and stunning of Central Park’s gardens. It’s tucked away on six acres between E 104th & 106th streets. Open daily from 8am to 8pm in summer, the elegant, European-styled garden, with its beautiful flowers and fountains and magnificent gated entrance (Vanderbilt …

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/the-detour-central-park-new-york

The best things to do in Central Park. No matter what season we’re in, experience the best things to do in Central Park from walking tours to boat rides

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/ten-things-you-must-do-in-central-park