Uneasy US tries to fete a July 4 marred by parade shooting


              Patriotic canines joined Justin Rudd's Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade in Long Beach, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Brittany Murray/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              The 118th Huntington Beach 4th of July Parade starts on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
            
              Actress Scarlett Abinante heads up Main Street during the 118th Huntington Beach 4th of July Parade in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
            Boy Scouts carry Huntington Beach's Historic Freedom Flag up Main Street during The 118th Huntington Beach 4th of July Parade in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP) A dog dressed as a dinosaur sits in a Jurassic Park Jeep on Main Street during the 118th Huntington Beach 4th of July Parade in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP) Empty chairs and an American flag blanket lie on the ground after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, a Chicago suburb on Monday, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Abandoned chairs on the scene of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on Central Avenue in Highland Park, Ill., on Monday, July 4, 2022. (John Starks/Daily Herald via AP) President Joe Biden gesture after speaking at a Fourth of July celebration for military families on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, July 4, 2022, in Washington. Listening are first lady Jill Biden, left, and Navy Chaplain Lt. Chandler Irwin. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Sesame Street's Elmo float is carried through the Pittsfield Fourth of July parade in Pittsfield, Mass., on Monday, July, 4, 2022. (Gillian L. Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP) President Joe Biden speaks during a Fourth of July celebration for military families on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, July 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) 
              Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo pose with 63 and 40 hot dogs, respectively, after winning the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Monday, July 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)