text:  The man accused of shooting and killing seven people at a July 4th parade two years ago outside Chicago today rejected a plea deal that would have meant life in prison. Overseas, in Russia, the trial of an American journalist got underway today. Evan Gershkovich stood in a glass box, his head shaved, sometimes smiling and waving at familiar faces. But the espionage charges against him are no laughing matter. Evan Gershkovich.