
6 killed, more than 40 injured in 9 mass shootings across the US over the weekend
CNN
There have been 291 mass shootings in 2021 as of Sunday evening, according to gunviolencearchive.org.
Six people were killed and at least 42 were injured in mass shootings across nine states this weekend, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). Among the victims were at least two children, a 10-year-old and a 15-year-old, police said. The latest shootings are among a streak of deadly violent weekends the nation has seen in the past few weeks.
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As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











