community violence is an issue. people have died from gun violence in the united states this year, including at least 471 teens and 120 children. that s according to the gun violence archive. that s a 23% increase from last year and on the day he was supposed to graduate with an engineering degree, charlie johnson was shot and killed in downtown minneapolis. charlie b. johnson. his sister accepted his diploma in his place. johnson was one of two people shot and killed in minneapolis saturday. eight others injured. the violence, specially painful for families who lost young children to gun violence in recent weeks. in minneapolis, three families united on sunday pushing for justice. 6-year-old aniya allen didn t get to finish the happy meal she was eating when someone shot her in the head. she died at the hospital.
madness is back. reporter: a house party left two dead and others wounded, and three people were shot to death at an atlanta area condominium. and ohio, a shooting outside a bar. it breaks my heart to hear when we have young men and women who die at a young age, so much potential ahead of them. a 14-year-old girl was killed and 14 others shot attending what police are calling an unauthorized concert in north charleston, south carolina. it s a sad day that we have to be here today to talk about another death of another young person. reporter: two men were shot and killed and eight others injured in downtown minneapolis early saturday morning, one of the victims died the same day he was scheduled to graduate from college. according to the gun violence archive over 7,500 people have died from gun violence in the united states this year, including at least 471 teenagers and 120 children. he said mommy, my tummy
so much potential ahead of them. reporter: a 14-year-old girl was killed and 14 others shot in what police are called an unauthorized concert in north charleston, north carolina. it s a sad day we have to be here today to talk about another death of another young person. reporter: two men were shot and kill and eight others injured in downtown minneapolis early saturday morning. one of the victims died the same day he was was scheduled to graduate from college. over 7,500 people have died from gun violence in the united states this year. that s including at least 471 teenagers and 120 children. he said, mommy, my tummy hurts. so she went and she picked him up, and he was bleeding on her. reporter: he was fatally shot in an apparent road rage incident in california.
Morocco closes its air doors to Egypt and Algeria Monday, 08 March 2021 15:10
(Ecofin Agency) - Morocco announced on March 5 it has suspended air links with Egypt and Algeria. The ban, in force for an initial period of 3 weeks, follows the resurgence, in the kingdom, of cases of infection with the new variants of Covid-19.
This new measure brings to 20 the number of countries to which Morocco has closed its borders since mid-December 2020. Belgium and Italy were added on March 2, joining Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Turkey, which have been on the red list since February 21. The first countries on the list include the United Kingdom, South Africa, Denmark, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine, as well as Brazil.
New condos set to replace Queen East rowhouses destroyed by fire
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A development application for a segment of Queen St. E in Toronto s Corktown is being assessed by the city just a few months after the rowhouses were gutted by a terrifying four-alarm fire.
The storefronts and the apartments above them at 471-479 Queen East at Sumach were purchased by Toronto developer Brad Lamb in April 2020 to be converted into condos.
Less than two months later, a part of the block a two-storey building at 473 Queen St. E that was built in 1877, though not formally designated as a heritage site ignited into a smokey blaze due to unknown causes.