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"I know I can't come back from this. But this can be replaced. George's life cannot. George's life was more important. I hope he gets justice."

The shutdown was announced amid ongoing protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Video of the incident has gone viral.

Advocates are questioning whether tough police tactics against demonstrators are actually making the violence worse rather than quelling it.

Delaware beach realtors are being flooded with calls from renters. One realtor says there’s been much bigger interest in homes with their own pool.

SEPTA employees who were sickened by the coronavirus are going back to their workplaces masked up, missing colleagues, and scared for their future.

Officers say they often see a surge at times when people are home more, but nothing like this. They credit more vigilance from social media companies.

In Minneapolis, a semitractor-trailer plowed through a crowd of protesters marching on an interstate highway near downtown which had been closed to traffic.

WHYY education reporter Avi Wolfman-Arent said he identified himself to police as a journalist, but was arrested anyway and cited for failure to disperse.

More than 500 people gathered at Philly City Hall for a peace rally Sunday, where the death of George Floyd wasn’t the only injustice on their minds.

Camden County Police Chief Joe Wysocki joined the front line of a march in Camden on Saturday afternoon, sporting his uniform, a protective face mask and a peace sign.

The statue was targeted during Saturday’s protests against police violence and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The announcement on Saturday from the nation's eighth-largest retailer came after Target stores in multiple cities became scenes of violence and unrest.

Looting and vandalism spread to other parts of Philadelphia Sunday and officials prepared to bring in the National Guard to assist law enforcement.

George Floyd's death is one of a litany of racial tragedies that have thrown the country into chaos amid the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 Americans.