Protests force Walmart, CVS, Target and Apple to close some stores
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Walmart, CVS, Target and Apple to close some stores amid protests

U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Target, CVS, Apple and Walmart all said Sunday that they had temporarily closed some locations for safety reasons.

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