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The end is finally here for Toys R Us stores in the United States.The iconic toy retailer will close its final 200 US stores on Friday.Toys R Usfiled for bankruptcyin September in hopes of turning around. Butterrible Christmas salesleft it on life support. The chain had 735 US stores when it announcedplans to go out of businessin March.The 70-year oldcompany will continue in some other countries, such as Canada.In addition to competition from big box re adidas originals hamburg tailers and online rivals like Amazon, Toys R Us was doomed by an unsustainable debt load that came in the wake of beingtaken privateby KKR, Bain Capital and real estate firm Vornado in 2005.Some longtime employees have beenstaging protestsbecause they werenot paid severanceafter losing their jobs. The 31,000 USworkers received only 60-days notice as required by federal law.Another round of protests is scheduled for this week. We get customers who come in and give us hugs, said Madelyn Garcia, manager of the store in Boynton Beach, Florida, who has been with the company for 30 years.Related: Local toy stores are thriving as Toys R adidas campus Us is dyingShoppers will find deep discounts but little in t adidas sambarose he way of merchandise on the shelves of the remaining stores. Garcia said her store is mostly vacant.She said she has about 45 staffers still on the job, some who moved over from other stores that have already closed. She has yet to find a new job herself. I m hopeful I ll find something, along with the rest of the team, said Garcia

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ANTIOCH, Tennessee WSMV -- Exactly one week after a gunman opened fire on a Waffle House in Antioch killing four people and injuring others, community members gathered at the site to remember the victims.At exactly 3:20 this morning, people held a moment of silence, prayers and sang a song at Waffle House in honor of the victim s of last week s shooting.The group Partners in asics gel the Struggle organized the event at Waffle House this Sunday morning so that the community could gather in prayer as well as offer comfort and support to those affected by last week s shooting. What I would tell the families is [to] stay strong, said Earl Jordan of Partners in the Struggle. God s grace and mercy [are] tremendous and we re praying. We re praying for them. We re praying for James Shaw Jr. Thank God for him, for coming out of his own self to save himself and adidas samba damen save others. Supporters say the goal of the event is to continue the healing process and help the community move for samba shoes ward from the terrible tragedy.At 7 a.m., community members held another moment of silence, standing tall five minutes for or each of the eight victims of the Waffle House shooting.The group stood silently for 40 minutes total.

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