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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Tuesday. It is June 2nd.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, hundreds of people protesting the police treatment of African Americans spilled onto an interstate highway in the heart of Philadelphia on Monday afternoon.

Just before a curfew took effect, law enforcement had to fire non-lethal bullets and tear gas into the crowd who was halting traffic during the evening rush hour.

The crowds on the Vine Street Expressway also led to the closure of the Ben Franklin Bridge,

the main link from downtown Philadelphia to the New Jersey suburbs.

Some climbed a steep embankment and scale defense as police acted.

More than two dozen were arrested as a few hundred other protesters moved to block

the Ben Franklin Parkway at Grand Thorough Fair leading from downtown to the city's art museum.

The confrontation came after the National

Guard Station vehicles outside of City Hall and other downtown building officials curtailed public

transit and city leaders put a curfew in effect for a third day Monday after a weekend of destruction.

A few hundred protesters were forced down the Ben Franklin Parkway towards City Hall after the

interstate demonstration.

Many went to the police department headquarters on Arch Street where a line of the National Guard members and police officers stood watch on the stairs. Shortly after 7 p.m., a little more than a

half decided to take a knee as a sign to protesters. Many cheered and videotaped the officers on

one knee at the top of the stairs afterwards.

Many of the protesters left, but others unsure of what to do slowly milled about outside of the station.

At least 10 ATM thefts took place across Philadelphia overnight with some reported explosions.

Officials said in many cases, neighborhood convenience stores and mini-marts were targeted. Police said that the thieves are typically rushing into the store, setting off an explosive device, and then making off with the cash from the machine. At 11 p.m. Monday on the 1,500 block of West Rockland Street, police said the ATM was taken from inside a mini-mart at that location, and the people responsible got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. There was a similar scene at the Sonoco Minimart in West Hunting

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