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Protesters rallied at Wellesley High School Wednesday as a group of teenagers, who lured 15-year-old Sean Ade into the woods and beat him last summer, return to school.

Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China have sneaked into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is being held and ran toward the Temple of Hera holding a Tibetan flag and a banner that read “No genocide games.”

A climate change protest was held outside of Gov. Charlie Baker’s home in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. Photos showed protesters chained to a large pink boat with “Climate Emergency” spray-painted on it. The protest started around 7 a.m. State police said they ordered the protesters to unchain themselves and disperse, and when they refused and continued obstructing traffic,...

A large crowd of University of Massachusetts Amherst students gathered in front of the Theta Chai fraternity house calling for it to be shut down.

Tall, black fences reinforced with concrete barriers are encircling the U.S. Capitol, a key security measure before a rally that has law enforcement on high alert. The Justice for J6 rally is planned for Saturday outside the Capitol. The rally is in support of the rioters who violently stormed the building on Jan. 6. Trucks carrying concrete barriers and tall…

Protests in Spain to denounce a rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people have gone ahead after a high-profile case that had grabbed attention across the country took an unexpected twist.

The controversial Marilyn Monroe statue, “Forever Marilyn,” returned Sunday in Palm Springs, California, years after being taken down due to controversy.

A woman has died after an SUV drove into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis late Sunday evening, according to authorities.

Manchester United’s Premier League game against Liverpool was postponed after supporters stormed into the stadium and onto the field

Swampscott has been the site of a number of political protests in recent months. For weeks, however, supporters of 32-year-old Ernst Jean-Jacques have gathered in town to demand that an assault case stemming from one of those protests be dismissed — and the case is going to trial. Jean-Jacques disputes a police report that alleges he “clenched and closed his…

At a rally in Roxbury, nine people shared their experiences and protested for an end to anti-Asian hate.

Supporters of Massachusetts families whose loved ones have been killed by police are holding a rally and march in Boston on Saturday as part of a national day of action.

Dr. Albert Gaskins recalls his experience traveling between Washington, D.C. and Virginia as a child, and why he bucked the expectation for Black riders to sit at the back of the bus.

Dozens of people marched through the streets of Tacoma late Sunday in response to a police car driving through a crowd the day before

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown sound off against the way pro-Trump protestors were treated after they broke into the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.

The unrest at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday raised some questions about the differences from how authorities have responded to past protests. Supporters of President Donald Trump were able to storm the building, interrupting the process of certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. In Boston Wednesday, Black community leaders expressed anger at the riots in Washington. “My reaction to what we’re...

World leaders responded with shock and sadness to the rioters storming the U.S. Capitol

More than a month since protesters started gathering outside New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s home in Newfields over his order requiring masks, police issued summonses to nine people and arrested one of them under a new anti-picketing ordinance passed by the selectboard, which includes Sununu’s brother. Skylar Bennett, 38, of Concord, said Wednesday he will contest his arrest on...