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Hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut helped to subdue a protester that charged the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

The chief of police in Rhode Island’s capital has recommended that a city officer charged with assaulting a woman during an abortion-rights protest should lose his job. Patrolman Jeann Lugo’s “disturbing, egregious, assaultive and unprofessional behavior while off duty, has brought discredit to your name and has tarnished the proud reputation of the Providence Police Department,” chief Col. Hugh...

People gathered over abortion rights Monday in Swampscott, the latest in a wave of demonstrations in Massachusetts and across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade Friday.

People will gather over abortion rights Monday in Swampscott, the latest in a wave of demonstrations in Massachusetts and across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade Friday.

People gathered over abortion rights Monday in Swampscott, the latest in a wave of demonstrations in Massachusetts and across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade Friday. “We were in shock. We were in mourning Friday night,” one protester said. “Now it’s Monday morning. Let’s get to work by striking.” People on both sides of...

An off-duty Providence police officer is facing charges connected to alleged misconduct at a Roe v. Wade protest outside the Rhode Island State House on Friday. The Providence Police Department identified the off-duty officer as 35-year-old Jeann Lugo. Both state and local police were present at Friday’s planned demonstration in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned...

A 22-year-old man was detained Tuesday after scaling the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City as part of a series of dangerous stunts in protest of abortion.

The score was one-set all and Ruud led 4-1 in the third set when the girl glued herself to the net post. Her shirt read “We have 1028 days left,” leaving spectators confused about what she was advocating for.

Dozens of high school and college students rallied at the Torch of Friendship in Miami before boarding a bus for Tallahassee to protest against what many opponents have termed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday proposed an ordinance that creates hour restrictions for protests and picketing targeting a specific person or home. This comes amid ongoing protests over vaccine mandates at the mayor’s home in Roslindale. Click here to see the full ordinance below. Protesters have targeted the mayor’s neighborhood for weeks, rallying against the mayor’s vaccine mandate...

The father of a teen boy who was fatally shot at his school in Parkland, Florida, climbed a downtown D.C. construction crane in protest on Monday, which marks four years since the mass killing.

On Friday, Feb. 11, a Canadian judge ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge on the U.S.-Canadian border to end the 5-day-old blockade that has disrupted the flow of goods across borders and impacted the auto industry in both nations.

January 22nd marks the 49th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Decision. A recent Mississippi abortion law is being challenged in the Supreme Court, putting Roe v. Wade at risk of being overturned.

Students and parents planned another protest Monday morning over Wakefield Memorial High School’s handling of what they describe as sexual harassment.

In a murder trial watched nationwide, Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on Friday, sparking outrage across the country, including in Boston. A small group gathered for an “emergency press conference” and protest followed by a “People’s Speak Out” Saturday at Park Street Station in Boston, near the Common. The event was planned by a group called Refuse Fascism...

Rashaan Hall of the ACLU of Massachusetts discusses the not guilty verdict in the murder trial against Kyle Rittenhouse.

Students from Braintree High School marched to the steps of Town Hall in the hopes their school will do more to address racism.

Students walked out of class Monday over the handling of what they say is racist behavior at their school in Braintree, Massachusetts. Students gathered outside of Braintree Town Hall to demand action. Interim Superintendent Jim Lee said in a statement that approximately 300 Braintree High School students left the building “to stage a peaceful protest in support of racial justice…

Braintree students walked out of class Monday over the handling of what they say is racist behavior at their school.