Senate President Karen Spilka compared sweeping arrests by federal immigration authorities since President Donald Trump took ...

A new Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll of voters (mostly in Massachusetts but also including New Hampshire and Rhode ...

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A California mayor says there is no verified evidence that ICE agents are detaining caregivers in parks and separating them from children, pushing back against rumors.

"He's my president." "You can have him!" Hundreds of protesters in Fall River and Swansea waved flags and decried the Trump administration.

Several cats from Gifford Cat Shelter were featured on this week's WBZ-TV Pet Parade.

From Williamstown to Great Barrington, thousands of Berkshire County residents gathered and marched Saturday to protest ...

Despite the rain, Islanders showed up in force in Haven and Aquinnah on Saturday to join protests across the country in one ...

But Lisa Afolayan appealed with help from a border patrol union. A one-day hearing was held in late 2012. The hearing officer ...

Organizers estimated more than 2,000 people attended the Worcester protest, which featured speakers including U.S. Rep. James McGovern.

The mass protest will be focused on the Trump administration's actions that protesters believe are authoritarian and blur the line of democracy.