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The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth has generated a great deal of controversy after the school decided to fly a Black Lives Matter flag as part of a new "flag policy."

  The University of Massachusetts owes police officers, including it's own police force, an apology for flying a “Black Lives Matter” flag at it's Dartmouth campus. Interim Chancellor Randy Helm says the school does not endorse all of BLM's views, which include killing cops, but says he hopes flying the flag will, “encourage civil and respectful dialogue at a time of deep divisions in our country.

A Black Lives Matter flag is currently flying at the campus of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Dozens filled Williams Street in front of New Bedford City Hall Thursday evening for a flag raising ceremony celebrating the National Day of Portugal.

Lost in the happenings at The Galleria Mall this week was a very important decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court as it relates to God in public schools here. The state's high court has decided that it is not against the Constitution for Massachusetts public school children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance with the words "under God" included...

BOSTON (AP) _ Elected officials and activists have raised a flag at Boston City Hall representing the transgender community. Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a supporter of transgender rights, said Monday the flag will continue to fly until everyone is equal under the law in Massachusetts...

Over the weekend, a 20-year-old UMass Dartmouth student passed away in his dorm room after apparently overdosing on suspected heroin. A tragic circumstance that shouldn't have taken place. Drugs have no room on any college campus in the United States...

24/7 News Source - A bill that would remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol is past a key vote in the state Senate. The bill survived a second reading today by a vote of 37-3. That's more than the two-thirds it will need to ultimately pass...

Military veterans are reacting with disgust after someone stole a flag from atop a memorial erected to honor those who served in World War II. Police in Fall River say they don't have any suspects in the theft, which occurred as families were stopping by the city's Iwo Jima Memorial in Bicentennial Park to reflect and lay flowers on Veterans Day. ...

As many of you know, I'm not a soccer fan. Collectively, I've probably watched less than a minute of World Cup 2014 action hosted in Brazil. But so many other folks are extremely gung-ho over the most watched sport in the world. That includes construction workers...