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Sometimes you can tell when people get hot and bothered. Case in point. San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick has either sat down or kneeled on a knee during the playing of the National Anthem for the past four weeks. He takes the heat, a cascade of boos, he's even jeopardizing his multi-million dollar NFL football contract...

The city of Baltimore says it has reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray.

24/7 News Source - Riot police are facing off against protesters in the streets of Baltimore. The protestors have been seen throwing rocks, bottles and bricks at lines of police who are attempting to secure areas of the city. Police have responded with what appears to be tear gas, pepper spray and occasional arrests...

A 20-year-old man charged Sunday with shooting two police officers watching over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department had attended a protest there earlier that night but told investigators he wasn't targeting the officers, authorities said...

Cities across the nation are gearing up for marches celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, while drawing attention to police violence directed at communities of color. The cases of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and the "Black Lives Matter Movement" have become national symbols of a conversation about police brutality and racial injustice...

Massachusetts lawmakers are proposing getting tougher on protesters who block highways.

Activists protesting what they call ``police and state violence against black people'' have chained themselves to barriers and blocked a busy Boston area highway at the height of the morning commute.

This was one of the most unusual stories I have ever seen, and one we're unlikely to see again. Employees across the Market Basket chain, including here in New Bedford, rallied behind their ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas aka "Artie T" demanding his return. Customers boycotted in support and eventually after months of protests, empty stores, and empty shelves Demoulas returned. -Dan McCrea

The ousted CEO of the Market Basket supermarket chain is back after winning his bid to buy the company. Arthur T. Demoulas and his siblings agreed to buy the 50 and-a-half percent of the company they didn't own from their cousins, who fired the man workers call Artie-T...

Protesters upset with the decision to deploy National Guard troops in Ferguson, Missouri are taking to the streets in downtown St. Louis.