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In Boston, some protesters said they were motivated by immigration raids on US university students that have led to arrests and deportation proceedings.

By midday, they had taken to the streets in New York, Washington, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco and dozens of other cities from coast to coast.

Murray, who skated on the Boston Bruins’ imposing “700-pound Line,” a name inspired by the collective weight of the three players, said the absence of nicknames doesn’t necessarily represent progress.

Gen. Rob Bonta, eight Democratic-leaning states filed suit in Boston and argued that Congress had approved the grants and that their sudden canceling was not “authorized by law.”

Told that she was in Boston and would not attend, Carter said that was “not acceptable to me.”