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Posted inOpinion

David Moats: Wresting people from their families is no way to solve our border problem

by Opinion June 27, 2025, 7:03 amJune 26, 2025, 10:57 am
Delivery trucks parked on a snowy street with a person walking on the sidewalk.
Posted inPublic Safety

Judge sets competency hearing for man accused of starting a fire at Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office

by Alan J. Keays June 16, 2025, 6:31 pmJune 16, 2025, 6:31 pm
A six-story office building with rectangular windows and a flagpole with an American flag in front. The sky is partially cloudy.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vermont judge orders Harvard scientist freed from ICE custody, calling her detention unlawful

by Alan J. Keays May 28, 2025, 5:36 pmMay 28, 2025, 5:36 pm
People holding Palestinian flags and a protest sign with a woman's photo read, "RELEASE RUMEYSA OZTURK," in front of a beige building.
Posted inPublic Safety

Federal judge in Vermont hears conditions for formerly detained Tufts students’ release 

by Olivia Gieger May 15, 2025, 6:33 pmMay 15, 2025, 6:47 pm
A group of six women stand behind a podium with a "United States Senate" seal; one woman speaks while others listen, with an American flag in the background.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Turkish graduate student ordered released from federal custody by Vermont judge returns home to Massachusetts

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Shaun Robinson May 12, 2025, 3:37 pmMay 12, 2025, 3:39 pm
A woman speaks into multiple microphones outside a building, surrounded by a group of people, some holding documents.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Vermont federal judge orders Rümeysa Öztürk to be released from custody

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Shaun Robinson May 9, 2025, 1:32 pmMay 9, 2025, 6:50 pm
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Posted inGovernment & Politics

New York appeals court holds up detained Tufts student’s return to Vermont for hearing

by Alan J. Keays April 28, 2025, 11:48 pmApril 28, 2025, 11:48 pm
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Posted inGovernment & Politics

Judge rejects federal government’s attempt to halt detained Tufts student’s return to Vermont

by Ethan Weinstein April 24, 2025, 3:42 pmApril 24, 2025, 6:08 pm
People holding Palestinian flags and a protest sign with a woman's photo read, "RELEASE RUMEYSA OZTURK," in front of a beige building.
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Federal government appeals ruling ordering detained Tufts student’s return to Vermont

by Alan J. Keays April 23, 2025, 1:40 pmApril 23, 2025, 3:38 pm
People holding Palestinian flags and a protest sign with a woman's photo read, "RELEASE RUMEYSA OZTURK," in front of a beige building.
Posted inPublic Safety

Federal judge orders Tufts University student detained in Louisiana transferred back to Vermont

by Yardain Amron April 18, 2025, 9:49 pmApril 18, 2025, 10:59 pm
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Posted inPublic Safety

Palestinian man legally in the US detained in Colchester during citizenship interview

by Auditi Guha April 14, 2025, 4:41 pmApril 15, 2025, 6:25 am
People holding Palestinian flags and a protest sign with a woman's photo read, "RELEASE RUMEYSA OZTURK," in front of a beige building.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vermont federal judge hears arguments in detained Tufts student’s case, makes no ruling

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Shaun Robinson and Olivia Gieger April 14, 2025, 2:33 pmApril 14, 2025, 6:54 pm
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Posted inEducation

Vermont judge says more evidence needed before ruling on fate of detained Tufts student’s case

A man with a beard and short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a dark shirt. The background is blurred. by Shaun Robinson April 7, 2025, 5:19 pmApril 7, 2025, 5:19 pm
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Posted inEducation

Federal judge dismisses pro-Palestinian student group’s lawsuit against UVM 

A black-and-white photo of a man. by Corey McDonald January 2, 2025, 4:04 pmJanuary 3, 2025, 7:50 am

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