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Thousands in Vermont turn out to protest Trump policies
WSHU Public Radio - Connecticut
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June 14, 2025
From a flash-mob in Bennington to a state-long relay up Route 7, Vermonters in more than thirty cities and towns turned out on Saturday as part of "No Kings Day" — a nationwide protest of the Trump administration. The group 50501 Vermont organized...
Vermont governor signs Kids Code into law
IAPP
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June 13, 2025
Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vt., signed Senate Bill 69, the Vermont Kids Code, into law, ABC22/Fox44 reports. The legislation contains provisions including a ban on technology companies from selling children's data, ensuring adults cannot message children...
Remains of missing Vermont World War II soldier to be laid to rest
WCAX - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
PROCTOR, Vt. (WCAX) - The recently identified remains of a missing World War II soldier will be laid to rest in his hometown of Proctor on Saturday, 81 years after his plane was shot down over France. “I just wanted him to come home and be buried...
Vermonters want better wildlife protections
The Citizen - Vermont
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To the Editor: Vermonters want stronger protections for wildlife, so why do privileged special interest groups have the governor’s ear? According to the study “America’s Wildlife Values, Vermont State Report,” the largest group of Vermonters — 34...
Vermont moose hunt application deadline is June 18
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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June 13, 2025
MONTPELIER — The deadline to apply for a 2025 Vermont moose hunting permit is June 18. Moose permit applications are available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website for the hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E...
Russian Harvard researcher released after frog embryo smuggling charges
Fox News
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Former assistant U.S. attorney Andy McCarthy joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss another Chinese national being arrested for allegedly smuggling bio weapons in the country and California Governor Gavin Newsom suing President Donald Trump. NEWYou...
Vermont Salt Cave in Montgomery expands wellness offerings
Saint Albans Messenger - Vermont
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MONTGOMERY — While many Vermont barns are sites of hard work, one tucked off the main street in Montgomery is an oasis of relaxation. The Vermont Salt Cave is a one-stop wellness retreat, complete with massage, foot soaks, Reiki and — as its name...
Vermont Free Food Fracas Exposes Progressive Folly
The American Spectator - Virginia
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A controversial Burlington, Vermont, food distribution center run by self-avowed Marxist anarchists is set to be relocated due to business complaints of increasing crime and declining commerce. The City Council voted to relocate the free meal...
It’s not Bernie Sanders’s Vermont anymore
The Gazette - Colorado
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MONTPELIER, Vermont — The Green Mountain State is turning a shade of purple. It may seem a shocking political development for one of America's most liberal states, a seeming blue bastion, or something further left, that has elected socialist Sen....
Russian scientist released after four months in federal custody
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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June 13, 2025
Kseniia Petrova, the Russian scientist who spent four months in detention after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the country, was freed on bail from federal custody Thursday by a magistrate judge in Boston. Since her...
Judge Releases Harvard Researcher After 4-Month Detention
Inside Higher Ed
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A judge released a Harvard Medical School research associate and Russian native Thursday. She had been held in federal detention for nearly four months after she tried to re-enter the U.S. Kseniia Petrova still faces a criminal charge for...
Harvard researcher released from custody after months in detention
MassLive - Massachusetts
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June 12, 2025
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard University’s Medical School who was detained after being accused of smuggling undeclared frog embryos into the U.S., was released from custody Thursday. Petrova was arrested by ICE agents at Logan...
Vermont medical experts dismayed by RFK Jr. vaccine rhetoric
WCAX - Vermont
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June 11, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - As federal health officials under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continue to send mixed messages about vaccines, state medical experts say they are reminding Vermonters that vaccines have been proven to be safe. RFK Jr., one of the...
AP News: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is released from federal custody on bail
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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BOSTON (AP) — A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. shared hugs and laughs with supporters after a judge released her from federal custody on Thursday. “I just want to thank...
Russian scientist from Harvard released after 4 months in custody
CBS News
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A Harvard scientist who spent months in custody on a federal smuggling charge was released Thursday after a bail hearing in Boston. Russian citizen Kseniia Petrova was stopped in February at Boston's Logan Airport by Customs and Border Protection...
Gov. Phil Scott signs into law 2 bills to address Vermont’s high health care costs
VTDigger - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
The Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin on Thursday, June 12. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott this week signed two significant pieces of health care legislation into law, both of which seek to rein in health care costs while...
What goes into determining Vermont air quality alerts?
WCAX - Vermont
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June 12, 2025
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Our region has faced hazy skies from Canadian wildfires over the past week, with the latest forecast calling for a moderation in the smoke. So, what goes into alerting the public about bad air quality? A team at the...
Harvard researcher is released from federal custody following accusations of smuggling frog embryos
NBC News
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June 12, 2025
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who was arrested last month on a federal smuggling charge, was released Wednesday from federal custody following a detention hearing in Boston. Petrova, a Russian citizen, was taken into custody in May after...
Judge Orders Release Of Harvard Scientist Held By ICE Since February
HuffPost
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June 12, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. shared hugs and laughs with supporters after a judge released her from federal custody on Thursday. “I just want to thank...
Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos released from federal custody
The Guardian
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June 12, 2025
A judge released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the US on Thursday, freeing her on bail after a brief hearing. Kseniia Petrova, 30, who was brought into court wearing an orange...