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Lexi Krupp/Vermont PublicThe victims’ families and multiple civil rights organizations want law enforcement officials to bring hate crime charges against a man accused of shooting two Palestinian Americans and a Palestinian in Burlington this weekend. But recent history suggests obtaining a hate crime conviction in Vermont is difficult. -
Elizabeth PriceElizabeth Price's son Hisham Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot on Saturday in Vermont. Speaking to NPR from Ramallah, Price fears her son "is confronting a life of disability."
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The company says the move is in response to growing demand for the start-up’s abortion care services, following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which cut off millions of Americans from accessing abortion care. -
Police agencies across the state have invoked Maine's yellow flag law 14 times since Oct. 25 as they sought to temporarily prohibit someone from accessing their guns or other weapons, according to the latest figures from the attorney general’s office. Those incidents account for 15% of all yellow flag cases during the past three years.
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The Portland-based nonprofit Preble Street estimates roughly 80-90 veterans were placed in housing during 100 day challenge.
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Over five-plus years, the medical respite program at Bonvouloir House served more than 200 people, and saved the hospital system millions of dollars.
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It's the first time such a step has been necessary since the state created its unique family shelter system 40 years ago.
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The Department for Children and Families unveiled a policy Monday that will provide unhoused Vermonters with free motel rooms for three months this winter. But some advocates say the plan will still expose vulnerable residents to the elements.
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The Vermont Forest Cemetery is not what you think of when you picture a cemetery. No perfectly manicured lawns or rows of headstones. Instead, it’s a big patch of woods. There, the bodies laid to rest will decompose and slowly become part of the forest.
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Court documents released late Tuesday afternoon by the Maine Attorney General's office offer new details on why the suspect in last week's shootings may have targeted a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston
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"Radio silence." That's how one longtime sheriff's deputy described the way Maine State Police provided information to hundreds of law enforcement officers who assisted with the manhunt after the mass shootings in Lewiston last week.
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Last week's mass shooting in Lewiston is renewing scrutiny of a 3-year-old state law that aims to keep guns away from potentially dangerous people. But it's unclear whether police considered using Maine's so-called "yellow flag" law against the suspected gunman. And critics say Maine's law could be much stronger.
