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Vermont man will stand trial over shooting of 3 Palestinian college students

The man charged with shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont last year has been declared fit to stand trial, according to the judge presiding over the case. The ...

  • A dusting of snow in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.
    Weather Oct 28

    It's not quite a snow day, but flakes have arrived for some in New England

    It’s beginning to feel a bit more like winter in parts of the Boston area. Snow was spotted falling in Beverly, Massachusetts, on Monday morning, as well as in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. We saw more snow in Duxbury, Vermont, as well. Monday was much colder than it’s been in New England, though that’s not expected to last. In fac...
  • A parked Vermont State Police cruiser.
    Vermont Oct 26

    2 relatives found dead in Vermont home

    Two relatives were found dead at a home in Newfane, Vermont, on Friday, state police said. They didn’t say what’s believed to have led to the deaths, but said there was no apparent threat to the public and everyone involved was believed to have been accounted for; no one was in custody. Relatives reported finding the bodies of family......
  • a close-up view of a police vehicle with blue lights patrolling near a public park with the windows and doors closed
    Vermont Oct 22

    Vermont will test its Blue Alert system on Wednesday: Here's what to know

    Vermont will run an emergency alert test on Wednesday. The Vermont Department of Public Safety will test the functionality of its Blue Alert System from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. This system is designed to spread information to the public when a law enforcement officer has been seriously injured, killed or gone missing in the line of duty, an...
  • Vermont Oct 19

    Man arrested after fatal shooting in Waterbury, Vermont

    20-year-old Fabrice Rumama, of Springfield, Massachusetts was arrested and charged with second degree murder.

  • A policeman checks an area Friday Oct. 18, 2024, where an American identified as Elliot Onil Eastman, from Vermont, was reportedly abducted by gunmen in Sibuco town, Zamboanga del Norte province, southern Philippines.
    Vermont Oct 18

    Vermont man shot in leg and kidnapped in Philippines, police say

    The Philippine police said Friday it has launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national, who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist before being spirited away from a southern Philippine coastal town by speedboat.

  • Vermont Oct 17

    1 dead, 2 others hurt in highway crash in Vermont

    One woman is dead and two others, including a teenage, are hurt after a car crashed on Interstate 89 in Williamstown, Vermont, Wednesday afternoon. State police say they were notified of the single motor vehicle crash in the area of I-89 northbound near mile marker 42 around 3:40 p.m. and arrived to find a Subaru Legacy resting to the right…...
  • Vermont Oct 16

    Police identify man killed, second man hurt in shooting in Waterbury, Vermont

    One man was killed and a second was left with critical injuries after a shooting in Waterbury, Vermont, according to state police. No one has been arrested. Vermont State Police said they were called to a home at the Kneeland Flats Trailer Park around 12:45 a.m. Monday and found the victims. The man with critical injuries was taken to the…...
  • Vermont Oct 15

    1 person killed and 1 critically injured after shooting in Vermont

    One man was killed and a second was left with critical injuries after a shooting in Waterbury, Vermont, according to state police. No one has been arrested. Vermont State Police said they were called to a home at the Kneeland Flats Trailer Park around 12:45 a.m. Monday and found the victims. The man with critical injuries was taken to the…...
  • Vermont Oct 10

    First EEE death reported in Vermont since 2012

    The state of Vermont has reported its first death caused by Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, since 2012, the Department of Health confirmed Thursday. The patient, a man in his 70s from Chittenden County, was hospitalized in late August and died in September, health officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the test...
  • Delilah Van Ness and Paul Pelletier
    Vermont Oct 10

    NTSB releases preliminary report on Vermont plane crash

    The small plane that crashed in Vermont near an airport in Ferrisburgh in early September was on an instructional flight when it went down, killing the student pilot, the instructor and two passengers, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. The victims, all from Connecticut, were identified...
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    Vermont Oct 7

    Man charged with killing father, seriously hurting mother in northern Vermont

    The 29-year-old arrested Friday in a northern Vermont death investigation is accused of killing his father and seriously hurting his mother with a baseball bat, according to Vermont State Police. Jordan Lawyer is facing charges of second degree murder and first degree aggravated domestic assault in connection with the incident, which happened in En...
  • Vermont state police badge
    Vermont Oct 7

    Masked man breaks into apartment, shoots man in Vermont

    Vermont State Police are investigating a shooting early Sunday morning in St. Johnsbury. State police said they received a call shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday from a witness reporting that a masked individual had forced their way into an apartment on McGill Avenue and fired one shot, striking a victim in the chest. The male victim was flown by medical...
  • A parked Vermont State Police cruiser.
    Vermont Oct 4

    Vermont State Police take man into custody in connection with suspicious death

    Vermont State Police say they have apprehended a 29-year-old suspect in connection with an incident in Enosburgh on Friday morning that left one man dead and a woman hospitalized. Police had issued a bulletin Friday morning saying they were searching for Jordan Lawyer, of Enosburgh. In an update around 11:30 a.m., they said they had located Lawyer ...
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