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Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos released from federal custody
A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the U.S. shared hugs and laughs with supporters after a judge released her from federal custody on Thursday.
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Bakery in NH wins in free speech case over a pastry shop painting
A New Hampshire town’s attempt to force a bakery to remove or alter its painting that shows sunbeams shining down on a mountain range of doughnuts, a muffin, a cinnamon roll and other pastries is unconstitutional, a judge ruled in a First Amendment dispute. The town of Conway infringed on the free speech rights of bakery owner Sean Young,...
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Woman connected to Zizians fired bullet that killed Vermont border agent: Report
A woman charged in the January killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a Vermont traffic stop fired the bullet that struck him in the neck, authorities say in a new report. Another agent fired back during the Jan. 20 stop, wounding Teresa Youngblut and killing her companion, Felix Bauckholt, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in...
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No immediate ruling in 2 university students' Vt. detention case appeals
A federal appeals court on Tuesday heard the cases of Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, detained by immigration authorities for six weeks, and Columbia University Mohsen Mahdawi, who was recently released from detention.
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Tufts student from Turkey details arrest, crowded detention conditions in court filing
A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey is demanding her release after she was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home, detailing how she was scared when the men grabbed her phone and feared she would be killed. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, who has since been moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Basile, Louisiana, provided an…
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Tufts student detained by ICE moved to Vermont before judge's order, feds say
A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered authorities to keep her in Massachusetts, lawyers for the U.S. government said.
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NH teens challenge Trump's order banning them from girls' sports
Two students challenging New Hampshire’s ban on transgender athletes on girls sports teams will also fight President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” after a judge approved their request Wednesday....
...It’s believed to be the first time that the constitutionality of the executive order signed by Trump last week is being challenged in court, according to Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates &...
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Marriage license links Calif. murder suspect, Vt. Border Patrol agent killing suspect
A man accused of murder in California appears to have sought a marriage license with a woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.
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Man convicted of holding down boy while he was raped at a youth center gets 20- to 40-year sentence
A former leader at a New Hampshire youth detention center who was convicted of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998 was sentenced Monday to 20 to 40 years in prison. Bradley Asbury, now 70, was found guilty in November on two counts of being an accomplice to aggravated sexual assault. Asbury had pleaded not guilty. “With…
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Woman charged in killing of Border Patrol agent in Vermont was in contact with homicide suspect
Federal prosecutors say a Washington state woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont had been in frequent contact with someone whom authorities have linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California.
