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Report: Warriors’ Anthony Lamb Accused of Sexual Assault

The 24-year-old was mentioned in a civil lawsuit filed against Vermont, where he played college basketball.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 9, 2022

Bernie Sanders in damn good mittens – Brendan Smialowski’s best photograph

‘When this picture of the senator at Joe Biden’s inauguration went viral, someone actually sent me a pair of these gloves. They’re made by a schoolteacher in Vermont’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

A ski school, an office park, and a ‘godfather’ may be the secret to USMNT World Cup success

PHILADELPHIA — The school was tucked away in the mountains of Northeastern Vermont, far enough from everything that Richie Graham said the only things around were a gas station and a general store.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 26, 2022

Fired deputy who was charged with assault wins sheriff race

A fired Vermont sheriff’s deputy who was charged with simple assault for kicking a shackled prisoner has been elected sheriff of the county he served in

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue

Midterm voters in six states – Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont – appear to have rejected extremist secretary of state candidates who denied the validity of the 2020 presidential election.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2022

Abortion in the States

Michigan voters voted 56.7% to 43.3% (with >95% of votes in, see N.Y. Times) to enact a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, which would cover abortion rights; California and Vermont voters supported the same, but those states already broadly allow abortions. Voters in Kentucky (where abortion is generally illegal)…

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

A father and son, a Native American senator and a Vermont congresswoman: Things the 118th Congress will have that the 117th does not

WASHINGTON — More twins in Texas. A Gen Z switcheroo. A father-son tag team. And if you want to supersize your order, there’s one more guy with experience with that.

Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022

Voters Approve Anti-Slavery Ballot Measures in 4 States

On Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, and Oregon approved ballot measures that removed exceptions to anti-slavery laws in their state's constitutions, effectively banning forced prison labor.

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

Republican Kentucky, swing state Michigan vote to uphold legal abortion

Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state's constitution — joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step.

France 24 · Nov 9, 2022

Midterm Voters Choose To Protect Reproductive Freedom

Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont embraced constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights, while Kentuckians rejected an anti-abortion amendment.

Reason · Nov 9, 2022