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Jason Eaton appears in court during his trial in Burlington, Vermont, September 21, 2026. (Paul Heintz/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
September 22, 2026, 6:11 am
US jury convicts man who shot 3 Palestinians and later claimed Mossad guidance in insanity bid
Jason Eaton was aware of his actions when he fired at students in Vermont in Nov. 2023, court rules; they were dressed ‘like terrorists,’ he told his lawyers, citing Gaza hostages
By Michael R. Sisak and AMANDA SWINHART
Jason Eaton watches as Hisham Awartani arrives to testify in Eaton’s trial in Burlington, Vt., September 14, 2026. (Glenn Russell/Pool photo via AP)
September 15, 2026, 3:03 am
Vermont man on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students claims CIA, Mossad told him to
Claims are at heart of insanity defense, as trial commences for attempted murder of 3 men who grew up and became friends as schoolmates in Ramallah before moving to US for college
By AP
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse after a US judge released the Palestinian student activist on April 30, 2025 in Burlington, Vermont. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
April 30, 2025, 8:11 pm
US judge orders release of Palestinian student activist set for deportation
Lawyers of Mohsen Mahdawi say government can appeal release of West Bank-born Columbia student, who is associated with pro-Hamas groups but has also denounced antisemitism
By AP and ToI Staff
File: US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, speaks at an event where US President Joe Biden was set to address prescription drug costs in Concord, New Hampshire, on October 22, 2024. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
November 6, 2024, 10:27 am
Israel critic, progressive darling Bernie Sanders wins fourth US Senate term
Independent candidate defeats Republican challenger who said he was not delivering results, wanted him to retire after 34 years in Congress
By Lisa Rathke
An amateur astronomer prepares her telescope a day before a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
April 8, 2024, 8:51 am
Huge crowds await total solar eclipse in North America, but clouds may spoil view
The best weather is expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont and Maine; It will be another 21 years before the US sees another total solar eclipse on this scale
By Marcia Dunn
Sen. Bernie Sanders talks to the media as he walks to the House chamber before President Joe Biden's State of the Union address at the US Capitol, through March 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Jose Luis Magana, File)
April 7, 2024, 11:09 pm
Man arrested for setting Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office in Vermont on fire
Police apprehended 35-year-old suspect who sprayed liquid on floor of lawmaker’s office before setting it ablaze; building interior damaged, but no casualties reported
By AP
This August 31, 2017, file photo shows a sign for Middlebury College on the campus in Middlebury, Vermont. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)
March 1, 2024, 4:55 pm
Complaint against Middlebury College alleges discrimination aimed at Jewish students
Title VI civil rights grievance filed by the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice says Vermont school retaliated against those who claimed to suffer antisemitism on campus
By Cathryn J. Prince
In this Nov. 23, 2023, photo provided by family attorney Abed Ayoub, three college students, from the left, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Hisham Awartani, stand together for a photograph. (Rich Price via AP)
December 5, 2023, 9:12 am
Nearly $1 million raised for Palestinian student shot in Vermont
GoFundMe page set up by family of Hisham Awartani, who has bullet lodged in spine after possible hate crime, reaches $950,000
By Lisa Rathke
A sign on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vermont, is pictured on March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
November 27, 2023, 1:39 pm
Police arrest suspect in shooting of 3 Palestinian students in Vermont
Jason J. Eaton is suspected of opening fire on the men after overhearing them speaking Arabic; Burlington mayor says it ‘may have been a hate-motivated crime’
By KATHY McCORMACK
File: The campus of the University of Vermont, in Burlington, Vermont, on March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
November 26, 2023, 11:20 pm
Three Palestinian men shot in Vermont in possible hate crime, US authorities say
Shooter, a white man with a handgun who fired ‘without speaking,’ fled the scene; two of the victims were wearing black-and-white Palestinian keffiyehs
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: The campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
April 5, 2023, 10:16 pm
US federal probe finds University of Vermont mishandled antisemitism allegations
Flagship state university resolves complaint with Office for Civil Rights after investigation says the school did not properly look into harassment of Jewish students
By Luke Tress
Becca Balint (left), a Democratic candidate for the US House for Vermont, stands with Sen. Bernie Sanders (center), and Rep. Peter Welch, at a campaign rally in Barre, Vermont, on October 22, 2022, (AP/Lisa Rathke)
October 27, 2022, 4:11 pm
Democrat Becca Balint likely to be Vermont’s first openly gay congressperson
Balint, whose grandfather was murdered in the Holocaust, hopes to offer deep listening skills she perfected as a middle-school teacher to find common ground in Washington
By Lisa Rathke
Becca Balint campaigning this year to represent Vermont in Congress in an undated photo. (Becca Balint for US Congress/via JTA)
September 19, 2022, 1:56 am
In Vermont, Becca Balint’s Congress run is inspired by her Holocaust survivor father
‘I grew up with the knowledge that people can be led astray when they’re scared,’ says the ‘Jew-ish’ candidate, who is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: The campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
September 18, 2022, 11:18 am
‘Victim blaming’: University of Vermont assailed for denying antisemitism charges
Over 20 Jewish groups, including the ADL, Hillel and Jewish Federations, decry college for calling allegations of discrimination ‘patently false’
By Luke Tress
The campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
September 16, 2022, 4:18 am
University of Vermont vehemently rejects federal probe into antisemitism complaints
School president says claims that Jewish students were discriminated against already dealt with; head of group that filed complaint argues university not taking issue seriously
By AP, JTA and Luke Tress
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