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UAB hosts Vermont to tip off season

Nov. 04, 2024 04:11 AM EST

Vermont Catamounts at UAB Blazers Birmingham, Alabama; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blazers -6.5; over/under is 143 BOTTOM LINE: UAB starts the season at home against Vermont. UAB finished 23-12 overall a season ago while...

UAB Blazers begin season at home against the Vermont Catamounts

Nov. 03, 2024 03:18 AM EST

Vermont Catamounts at UAB Blazers Birmingham, Alabama; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UAB opens the season at home against Vermont. UAB went 23-12 overall with a 12-5 record at home during the 2023-24 season. The Blazers averaged 77.5 points per game...

A Vermont police sergeant is charged with aggravated assault in a shooting

Nov. 01, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

A Vermont police sergeant was charged Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment in connection with a shooting last year that injured two men during a vehicle investigation. Rutland City Police Sgt. Andrew Plemmons fired into a vehicle as the...

Casella: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 30, 2024 17:50 PM EDT

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Casella Waste Systems Inc. (CWST) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $5.8 million. The Rutland, Vermont-based company said it had net income of 10 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 27...

Philippine police arrest suspects in the kidnapping of an American

Oct. 30, 2024 07:51 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police said Wednesday they arrested three suspects in the kidnapping of an American in the country’s south and believe the victim, who was shot in the leg during the abduction, is still alive. Two of the suspects in the Oct. 17 kidnapping of...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont on Election Day

Oct. 25, 2024 15:34 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont voters will cast ballots for a full slate of federal and state offices in the Nov. 5 general election, including the president, a U.S. senator, the governor and seats in the state Legislature. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former...

Biden says global leaders are terrified of Trump and quietly tell him, 'He can't win'

Oct. 22, 2024 22:49 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden tore into his predecessor on Tuesday, suggesting that global leaders are terrified of what Donald Trump 's return to the White House could do to democratic rule around the world. “Every international meeting I attend,” Biden said,...

An American was reportedly kidnapped from a southern Philippine town and a search is underway

Oct. 18, 2024 05:25 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — 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. If confirmed...

Union Bankshares: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 16, 2024 16:41 PM EDT

MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) — MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) — Union Bankshares Inc. (UNB) on Wednesday reported net income of $1.3 million in its third quarter. The bank, based in Morrisville, Vermont, said it had earnings of 29 cents per share. _____ This story...

Prosecutor drops an assault charge against a Vermont sheriff after two mistrials

Oct. 14, 2024 17:01 PM EDT

NORTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — A simple assault charge has been dropped against a Vermont sheriff accused of kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin after two mistrials in the case, prosecutors said Monday. A judge declared a second mistrial on Oct. 7 in the case of Franklin County...