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Cidade do Rio de Janeiro inaugura placas do Circuito da Diversidade A cerimônia de inauguração será às 15h, no Parque do Flamengo. Duas personalidades e um local que marcaram a cidade do Rio de Janeiro recebem nesta segunda-feira (28) as primeiras homenagens do Patrimônio Cultural Carioca do Circuito da Diversidade. A inauguração das placas marca o Dia Internacional do Orgulho LGBTI+, que é comemorado hoje e marca a luta por direitos das pessoas lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, transexuais, travestis e intersexuais. Os três primeiros homenageados pela prefeitura são o Cabaret Casanova,...

On a cold, drizzly Friday afternoon in May 1981, two 12-year-old girls from the village of Essex Junction, Vt., set

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MONTPELIER — The courts are preparing to hold back-to-back jury trials in May after the jury trial restart in Windham County fell through last month. Officials have greenlighted eight courthouses to resume jury trials amid the pandemic, but they don’t include those in Bennington County. Windham County will get another shot at paving the way for the resumption of jury trials, with a jury draw set for May 17 in Brattleboro, according to State’s Attorney Tracy Shriver. Three more counties have also scheduled jury selections nex...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected Max Misch’s appeal on constitutional grounds regarding firearms-related charges he faces in Bennington. The court issued a decision Friday, rejecting the contention of Misch’s attorneys that a provision in state law under which he was charged violates the Vermont and U.S. constitutions. “We concluded that the magazine ban is a reasonable regulation of the right of the people to bear arms for self-defense, and therefore affirm the trial court’s denial of defendant�...

ST. JOHNSBURY – Officials say an inmate from Barre died in an apparent suicide Sunday. The state Department of Corrections announced Monday Michael Dupont, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell at Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury. Corrections Commissioner Jim Baker said at a news conference Monday Dupont was brought to the facility Thursday and was in quarantine. Baker said Dupont was found by staff Sunday with a sheet around his neck. He said staff tried to revive Dupont, but were unsuccessful. Dupont was pronounced dead at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Baker s...