BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont is taking another look at student suspensions for Covid violations, after outcry from studentsIn an email to students Sunday night, which VTDigger obtained, UVM President Suresh Garimella announced that “all recent cases of suspension” were being reviewed.“I recognize that we are all exhausted and frayed by the constant demands of the past year,” he wrote, saying that he had ordered the review in “understanding the anxiety, loneliness and stress our students have been feeling.”RELATED STORIESStudents and families are currently being notified of the...…BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont is taking another look at student suspensions for Covid violations, after outcry from studentsIn an email to students Sunday night, which VTDigger obtained, UVM President Suresh Garimella announced that “all recent cases of suspension” were being reviewed.“I recognize that we are all exhausted and frayed by the constant demands of the past year,” he wrote, saying that he had ordered the review in “understanding the anxiety, loneliness and stress our students have been feeling.”RELATED STORIESStudents and families are currently being notified of the...WW…

Using federal grants, cities are contracting with companies that hack smartphones and detect gunshots.In August, 40 federal agents arrived in Memphis. Some were already on the ground by the time U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant announced the onset of Operation Legend and the city became, along with St. Louis, the seventh to be targeted by the Justice Department’s heavy-handed initiative to reduce violent crime. Many of the agents are on temporary assignment, working in collaboration with police; nearly half will relocate by November. But they will leave behind a city flush with grant money...…Using federal grants, cities are contracting with companies that hack smartphones and detect gunshots.In August, 40 federal agents arrived in Memphis. Some were already on the ground by the time U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant announced the onset of Operation Legend and the city became, along with St. Louis, the seventh to be targeted by the Justice Department’s heavy-handed initiative to reduce violent crime. Many of the agents are on temporary assignment, working in collaboration with police; nearly half will relocate by November. But they will leave behind a city flush with grant money...WW…