The tradition of town meeting day has faded away in most states. This audio story describes a town meeting in Starksboro, Vermont, and a longstanding tradition of town meetings in New England beginning in the 1600s. While it can be...

A history of the largest religious structure on earth: St. Peter's Bascillica

In this video, students learn how to make rough comparisons of very large numbers using scientific notation. By understanding the concept of scientific notation and the power of 10, students can quickly estimate the magnitude of...

NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission, or GPM, a joint NASA/JAXA mission, will provide rainfall data on storms and hurricanes like Irene that move out of the tropics. The data will be available when the GPM Core Observatory...

Reading, summary, and analysis of Robert Frost's "Out, Out-" In this video we'll look at the poem's literary techniques, historical context, biographical connection, and Shakespeare inspired title. The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the...

Students will explore the notion of resource conservation, and identify the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources. Some of the ways our environment may be harmed via pollution, deforestation, species extinction, and...

What is electricity? How does it work? Where does it come from? Everyone has heard of electricity, but most people don’t understand much about it. Scientists have studied electricity for centuries, and they still have many unanswered...

If you're familiar with John Green's debut novel, looking for Alaska, then you know the reference to Miles' name (Miles to go before I sleep) comes from a Robert Frost poem. But, did you know that diving into this poem revels just how...

Officials say at least 20 people were injured after the vehicle drove into a crowd on Santa Monica Boulevard in L.A., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Christine Hallquist, the first transgender gubernatorial candidate to be nominated by a major party, faces an uphill battle in Vermont, where she is trying to unseat the popular Republican governor.

U.S. border control officers are struggling to cope with the number of asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada

Migrant farm workers in Vermont and their employers worry what will happen next if the U.S. president carries out his deportation threats

There is moonlight in Vermont and there is classical ballet down on the farm in Vermont.



A troupe of dancers are in amongst the cows and pigs getting their tutus dirty to take ballet out of the auditorium...

Food policy expert Sylvain Charlebois says while similar laws could come into effect elsewhere, more consumers are getting comfortable with buying food with GMO content

He's up against powerhouse Hillary Clinton, but will slow-and-steady win the nomination race for Bernie Sanders?

The U.S. attorney general says authorities are investigating the shooting of three men of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vt., as a hate crime. All three were seriously injured but are expected to survive. The accused shooter pleaded...

Wallet Hub released a list of the 10 states with the highest median monthly student loan payments.

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The US state of Vermont has been inundated by flash floods after two months' worth of rain fell in two days.

Vermont is under a state of emergency after the U.S. state was pummelled by two-months' worth of rain in just two days. The rain has let up for now but officials warn the flood risk is far from over with more rain in the forecast.

Vermont is under a state of emergency after the U.S. state was pummelled by two-months' worth of rain in just two days. The rain has let up for now but officials warn the flood risk is far from over with more rain in the forecast.

At least one person is dead after torrential rainfall led to flash floods across parts of the northeastern United States. The rainfall there is being described as a once-in-a-thousand-year weather event, but New York's governor warns...

Vermont is seeing major flooding after heavy rains from a slow-moving storm. Some communities are urging people to exercise caution and stay off the roads.

A library on the border between the US and Canada is now a flash point between the two neighbours as their political relationship worsens.