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Time Out
6 hours ago
- Time Out
These are the five most popular summer getaways from Boston, per Logan Airport
With beautiful coastal beaches, a top-rate food scene, plenty of historical curiosities and a constant rotation of cool cultural happenings, you don't really ever have to leave Greater Boston to enjoy a little escape from the rise-and-grind. However, if it's a real getaway you're after, having a major travel hub like Logan International Airport nearby is certainly convenient (and even better with fancy upgrades like the recently unveiled Delta One Lounge in Terminal E). And according to a Logan spokesperson, there are five destinations that Bostonians are booking more often than not. According to a recent report by The Patriot Ledger, Logal Airport reps have revealed the five most popular summer destinations flying out of the Boston airport, as judged by the busiest routes that Commonwealth flyers booked in summer 2024. And the locales are an interesting mix of sunny warm-weather destinations down South (not a shock, given that Bostonian weather is temperamental on a good day) and fellow big cities with their own food-world street cred and historical bonafides. Per Logan Airport, the five busiest routes for summer travel out of Boston (in no particular order) are: San Francisco, California Orlando, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Washington, D.C. Chicago, Illinois Yes, they're a metropolitan bunch, but we can certainly see why each destination would appeal to Bostonians. Local history heads would happily nerd out over the museums and monuments of our nation's capital, and Boston-based foodies can feast their way through both the high-brow and low-key deliciousness of the Chicagoland restaurant scene. San Francisco provides a similar dose of coastal cool, albeit with some much-welcome Californian ease, while both Atlanta and Orlando offer a warm-weather reprieve from the Massachusetts chill as well as big-ticket attractions, from the largest aquarium in the United States (the Georgia Aquarium) to the most magical place on Earth (Florida's Walt Disney World Resort).
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Judge orders release of Harvard scientist from ICE detention
A judge has ordered Harvard University researcher Kseniia Petrova to be released from custody after she was detained for allegedly smuggling frog embryos into the country. 'We are gratified that today's hearing gave us the opportunity to present clear and convincing evidence that Kseniia Petrova was not carrying anything dangerous or unlawful, and that customs officers at Logan International Airport had no legal authority to revoke her visa or detain her,' said Gregory Romanovsky, Petrova's attorney. 'At today's hearing, we demonstrated that Kseniia is neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk, and does not belong in immigration detention,' he added. The Russian-born scientist has so far been held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Louisiana for three months, and her J-1 nonimmigrant visa was revoked. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss found Petrova is not a flight risk nor a danger to the community and set a criminal bail hearing for next week. Reiss raised concerns over the legality of the revocation of Petrova's visa and whether she was held for too long without court review, NBC News reported. Petrova still faces federal smuggling charges and will not be released from the custody of U.S. marshals unless a judge also rules in that case for her bail. Petrova's team at Harvard does cancer research, and her attorney has argued she did not need a permit for the materials she brought into the country. The Hill has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment. The decision is the latest in a series of wins for foreign students and faculty who have been detained by the Trump administration. It also comes at a time when the Trump administration is looking to hamper Harvard by cutting its funding, taking away the university's ability to admit foreign students, and threatening to cap foreign student enrollment at 15 percent, when Harvard's student body is currently 27 percent international students. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
San Francisco Chronicle
5 days ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE
A federal judge in Vermont on Wednesday released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the United States. Colleagues and academics also testified on Kseniia Petrova's behalf, saying she is doing valuable research to advance cures for cancer. 'It is excellent science,' Michael West, a scientist and entrepreneur in the biotech industry, testified on Petrova's research papers. He said he does not know Petrova, but has become acquainted with her published work, citing one in which she explains that 'by mapping embryonic development, novel ways of intervening in the biology of regeneration and aging.' West said that Petrova's medical research skills are highly sought after and that he himself would hire her 'in a heartbeat.' Petrova, 30, is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service in Louisiana. She is expected to be brought to Massachusetts as early as Friday in preparation for a bail hearing next week on the smuggling charge, lawyers said in court. 'We are gratified that today's hearing gave us the opportunity to present clear and convincing evidence that Kseniia Petrova was not carrying anything dangerous or unlawful, and that customs officers at Logan International Airport had no legal authority to revoke her visa or detain her," Petrova's lawyer Gregory Romanovsky said in a statement. "At today's hearing, we demonstrated that Kseniia is neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk, and does not belong in immigration detention.' Petrova had been vacationing in France, where she stopped at a lab specializing in splicing superfine sections of frog embryos and obtained a package of samples to be used for research. As she passed through a U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint in Boston Logan International Airport in February, Petrova was questioned about the samples. She told The Associated Press in an interview last month that she did not realize the items needed to be declared and was not trying to sneak anything into the country. After an interrogation, Petrova was told her visa was being canceled. After being detained by immigration officials, she filed a petition in Vermont seeking her release. She was briefly detained in Vermont before she was brought to Louisiana. Petrova was charged with smuggling earlier this month as U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Burlington set the hearing date on her petition. Reiss ruled Wednesday that the immigration officers' actions were unlawful, that Petrova didn't present a danger, and that the embryos were non-living, non-hazardous and 'posed a threat to no one.' Petrova's lawyer, Gregory Romanovsky, had asked Reiss to issue an order to stop the possibility of ICE re-detaining her if she is also released from detention in Massachusetts. Reiss said she was reluctant "to enjoin an executive agency from undertaking future actions which are uncertain' and would rely on U.S. Department of Justice attorney Jeffrey Hartman's comments that the government has no intention at this time to re-arrest Petrova. The Department of Homeland Security had said in a statement on the social media platform X that Petrova was detained after 'lying to federal officers about carrying substances into the country.' They allege that messages on her phone 'revealed she planned to smuggle the materials through customs without declaring them.'
The Hill
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Judge orders release of Harvard scientist from ICE detention
A judge has ordered Harvard University researcher Kseniia Petrova released from custody after she was detained for allegedly smuggling frog embryos into the country. 'We are gratified that today's hearing gave us the opportunity to present clear and convincing evidence that Kseniia Petrova was not carrying anything dangerous or unlawful, and that customs officers at Logan International Airport had no legal authority to revoke her visa or detain her,' said Gregory Romanovsky, Petrova's attorney. 'At today's hearing, we demonstrated that Kseniia is neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk, and does not belong in immigration detention,' he added. The Russian-born scientist has so far been held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Louisiana for three months, and her J-1 nonimmigrant visa was revoked. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss found Petrova is not a flight risk nor a danger to the community and set a criminal bail hearing for next week. Reiss raised concerns over the legality of the revocation of Petrova's visa and whether she was held for too long without court review, NBC News reported. Petrova still faces federal smuggling charges and will not be released from the custody of U.S. marshals unless a judge also rules in that case for her bail. Petrova's team at Harvard does cancer research, and her attorney has argued she did not need a permit for the materials she brought into the country. The Hill has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment. The decision is the latest in a series of wins for foreign students and faculty who have been detained by the Trump administration. It also comes at a time when the Trump administration is looking to cripple Harvard by cutting its funding, taking away the university's ability to admit foreign students and threatening to cap foreign student enrollment at 15 percent, when Harvard's student body is currently 27 percent international students.
Los Angeles Times
5 days ago
- Los Angeles Times
Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE
A federal judge in Vermont on Wednesday released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the United States. Colleagues and academics also testified on Kseniia Petrova's behalf, saying she is doing valuable research to advance cures for cancer. 'It is excellent science,' Michael West, a scientist and entrepreneur in the biotech industry, testified on Petrova's research papers. He said he does not know Petrova, but has become acquainted with her published work, citing one in which she explains that 'by mapping embryonic development, novel ways of intervening in the biology of regeneration and aging.' West said that Petrova's medical research skills are highly sought after and that he himself would hire her 'in a heartbeat.' Petrova, 30, is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service in Louisiana. She is expected to be brought to Massachusetts as early as Friday in preparation for a bail hearing next week on the smuggling charge, lawyers said in court. 'We are gratified that today's hearing gave us the opportunity to present clear and convincing evidence that Kseniia Petrova was not carrying anything dangerous or unlawful, and that customs officers at Logan International Airport had no legal authority to revoke her visa or detain her,' Petrova's lawyer Gregory Romanovsky said in a statement. 'At today's hearing, we demonstrated that Kseniia is neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk, and does not belong in immigration detention.' Petrova had been vacationing in France, where she stopped at a lab specializing in splicing superfine sections of frog embryos and obtained a package of samples to be used for research. As she passed through a U.S. Customs and Border Protection checkpoint in Boston Logan International Airport in February, Petrova was questioned about the samples. She told The Associated Press in an interview last month that she did not realize the items needed to be declared and was not trying to sneak anything into the country. After an interrogation, Petrova was told her visa was being canceled. After being detained by immigration officials, she filed a petition in Vermont seeking her release. She was briefly detained in Vermont before she was brought to Louisiana. Petrova was charged with smuggling earlier this month as U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Burlington set the hearing date on her petition. Reiss ruled Wednesday that the immigration officers' actions were unlawful, that Petrova didn't present a danger, and that the embryos were non-living, non-hazardous and 'posed a threat to no one.' Petrova's lawyer, Gregory Romanovsky, had asked Reiss to issue an order to stop the possibility of ICE re-detaining her if she is also released from detention in Massachusetts. Reiss said she was reluctant 'to enjoin an executive agency from undertaking future actions which are uncertain' and would rely on U.S. Department of Justice attorney Jeffrey Hartman's comments that the government has no intention at this time to re-arrest Petrova. Romanovsky had said Customs and Border Protection officials had no legal basis for canceling Petrova's visa and detaining her. The Department of Homeland Security had said in a statement on the social media platform X that Petrova was detained after 'lying to federal officers about carrying substances into the country.' They allege that messages on her phone 'revealed she planned to smuggle the materials through customs without declaring them.' Harvard had said in a statement that the university 'continues to monitor the situation.' McCormack writes for the Associated Press.
