Federal investigators normally tasked with uncovering narcotic and financial crimes were told to prioritize the arrest of a university student with no criminal record, and not tell her that her visa ...

Patrick Cunningham, the agent who oversaw the arrest of Öztürk in March, also told the court that he had no knowledge of any ...

Ozturk's lawyers first filed a petition on her behalf in Massachusetts, but they did not know where she was and were unable to speak to her until more than 24 hours after she was detained.

Steve Roberts Andrews McMeel Syndicate Rumeysa Ozturk is a 30-year-old graduate student at Tufts University and a native of Turkey who wears a traditional Muslim headscarf. Six weeks ago, she was ...

A still from surveillance video showing Tufts University Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk being taken into custody in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Homeland Security agent says he was told not to inform Rümeysa Öztürk her visa was revoked when she was arrested ...

Young, a Ronald Reagan appointee, spent the past two weeks presiding over the bench trial, in which groups including the American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies ...

Rumeysa Ozturk Federal officers detained 30-year-old Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday as she walked along a street in suburban Boston.

A Boston University earth and environment professor began a hunger strike Tuesday afternoon after signage reading “Free Rumeysa” was removed from his office window for the second time. Nathan Philips, ...