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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY

New Hampshire’s aging ballot scanners pose challenges. Problems could prompt conspiracy theoriesWhen New Hampshire voters cast their ballots in Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary, many will do so using scanners that are at least 15 years old — with...

By ROBERT YOON

WASHINGTON — Is a New Hampshire primary without the frontrunner on the ballot and no delegates up for grabs still a New Hampshire primary? Depends on who you ask.On Tuesday, voters in the Granite State will once again help kick off the presidential...

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Dan Steele knows what a long day in court is like. So he was extra appreciative on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump journeyed to New Hampshire after spending the day in a New York courtroom, where he sat defiantly during...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of seafood to avoid.The lawsuit stemmed from a decision by Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of...

By DAVID SHARP and NICHOLAS RICCARDI

PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine judge on Wednesday put on hold a decision on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado.Trump’s lawyers appealed in state court when Secretary...

By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT

HAMPTON, N.H. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has decided to shift his presidential campaign away from New Hampshire just six days before the state’s first-in-the-nation Republican primary, a move that reflects his narrowing path to the 2024 GOP...

By MEG KINNARD

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Another Republican presidential debate has been canceled after Nikki Haley’s refusal to participate in any forum that doesn’t also include former President Donald Trump, meaning that for the first time in years there will not be an...

By HOLLY RAMER

ROCHESTER, N.H. — Kristina Amyot’s life has drastically improved since the last New Hampshire primary, but she isn’t confident the current candidates will help others achieve the same success.Amyot, 36, spent more than half her life struggling with...

By HOLLY RAMER, BILL BARROW and JEFFREY COLLINS

After Donald Trump’s record victory in the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire voters now get their turn to decide just how competitive the Republican nominating fight will be as the former president continues to dominate his party.Former U.N. Ambassador...

By MEG KINNARD

DES MOINES, Iowa — Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she wouldn’t participate in the next Republican presidential debate unless former President Donald Trump takes part in it, leaving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the only candidate committed to Thursday’s...

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT

Former President Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that affirmed his grip on the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.In what was the lowest-turnout caucus in a...

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT

DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses Monday, a crucial victory at the outset of the Republican primary that reinforces the former president’s bond with his party’s voters even as he faces extraordinary legal challenges that could...

By HOLLY RAMER

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Iowa and New Hampshire are about to kick off the 2024 presidential nominating process, but Sen. Joe Manchin said Friday it won’t become clear until March whether there’s a path for a third-party candidate.The West Virginia Democrat...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

PORTLAND, Maine — The caretakers of part of one of Maine’s most beloved lighthouses said Thursday they believe they can rebuild a portion of the structure that was damaged in a storm this week.The strong storm that brought high winds and heavy rains...

By HOLLY RAMER, NICK PERRY and DAVID SHARP

Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. His former roommate and fellow U.S. Army reservist’s anger and paranoia were mounting, he had access to guns, and he refused to get help. So Hodgson did the hardest...

By STEVE PEOPLES, JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday suspended his Republican presidential bid just days before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, ceding to growing pressure to drop out of the race from those desperate to deny Donald Trump a glidepath to the...

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — A New Hampshire man who had been accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb threats last year to Harvard University and demanded a large amount of bitcoin pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Wednesday.William Giordani, 55,...

By KATHY McCORMACK and SCOTT McFETRIDGE

CONCORD, N.H. — A major storm drenched the Northeast and slammed it with fierce winds, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands following a bout of violent weather that struck most of the U.S.The storm, which started Tuesday night and was moving...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

PORTLAND, Maine — A group of lobster fishermen has sued fishing regulators in federal court, claiming that new electronic monitoring requirements designed to protect rare whales are unconstitutional.The new rules went into effect on Dec. 15 and...

By REBECCA REYNOLDS

A bomb threat emailed to officials in several states early Wednesday briefly disrupted government affairs and prompted some state capitol evacuations, but no explosives were found and federal officials quickly dismissed the threats as a hoax.The...