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By HOLLY RAMER

Gov. Chris Sununu has ordered state agencies to develop curriculum that would add instruction about the dangers of social media to all K-12 health classes in New Hampshire.The executive order issued by the Republican governor Wednesday instructs the...

A New Hampshire father charged in the murder of his missing 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery was convicted of unrelated gun charges Thursday.A jury found Adam Montgomery, 33, guilty of six charges: two counts each of being an armed career...

A New Hampshire judge has dismissed trespassing complaints against white nationalist extremists who prosecutors say displayed “Keep New England White” banners without a permit from an overpass last July.Two members of the group, known as NSC-131 or...

By MICHAEL CASEY

NASHUA — The conversation around racial integration in baseball often revolves around Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But a year earlier, history was being made in the city of Nashua. It was...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Two Vermont State Police troopers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge after one of them fired a bean bag round from a shotgun against a man who was allegedly acting irrationally.During the...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A raccoon in Maine was euthanized and tested for rabies after a woman brought it into a pet store for a nail trim and some customers kissed it, state wildlife authorities said.The raccoon tested negative for the disease, and there...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in an age-old summer question for beachgoers — is it safe to go in the water?Scientists and researchers who study sharks said the...

By HOLLY RAMER

Gov. Chris Sununu’s recent shift to support marijuana legalization has inspired a last-minute push for new legislation.Though several bipartisan bills in support of legalizing recreational marijuana have cleared the House in recent years, Sununu...

By MEG KINNARD

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — As he launches his presidential campaign on Monday, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is officially wading into a GOP primary battle already largely dominated by two commanding figures: former President Donald Trump and Florida...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House gave preliminary approval Thursday to making the state’s expanded Medicaid program permanent, rejecting attempts to set another expiration date or otherwise change it.The lengthy debate was somewhat...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bill that would have required school officials to disclose to inquiring parents that their child is using a different name or being referred to as being a different gender was defeated Thursday in the New Hampshire House.The...

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARY CLARE JALONICK

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare judicial defeat for President Joe Biden, the White House is expected to soon withdraw the nomination of Michael Delaney for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a person familiar with his...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing overfishing, and regulators have cut catch quotas by more than 80% to prevent the fish’s population from collapse.Haddock are one of the most...

A former New Hampshire college volunteer basketball coach pleaded guilty Monday to producing and possessing child pornography. Joshua Pincoske appeared in federal court in Concord. A plea agreement with prosecutors filed with the court last week says...

By WILSON RING

DORSET, Vt. — Deep in a cool, damp cave in Vermont, tens of thousands of furry, chocolate brown creatures stir. The little brown bats, survivors of a deadly fungus that decimated their population, went into hibernation last fall. Now in early May,...

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — As a citizen of the Quapaw Nation, Ahnili Johnson-Jennings has always seen Dartmouth College as the university for Native American students.Her father graduated from the school, founded in 1769 to educate Native Americans, and she had come to...

By JESSICA DAMIANO

Healthy plants are the most critical component of a thriving garden. And one of the best ways to keep them that way is to make sure your soil’s pH level suits their needs.Every plant requires a specific soil pH range within which it can best absorb...

By DAVID SHARP

HAMPDEN, Maine (AP) — David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before the final bell rings, he grabs his chess boards and pieces and begins his second role.“The Queen’s Gambit” is playing out in real life in Maine, where...

By JILL COLVIN

During a contentious CNN town hall Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump dug in on his unproven claims about the 2020 election being “rigged,” downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and repeatedly insulted the woman whom a civil jury this...

By DAVID SHARP

PORTLAND, Maine — Postal carriers have more worries than snow, rain or the gloom of night keeping them from their appointed rounds. They’re increasingly being robbed, often at gunpoint, from Maine to California. Robberies of postal carriers have...