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By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Hikers will honor a young Massachusetts woman who died in New Hampshire by climbing multiple peaks this summer and raising funds for a foundation created by her family.The event, dubbed “Emily’s Hike To Save a Life” is set for July 29, with...

A woman whose paper ballot jammed in a tabulator machine is accused of hitting an election worker in the face who tried to remove it, giving him a bloody nose, police said.The woman was voting in Raymond on Tuesday at the town’s polling center, Holmes...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a...

By KATHY McCORMACK

New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday turned away the latest attempt to get a sentence reduction for Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage lover to have her husband killed in 1990.Smart, 55, was a 22-year-old...

A man struck and killed by a bus at Boston’s Logan International Airport was a 47-year-old Lexington resident who had gone to the airport to pick up a friend, Massachusetts State Police said Tuesday.Vishwachand Kolla was standing outside his SUV...

By WILSON RING

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont — The immigration deal expected to be announced Friday by U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would end a process that has enabled tens of thousands of immigrants from across the world to move...

By HOLLY RAMER

In a victory for abortion-rights supporters, the Republican-led but closely divided New Hampshire House on Thursday rejected multiple bills to further restrict abortion access while also approving legislation to protect it.The eight abortion-related...

By HOLLY RAMER

New Hampshire’s fallen Old Man of the Mountain would be honored annually under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday.The massive, naturally formed granite profile attracted tourists to Franconia Notch for about 200 years before it crumbled in 2003....

By STEVE PEOPLES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — From the moment he rode down the Trump Tower escalator to announce his first presidential campaign, a searing question has hung over the Republican Party: Is this the moment to break from Donald Trump?Elected Republicans have...

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS

BERLIN — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.But doing so requires quickly slashing nearly two-thirds of carbon pollution by 2035,...

By ASHRAF KHALIL

WASHINGTON — Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it “one day might be the weapon used to bludgeon me in my sleep.”A host of comedic and entertainment royalty gathered at Washington’s Kennedy Center as...

By JESSICA DAMIANO

It’s the late 1940s. World War II has ended, the Baby Boom is in full swing, and incomes are rising, making first-time homeownership possible for many. Cars are being marketed to the masses, so folks can travel farther to work. The post-war expansion...

By HOLLY RAMER

The husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday he hasn’t heard from Mike Pence in the days since the former vice president mocked his family, but will continue to hold him accountable for his words.Chasten Buttigieg was asked on...

By HOLLY RAMER

A “parents’ bill of rights” that critics say is designed to target transgender youth passed New Hampshire’s Republican-led Senate on Thursday.Much of the debate among lawmakers focused on provisions to require school officials, when asked by parents,...

By CHRIS MEGERIAN

WILMINGTON, Del. — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that the federal government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank, but is working to help depositors who are concerned about their money.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insures...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. — A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and swearing at a snowplow truck operator who recorded the confrontation and later reported him to police.Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was...

By DAVID SHARP

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine vegan whose custom license plate contains the word “tofu” is one of the motorists caught in a state crackdown on vulgar tags. Car owners across the United States can pay an extra fee to customize license plates, sparking...

By HOLLY RAMER

Advocates for transgender youth in New Hampshire say four bills being considered in three legislative committees would lead to one result: harm to an already vulnerable population.Two of the measures heard Tuesday would create a “parents’ bill of...

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — RJ Phipps was hiking up Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington over the weekend with his wife when he took out his camera to shoot a snowboarder and skier.Within seconds, Phipps watched as the two men were nearly engulfed by an avalanche. He...

By MARK PRATT

 Heavy snow bookended the United States on Tuesday, with a late-season storm bringing a messy morning commute to the Northeast and leaving California residents to dig out, or in some cases simply wait for help, after yet another storm.Hundreds of...