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DERRY, N.H. — A house explosion in New Hampshire on Thursday left one person dead and a second person injured, authorities said.Derry Fire Chief Shawn Haggart said his department received reports of an explosion and responded to find a house fully...

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EASTON, N.H. — A 23-year-old man has been accused of killing his grandmother with a hammer in New Hampshire. The man was being held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, the attorney general’s office said in a news release. It...

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LINCOLN, N.H. — Five people who developed Legionnaires’ disease in Lincoln, New Hampshire, may have been exposed to contaminated water droplets from a cooling tower behind a resort, the state health department said Monday.The five developed the...

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BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he was convicted of kidnapping a woman and her 4-year-old son by forcing them into her car outside a New Hampshire mall and bringing them to Vermont while he was searching...

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OSSIPEE, N.H. — A New Hampshire man appeared in court Monday on charges that he killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child by means of multiple blunt force injuries, the first time the state has charged someone with murder in the death of a fetus....

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Stacy Wakefield, the widow of former Boston Red Sox pitcher and two-time World Series champion Tim Wakefield, has died. Her family said in a statement released through the Red Sox that she died Wednesday at her Massachusetts home, less than five...

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BURLINGTON, Vt. — The two men from facing federal charges connected to a murder-for-hire plot that led to the 2018 abduction and killing of a Vermont man will go on trial in September, a federal judge said Thursday. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey...

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Dartmouth College will honor the memory of its winningest football coach by adding his name to its athletic complex next fall.Buddy Teevens, known nationally for his efforts to make football safer, died in September of injuries he had sustained in a...

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CONCORD, N.H. — A man who managed two forestry projects in Guatemala for a New Hampshire-based investment company has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing $10 million from the business.Roberto Montano, of Guatemala, pleaded guilty Monday in...

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JOHNSTON, R.I. — A coyote that a hiker killed with his bare hands has tested positive for rabies, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Department of Health announced.The hiker was attacked on Friday and bitten...

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LONDONDERRY, N.H. — A small plane crashed in a neighborhood near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire shortly after takeoff and firefighters helped remove the trapped pilot, who was taken to a hospital, authorities said Friday.The...

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BOSTON — A citizen of China who is a student at the Berklee College of Music was convicted Thursday of threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said. The flyer that was posted near the Berklee...

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KILLINGTON, Vt. — Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued in frigid temperatures on Saturday after becoming lost in the backcountry in Killington, Vermont, police said. After a call came in around 2:30 p.m., search and rescue crews...

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BOSTON — One of two Rhode Island men charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct in connection with the death of a fan at a New England Patriots game pleaded not guilty Friday.In a brief appearance at Wrentham District Court, John Vieira,...

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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont sports fans can now wager online as mobile sports betting launched in the state on Thursday.DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics Sportsbook were selected to operate mobile sports betting platforms in Vermont, Republican Gov. Phil...