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Biden says global leaders are terrified of Trump and quietly tell him, 'He can't win'
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden tore into his predecessor on Tuesday, suggesting that global leaders are terrified of what Donald Trump 's return to the White House could do to democratic rule around the world. “Every international meeting I attend,” Biden said,...
Ex-New Hampshire state senator Andy Sanborn charged with theft in connection to state pandemic aid
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire state senator accused last year of fraudulently obtaining federal COVID-19 loans and spending the money on luxury cars was charged this week with stealing separate state pandemic relief funds. Republican Andy Sanborn, of Bedford, was...
Bring your pets to church, Haitian immigrant priest tells worshippers. 'I am not going to eat them.'
CONCORD, N.H. (RNS) — As pet lovers gathered in a church garden here Saturday (Oct. 5) with dogs and photographs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, they were greeted with an assurance unlike any in years past. “I say: Bring your pet. Bring your dog and cat. I am a Haitian,...
Parents sue school district following wristband protest against transgender girl at soccer game
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three parents and a grandparent have sued a New Hampshire school district, saying their rights were violated when they were barred from school grounds for wearing pink wristbands with “XX,” representing the female chromosome pair, in protest of a transgender girl playing...
ACLU lawsuit challenges New Hampshire's voter proof-of-citizenship law
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Monday challenges a New Hampshire law that would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and photo identification when casting a ballot, saying it is one of the most restrictive voting laws in the nation. The new law was set...
Former office manager of Dartmouth College student paper gets 15-month sentence for stealing $223K
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The former office manager of Dartmouth College's student newspaper has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for stealing over $223,000 from the paper over four years. Nicole Chambers, 41, who was sentenced in federal court in Concord, New Hampshire,...
Mistrial declared after jury deadlocks in rape case of former New Hampshire youth center worker
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first criminal case linked to New Hampshire’s sprawling child abuse scandal ended in a mistrial Tuesday after a jury deadlocked on charges against a former youth detention facility staffer accused of raping a teenage girl in 2001. Victor Malavet, 62, is...
Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Decades after she was picked to be America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer — this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds of New Hampshire's Statehouse, in the city where she taught high school. McAuliffe was...
Jury deliberates in first criminal trial linked to New Hampshire youth center abuse
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors in the first criminal trial linked to New Hampshire’s sprawling child abuse scandal began deliberating Thursday in the case of a former youth detention center worker charged with repeatedly raping a teenage girl two decades ago. Victor Malavet, 62, is...
Defense seeks to undermine accuser's credibility in New Hampshire youth center sex abuse case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with raping a teenage girl at a youth holding facility in New Hampshire tried to erode the accuser’s credibility at trial Wednesday, suggesting she had a history of lying and changing her story. Now 39, Natasha Maunsell was 15 and 16...
