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Investigation finds officers justified in deadly New Hampshire shooting
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Six New Hampshire police officers who fatally shot an armed man were justified in their use of deadly force and will not face criminal charges, the state attorney general said Friday. The man was struck at least 11 times. The “initial threat of the...
Transgender health: Comparing model bills to real proposals
Many of this year's statehouse proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for youths, as introduced or enacted, are identical or very similar to some model legislation, or ready-made bills suggested to lawmakers by interest groups, an Associated Press analysis has found. The AP...
Meet the influential new player on transgender health bills
Do No Harm, a nonprofit that launched last year to oppose diversity initiatives in medicine, has evolved into a significant leader in statehouses seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths, producing model legislation that an Associated Press analysis found has been used in at...
Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as U.S. State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries, has died. He was 88. His daughter, Catherine...
New Hampshire youth center sex abuse claim settled for $1.5M
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A claim made to a legislative fund established in New Hampshire to settle allegations by people who said they were physically and sexually assaulted at the state’s youth detention center has for the first time been resolved for the maximum $1.5 million, the state attorney...
Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days out from a surgery and with a young son undergoing chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to figure out if his Florida family will still be covered by Medicaid come Monday. One form on the state's website said coverage for their sick 5-year-old son, Ryder,...
Consultants recommend Hampstead for new youth center
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Consultants hired to evaluate three potential sites for New Hampshire’s new youth detention center are recommending property next to the state’s existing youth psychiatric hospital in Hampstead. SMRT Architects and Engineers assessed the 94-acre property...
Fake Craigslist ad costs New Hampshire man right to vote
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who posted a fake Craigslist ad for a free trailer with a legislative candidate’s number on the day of the election — saying it was a joke — has lost his right to vote in the state. Michael Drouin, 30, of Merrimack pleaded guilty...
Trump, DeSantis compete for support from congressional GOP
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis has yet to enter the 2024 presidential race, but former President Donald Trump is aiming to drum up support in the Florida governor's backyard, securing endorsements already from more than one-third of the Republicans in the state's congressional delegation. ...
New Hampshire lawmakers debate parents' rights, trans youth
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Parents seeking more control over schools and those trying to protect transgender youth converged at the New Hampshire Statehouse on Tuesday as lawmakers again took up what has become a national debate. Both the New Hampshire Senate and the U.S. House passed...
