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New Hampshire's port director and his wife, a judge, are both facing criminal charges
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The director of New Hampshire’s Division of Ports and Harbors has been charged with witness tampering and other crimes, the attorney general’s office said Thursday, a day after announcing related indictments against the agency head’s wife, a state Supreme Court justice....
State police officers who fatally shot man were legally justified to use deadly force, report says
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire State Police officers who fatally shot a man as he aimed a loaded gun in their direction were legally justified in their use of deadly force, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said in a report Thursday. No criminal charges will be...
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...
New Hampshire Supreme Court justice indicted for allegedly interfering with probe of husband
A justice on New Hampshire's highest court has been charged for allegedly trying to interfere with a criminal investigation into her husband, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced Wednesday. State Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi was...
In online debate, New Hampshire candidates for governor tell voters to reject each others' promises
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Kelly Ayotte and Democrat Joyce Craig urged voters Tuesday to reject each others’ campaign promises about legislation they’d veto if elected New Hampshire’s next governor. Ayotte, a former U.S. senator and state attorney general, and Craig, a...
Duncan Moreland intercepts a pass with 1:12 remaining as New Hampshire beats Elon 17-10
ELON, N.C. (AP) — Logan Tomlinson had a touchdown running and receiving, Duncan Moreland intercepted a pass with 1:12 remaining, and New Hampshire beat Elon 17-10 on Saturday. Elon got to the UNH 30-yard line with two minutes remaining before a fumble moved the ball back to near...
Judge declines bid by New Hampshire parents to protest transgender players at school soccer games
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday declined to grant an immediate order sought by some New Hampshire parents to allow them to wear pink wristbands with “XX” on them at girls high school soccer games to protest transgender girls playing. But the judge did rule that...
News media don't run elections. Why do they call the winners?
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s election night, the polls have closed and chances are you’re waiting on The Associated Press or one of the major television networks to say who will be the next president. But why does the news media play that role in the first place? Shouldn't that be the...
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,...
How voting before Election Day became so widespread and so political
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters had plenty to argue about in the 1972 election, but they overwhelmingly agreed that when it came time to vote, they would do so in person on Election Day. The act of voting was largely a communal experience that year, when roughly 95% of voters went to...
