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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire's state primaries

Sep. 06, 2024 14:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire is among the smallest states in the country, but its state primaries on Tuesday have enough intrigue to fill a much larger state. The New England state has an independent streak that makes it hard to categorize as red or blue. While it has voted for...

Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds

Sep. 02, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

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...

First criminal trial starts in New Hampshire youth detention center abuse scandal

Aug. 26, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire prosecutor told jurors Monday that a former youth detention center worker “took exactly what he wanted, where he wanted it and when he wanted it” when he repeatedly raped a teenage girl, while his attorney said the accuser concocted the allegations for...

Former New Hampshire youth detention center worker dies awaiting trial on sexual assault charges

Jul. 31, 2024 08:21 AM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy at New Hampshire’s youth detention center decades ago has died while awaiting trial, his lawyer said Wednesday. Gordon Thomas Searles, 68, died Sunday, said attorney Joseph Fricano. He said he did not know...