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Race-motivated assault charges filed against former New Hampshire police officer

Oct. 31, 2024 09:00 AM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A white former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of race-motivated assault against a Black bank executive outside of a diner on Thanksgiving Eve 2023, according to a civil rights complaint filed by the state attorney general’s office. Similar...

Ex-New Hampshire state senator Andy Sanborn charged with theft in connection to state pandemic aid

Oct. 17, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

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...

The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

Sep. 21, 2024 08:34 AM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o'-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in some parts of the country — especially vibrant foliage. Leaves around the northern U.S. are starting to turn orange, yellow and red, inspiring legions of leaf...