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By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — A bipartisan bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New Hampshire passed its first big test Wednesday.On a 234-127 vote, the House voted to advance a legalization bill to its Ways and Means Committee. Supporters hope New Hampshire will...

By SAM METZ

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm have been fined $5 million for using shell companies to obscure the size of the portfolio under church control, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

By WILSON RING

BURLINGTON — A discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old Vermont school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to an upstairs neighbor who they say strangled her after having a fight with his wife, police...

By HOLLY RAMER

Sununu outlines 2-year $14.9B budget proposal in addressEds: UPDATES: With AP Photos.CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Promoting what he called “pathways of opportunity,” New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu proposed a two-year $14.9 billion budget Tuesday that...

By PATRICK WHITTLE

MILFORD, N.H. — Dozens of students walked out of their New Hampshire school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity.The school board decided...

By HOLLY RAMER

MANCHESTER — The girls at New Hampshire’s youth detention center called their dormitory leader “Peepin’ Dave” because they say he leered at them through a bathroom window. But David Ball, later promoted to chief of operations, also is accused of much...

By LISA RATHKE

RUTLAND — A federal judge on Tuesday set an October trial for the man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England in what prosecutors say was a scheme to inherit millions of dollars.Nathan Carman, 29,...

By LISA RATHKE

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court in New York is considering whether a law school in Vermont modified a pair of large murals when it concealed them behind a wall of panels against the artist’s wishes after they were considered by some in the school...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. — The state Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to legislation that would keep New Hampshire’s troubled youth detention center open for nearly two more years.Debate over the future of the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester...

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — Harvard University announced Thursday that it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist after its initial denial sparked widespread criticism.Kenneth Roth, who was the executive director of Human Rights Watch, or HRW,...

By BRIAN P.D. HANNON

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.The lucky combination of...

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD — A judge denied a request to end parole supervision for the getaway driver in the case of a former New Hampshire high school employee who was convicted of recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband more than 30 years ago, according to...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Communism and cursive would be part of the mandatory curriculum in New Hampshire schools under a pair of bills harking back to bygone eras of history and handwriting.The House Education Committee held public hearings Wednesday on Republican...

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD — Investigators have identified the body of a woman found over 50 years ago in New Hampshire as a Massachusetts resident who was supposed to see her family off at the airport as they prepared to move to Texas, but never showed up.Forensic...

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — Harvard University rescinded a fellowship it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he said Monday was his group’s criticism of Israel. Kenneth Roth, who was the executive director of Human Rights Watch, or HRW, until last...

Vermont has requested a federal damage assessment to see if the state qualifies for a federal major disaster declaration from last month’s storm that caused tens of thousands of power outages and other damage. Vermont Emergency Management Director...

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Olivera Sotelo’s 19-year-old daughter was late returning from a solo hike, and she wasn’t answering her phone. Panicking at the trailhead, Sotelo called her husband for help.“I could not stop my anxiety,” she said. Emily Sotelo emerged from...

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD — A New Hampshire man who coached men’s basketball at Colby-Sawyer College has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl under age 16 “over a period of time” in 2019 and making multiple child sex abuse photos and videos of her and other...

By WILSON RING

The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday upheld the legality of a 2018 state law that restricts the size of large-capacity ammunition magazines for firearms.The law, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Phil Scott in response to what police...

By LISA RATHKE

BURLINGTON — A man authorities say killed the mother of his children in South Burlington and then fled to Jamaica, leaving the victim’s family wanting for justice, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an emotional court hearing.Leroy Headley, 38, is charged...