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Trump threatens U.S. government shutdown over border wall
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would allow the federal government to shut down if Democrats do not fund his border wall and back immigration law changes, betting that maintaining a hard line will work in Republicans' favor in November congressional elections.
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'Electronic skin' developed at Johns Hopkins allows amputees to feel sensations in prosthetic hands
Thanks to a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Gyorgy Levay has learned what they might feel like if prosthetic replacements were part of him. Levay was the principal volunteer subject in a two-year study at the university that endowed an artificial limb with the capacity to feel pressure and pain.
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Great-grandmother killed in Calif. fire tried to save kids
A 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren died as she tried in vain to save them from a wildfire that raged through an area of northern California and engulfed their home, officials and family members said.
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N.Y. Times publisher urges Trump to stop provocative rhetoric against the media
In what has become a hallmark of Donald Trump's presidency, two very different versions emerged Sunday of a face-to-face discussion in a private meeting, held July 20 between Trump and A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times.
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Stores stock up early on seasonal workers
While the nation's big retailers battle for consumer dollars, they're now also waging a fight for seasonal workers.
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NH Business Newsmakers: Owen joins Granite United Way
Molly Lunn Owen joined Granite United Way as director of development.
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Jack Falvey's Investor Education Briefs: Business incubators are for businesses with breathing problems
Healthy businesses should be able to grow on their own. Almost all have.
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Roger Brown's The State of Sports: Legion baseball fighting extinction
There are those who feel that American Legion Baseball in New Hampshire is facing an adapt-or-die situation, at least at the senior level.
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Kyle Busch charges from the back, wins Pocono
Holding off a determined charge from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Suarez in two late restarts'the first after a brutal wreck that sidelined Bubba Wallace ' Kyle Busch powered his No. 18 Toyota to his sixth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season, tying fourth-place finisher Kevin Harvick for the series lead.
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Thomas rides into Paris as Tour de France champ
Geraint Thomas capped a historic victory in the 2018 Tour de France by riding victoriously into Paris at the end of Sunday's 21st stage.
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Eovaldi hurls 7 shutout innings in Boston debut as Sox win
Nathan Eovaldi accomplished what's only been done eight times by a Red Sox starter this season, throwing seven innings of shutout ball as he carved up the Minnesota Twins in a 3-0 win at Fenway Park.
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Goffstown strikes early for Little League title
Goffstown scored 10 runs on eight hits over the first three innings en route to a 14-4 mercy-rule victory over Concord in Game 3 of the Little League state championship series.
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Golf Roundup: Jimenez takes Sr. British Open
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez made a par-saving 12-foot putt on the 17th hole at the Old Course at St. Andrews and followed it with a par on No. 18 to win the Senior British Open Championship Sunday.
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Man identified as victim of Cape Cod crash was Marine veteran whose wife just gave birth to daughter
One of the men killed early Saturday in a head-on collision in Cotuit is 32-year-old Kevin Quinn, of Mashpee, a Marine combat veteran who served two deployments in Afghanistan before returning to Cape Cod to start a family with his wife, according to sources.
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Two injured in Haverhill plane crash
Two people were injured ' one seriously ' Sunday afternoon when the small plane they were flying in crashed into the Connecticut River.
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Major damage at Bow Lake after powerful storm Saturday
More than 45 properties were damaged Saturday evening during a downburst which produced hail and hurricane-force winds on Bow Lake.
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Woman murdered days after moving to Exeter mobile home wouldn't be alleged killer's first victim
We're trying to determine every aspect of Mr. Webber's whereabouts over the last 10 years, said N.H. Deputy Attorney General Jane Young.
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Massage parlor prostitution on the rise in NH
In recent years, euphemistic advertisements for illicit massage businesses have become easy to find online.
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Milton woman broadsided in rain, rescued from rolled Jeep in Rochester
A Milton woman, 62, had to be extricated from her wrecked Jeep Saturday after running a stop sign in the heavy rain and being struck by a teen in an oncoming Mercedes.
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Military News: 3 from NH graduate from Air Force basic training
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alex L. Lawson, Airman Parker J. McCauley and National Guard Airman 1st Class Ryan W. Gordon graduated.
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