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A Belknap County jury has convicted an Alton man of reckless conduct for blowing fentanyl into the air and exposing a nearby police officer to the potential risk of serious injury.

An octogenarian former New England mob boss was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday as the grown children of a nightclub owner he was convicted of murdering in 1993 accused him of devastating their lives and being 'pure evil.'

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday turned back an aggressive challenge from actress and activist Cynthia Nixon in the race for the Democratic nomination for November's general election.

President Donald Trump on Thursday disputed Puerto Rico's official death toll of 3,000 from hurricanes last year and accused Democrats of inflating the figure reached in an independent academic study.

The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday set a vote for next week on President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court pick while a Democratic senator sent unspecified new information about nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI.

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is close to reaching a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller but an agreement has not been concluded, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Officials from Portsmouth Regional Hospital hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a new freestanding emergency room they are building in Dover on Thursday afternoon.

The University of New Hampshire held its first CEO Forum of the academic year Thursday morning and Trevor Hughes was the keynote speaker.

The Rochester Grange is holding a food and goods drive for the Homeless Center for Strafford County.

DOVER - Dover officials have accepted a grant from Stonyfield in Londonderry to help them move toward organic land management practices on all public land.

A homeless man pleaded guilty Wednesday to breaking into a Littleton church and eating a piece of cake in the kitchen before causing nearly 7,000 in damage to the church.

A 21-year-old Plymouth man will serve 12 months in the Grafton County House of Corrections for striking an Ashland police officer with his car last summer and leading him on a drunken pursuit that ended with a head-on crash with a pickup truck.

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The New Hampshire Fisher Cats can win their third Eastern League title in a ballpark they've never won it before: Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

JALEN RAMSEY has had a lot of things to say about a lot of people, with Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski at or near the top of his list. Sunday, Ramsay may have to pay the price.

WHEN the Exeter High School and Pinkerton Academy football programs last met, the Blue Hawks turned in what had to be one of the best defensive efforts in the program's history. The result was a 10-0 victory in the 2015 Division I semifinals in Derry.

To the Editor: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Powder Mill Fish Hatchery in New Durham discharges wastewater containing significant amounts of phosphorus and other pollutants into the Merrymeeting River, which then flows into Lake Winnipesaukee's Alton Bay.

To the Editor: Is U.S. foreign assistance promoting American values? According to the State Department, we send the most foreign assistance to Israel, yet Israel violates our values in important ways.

HELPING KIDS to be healthy and active is a public health priority. According to a Youth Risk Behavior survey conducted in 2015, nearly half of New Hampshire's high school students are not getting the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day and more than a quarter of high school students were considered overweight or obese.

To the Editor: Give credit where credit is due. Pat Buchanan does a masterful job at misdirecting the argument.