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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said on Wednesday it had removed Cardinal Donald Wuerl's name from a high school after a grand jury report on sex abuse in the Church found he had reassigned priests who had been accused of abusing children, rather than taking stronger action.

Gov. Chris Sununu says his support for President Trump has not wavered in the wake of Tuesday's guilty plea by the President's former private attorney Michael Cohen and felony convictions of Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

WASHINGTON ' The White House pushed back forcefully on Wednesday against suggestions that a plea deal struck by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen implicated Trump in a crime.

WASHINGTON ' Lanny Davis, a lawyer for President Donald Trump's former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, said Wednesday that Trump's alleged direction of hush payments to two women amounts to impeachable offenses and that Cohen has no interest in being 'dirtied' by a presidential pardon of his crimes.

HONOLULU ' Hawaii residents already reeling from months of explosive eruptions from Kilauea volcano braced on Wednesday for Hurricane Lane, which was bearing down on the island chain with high winds and lashing rains and the potential to trigger flooding and landslides.

To the Editor: As a First District voter, I have researched where the candidates stand on issues, how they approach serving the people of New Hampshire, and what skills they bring to the table. All things considered, the best choice became apparent. I will be voting for Mindi Messmer.

To the Editor: I recently went to an event hosted by League of Conservation Voters and the Peterborough Recreation Department. We spent some time cleaning up downtown and then had a picnic up at Adams Playground.

To the Editor: Because of Scott Pruitt's deep-seated corruption and his too-cozy relationship with the industries he oversaw, every policy decision he made that undermined public health and the environment should be immediately halted, reviewed, and vacated if it can't be supported by science.

CONCORD ' A proposed 84 million transmission-line project that would be buried partly in Little Bay pits a need for more capacity to transmit power through the region versus concerns over disrupting the bay.

WASHINGTON ' The U.S. economy likely created 43,000 more jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the Labor Department said on Wednesday.

My brothers and I sometimes accompanied our father to the empty newsroom on a late Sunday afternoon when he would catch up on mail, look through a mound of paperwork and check the noisy Associated Press teletype machine.

MANCHESTER ' Additional batches of mosquitoes collected in the Queen City have tested positive for West Nile virus, city health officials said Wednesday.

ROCHESTER - A pancake breakfast is being held Sunday to benefit a 26-year-old Rochester firefighter battling cancer.

WILMETTE, Ill. ' Just after returning home from a walk around the block with her dog, Marshmallow, an 8-year-old Wilmette girl expected a visit from a playmate. Instead, police officers arrived at the family's door.

After more than a century of imprisonment, Barnum's cracker creatures are roaming free ' until they meet their mushy demise in the mouths of children, anyway.

YOUTUBE JUST ADDED an 'information panel' to all my videos about climate change.

NASHVILLE ' The easternmost bit of Tennessee is east of Atlanta, the westernmost bit is west of New Orleans, and all of this horizontal state is the epicenter of 2018 politics.

It just keeps getting worse. Every new report brings new charges of sexual abuse and misconduct toward students by faculty and staff at St. Paul's School in Concord.

Molly Kelly would like you to think that the problems at New Hampshire's Division of Children, Youth and Families began when Chris Sununu was sworn in as governor.

HINSDALE ' This year, Cheshire County is dedicating every Sunday in September to showing its appreciation for its veterans.