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We were agnostic on the compromise linking the state's newly-authorized Keno game to increased state aid for full-day kindergarten programs.

The Great Plastic Panic of 2018 has reached Durham. University of New Hampshire Hospitality Services last month switched its cold beverages to the sip-through 'Starbucks' lid, which is meant to be used without a straw. Compostable straws are still available upon request.

Oscar Wilde once observed, 'The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future.'

A Kenyan student athlete will not serve any jail time after he pleaded guilty to his part in assaulting a Keene State College student with a six-pack of beer during a fracas last year.

Dartmouth College is joining the legal fight over a unique vitamin supplement first patented by a college professor which they say is being improperly used by a dietary supplement company.

Senators on Thursday took turns reviewing a confidential FBI report into alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh as tensions built before a procedural vote scheduled for Friday likely to show if he will be confirmed to the nation's highest court.

The United States on Thursday charged seven Russian intelligence officers with conspiring to hack computers and steal data from the nuclear energy company Westinghouse Electric Co. as well as anti-doping watchdogs, sporting federations and an international agency probing the use of chemical weapons.

Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc denied a Bloomberg report on Thursday that their systems had been infiltrated by malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence, according to statements from the companies released by Bloomberg.

The head of the Massachusetts environmental police, a former state trooper who once served as Gov. Charlie Baker's campaign driver, has been abruptly suspended without pay, officials have confirmed.

The Manchester Central girls' soccer team helped its push for a top Division I playoff seed with a 3-0 win over host Concord on Thursday.

Brad Marchand had four assists, and Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves as the Boston Bruins rebounded from an embarrassing season-opening loss to blank the host Buffalo Sabres 4-0 on Thursday.

The Southern New Hampshire University Athletic Department announced Thursday that NBC Sports Boston will air a tribute to legendary SNHU men's basketball coach Stan Spirou in the coming weeks. 'Stan Spirou: A Farewell Tribute,' will be available in four million homes across New England at 10 a.m. on Oct. 13 and 20.

For the second consecutive year, Nashua Country Club's James Pleat came back to win the New Hampshire Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship on Thursday at Baker Hill Golf Club in Newbury.

An elementary school in Lawrence was evacuated Thursday as a precaution after an odor of gas was detected, officials said.

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The Dartmouth College football team's undefeated roll will get its first true test as it visits defending Ivy League champion Yale tonight at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn.

To the Editor: From October through December, hunters and their dogs will go to 64 different locations around New Hampshire that have been stocked with a total of 11,535 adult, farm-raised, nonnative red-necked pheasants and hunt them.

NEW HAMPSHIRE'S first-in-the-nation primary is like no other contest in America. The state offers a unique and better platform than others because of our size, our high voter interest, and the scrutiny by our state's electorate. That much is indisputable.

The CEO of the financially teetering CareGivers Inc. hanged himself last month at the town of Merrimack's Horse Hill Nature Preserve, according to a Merrimack police report obtained by the New Hampshire Union Leader.

A 400,0000 U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration grant will put more PSU students in Federally Qualified Health Centers in underserved New Hampshire communities