Sean was a 44-year old former salesman, church volunteer and father of two whose severe neurological disorder left him wasting away, unable to speak or care for himself.
Monday, February 19, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
CAIRO — Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel’s war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he does not expect the Republican-led chamber will consider President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars more aid for Ukraine before mid-March, after it debates broader spending bills.
Monday, February 12, 2024
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said on Monday the United States is pushing for a six-week pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza as a stepping stone toward a longer cease-fire.
Friday, February 09, 2024
DOHA/JERUSALEM — Israeli forces geared up on Friday for a ground assault on Hamas in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced by violence further north are trapped in desperate conditions.
Tuesday, February 06, 2024
CONCORD — The state’s child advocate and top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services disagreed over how to reform oversight of out-of-state residential treatment after “horrifying” conditions were found last summer at a Tennessee center for troubled children.
Jennifer Crumbley, the 45-year-old mother of the Oxford High School shooter, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by an Oakland County jury on Tuesday, after an emotional two-week trial that examined a parent’s culpability for their child’s deadly actions.
Saturday, February 03, 2024
Time was, you didn’t think about where your electricity came from. You flipped a switch and the lights went on.
Thursday, February 01, 2024
NASHUA — The aldermanic Finance Committee’s recent authorization of a contract with a Manchester-based company that operates so-called “warming centers” statewide has set the stage for the opening of an overnight center in Nashua.
JERUSALEM/DOHA — Israel prepared to advance its war on Gaza farther south, close to the Egyptian border, after claiming to have dismantled Hamas in Khan Younis, as diplomatic efforts in pursuit of a cease-fire accelerated.
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan negotiators in the Senate will release as early as Friday a long-sought — and politically charged — agreement to stem the flow of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, setting up a vote next week on a bill that would also provide fresh aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
BELFAST -- Northern Irish and British politicians voiced optimism on Tuesday that the regional power-sharing government could be restored quickly following a breakthrough overnight, ending a near two-year crisis that threatened a key part of the 1998 peace deal.
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A new spa in Atkinson catering to adults who role-play as children wearing diapers has neighbors’ undergarments in a bunch, with hundreds signing an online petition to prevent the business from opening in the community.
WASHINGTON — A Republican-led House of Representatives panel on Tuesday began debating impeachment charges against Democratic President Joe Biden’s top border official, a near-unprecedented move that comes as political tensions around immigration ramp up.
Monday, January 29, 2024
WEST BANK/GAZA/DOHA — Hamas said on Tuesday it had received and was studying a new proposal for a cease-fire and release of hostages in Gaza, presented by mediators after talks with Israel, in what appeared to be the most serious peace initiative for months.
The first human patient has received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company’s billionaire founder Elon Musk said.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Thursday, January 25, 2024
ATMORE, Ala. -- Alabama on Thursday executed convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who held his breath in vain as officials asphyxiated him with nitrogen gas, the first use of a new method of capital punishment since lethal injections began in the U.S. four decades ago.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Manchester has been chosen as one of 100 cities nationally to take part in an anti-stigma initiative led by the Addiction Policy Forum, Mayor Jay Ruais announced Wednesday.
The Manchester Continuum of Care will be conducting the annual point-in-time count to gather data about sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness during the early hours of Thursday, Jan. 25, through Wednesday, Jan. 31.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
A man who fatally shot eight people in Illinois over the weekend before taking own life as law enforcement closed in on him in Texas was a family relative to most of his victims, but his motives remain a mystery, police said on Tuesday.
Monday, January 22, 2024
GAZA/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON — Intense international mediation efforts are working toward exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners during a proposed monthlong ceasefire in Gaza, Reuters reported on Tuesday, as the White House said its envoy was having active discussions on the issu…
Sunday, January 21, 2024
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel’s complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza.
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Allyson Ryder was a freshman at Southern New Hampshire University in 2001 when news of the 9/11 attacks came.
Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of the war in Gaza triggering a wider regional conflict pitting Iran and its allies against Israel and the United States.
Friday, January 19, 2024
The rights and obligations shared by all Americans is the topic of a virtual conversation led by veteran diplomat and best-selling author Dr. Richard Haass next month.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
An investigation into a complaint by a resident claiming a Manchester alderman entered the Beech Street homeless shelter “without authorization” and took a binder containing names and bed numbers of shelter guests has determined no violation of the City Charter occurred.
Sunday, January 14, 2024
LACONIA — In the 95th year since his birth and 56th year since his assassination, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 2024 remains a vital part of the discussion about justice, equality and humans loving and treating each other well, including here in the Lakes Region.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tuesday, January 09, 2024
A New Hampshire organization will go before Manchester’s zoning board this week seeking a variance to use the former Boy Scouts of America headquarters on Holt Avenue as a group home for as many as 20 inmates coming out of the New Hampshire Women’s Prison.
TEL AVIV — Israel must make “hard choices” if it wants to normalize relations with more of its neighbors and should support Palestinian leaders who are willing to live side-by-side with Israelis, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday in Tel Aviv.
Sunday, January 07, 2024
ABU DHABI, GAZA, JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Monday before heading on to Israel after warning that the Gaza war could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts, while Israel vowed to continu…
Friday, January 05, 2024
Wayne LaPierre resigned as leader of the National Rifle Association on Friday, ending a long career during which the NRA became one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, only to see its prestige tarnished by corruption allegations and a bankruptcy filing.
This year’s community celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Manchester will urge participants to join the social justice work to which the slain civil rights leader devoted his life.
Wednesday, January 03, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel responded swiftly to Aaron Rodgers’ claims that the late-night host could show up on the highly anticipated Jeffrey Epstein associates list.
Tuesday, January 02, 2024
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A Farmington woman is suing a state agency that she says was responsible for her 2-week-old granddaughter at the time of her death.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
California’s homeless population grew 6% this year to more than 181,000 people–by far the largest estimate of any state, accounting for nearly three in 10 unhoused people nationwide, according to new federal data.
Monday, December 25, 2023
BOSTON — A national gun owners advocacy group has vowed to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that Massachusetts’ assault weapons ban is constitutional.
Friday, December 22, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of Americans convicted of using or possessing marijuana on certain federal lands and commuted the sentences of nearly a dozen nonviolent drug offenders, echoing a move he made last year that highlighted his justice reform agenda.
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Saturday, February 03, 2024
Time was, you didn’t think about where your electricity came from. You flipped a switch and the lights went on.
Thursday, February 01, 2024
NASHUA — The aldermanic Finance Committee’s recent authorization of a contract with a Manchester-based company that operates so-called “warming centers” statewide has set the stage for the opening of an overnight center in Nashua.
JERUSALEM/DOHA — Israel prepared to advance its war on Gaza farther south, close to the Egyptian border, after claiming to have dismantled Hamas in Khan Younis, as diplomatic efforts in pursuit of a cease-fire accelerated.
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan negotiators in the Senate will release as early as Friday a long-sought — and politically charged — agreement to stem the flow of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, setting up a vote next week on a bill that would also provide fresh aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
BELFAST -- Northern Irish and British politicians voiced optimism on Tuesday that the regional power-sharing government could be restored quickly following a breakthrough overnight, ending a near two-year crisis that threatened a key part of the 1998 peace deal.
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A new spa in Atkinson catering to adults who role-play as children wearing diapers has neighbors’ undergarments in a bunch, with hundreds signing an online petition to prevent the business from opening in the community.
WASHINGTON — A Republican-led House of Representatives panel on Tuesday began debating impeachment charges against Democratic President Joe Biden’s top border official, a near-unprecedented move that comes as political tensions around immigration ramp up.