CONCORD — The NH Supreme Court Wednesday reversed a Hanover man’s sex assault conviction, saying his fair trial rights were violated when the judge refused to reject a juror who said she, too, was a child sex assault victim and needed to More...

BOSTON — Taking aim at what they call an abuse of the taxpayers’ money, a growing number of states are blocking welfare recipients from spending their benefits on booze, cigarettes, lottery tickets, casino gambling, tattoos, and strippers More...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — A bomb exploded on a bus carrying Israeli youth in a Bulgarian resort Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 32, officials said. More...

WASHINGTON — A Russia trade bill that could double U.S. exports to Russia but complicate already frosty relations with the former Communist superpower advanced in the Senate on Wednesday. More...

BEIRUT — Rebels penetrated the heart of Syria’s power elite Wednesday, detonating a bomb inside a high-level crisis meeting in Damascus that killed three leaders of the regime, including President Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law and t More...

William Raspberry, who died Tuesday at the age of 76, demonstrated that civility and principle can co-exist, that passion doesn’t preclude compromise and that people can hold on to their convictions without insisting that anyone who disagrees i More...

WASHINGTON — Few instances are more refreshing than the sound of a politician leaving office. More...

I’ve been on vacation in “a certain state north of here” for almost three weeks now and for most of that time I’ve been “unplugged”; away from a reliable cell phone signal, wireless Internet, and most kinds of news More...

Police responded to 322 calls for service and made three arrests July 2-8. More...

CAMPTON — Ducks Unlimited received nine wood duck nesting boxes constructed by Troop 58 of the Boy Scouts representing the towns of Campton, Thornton and Waterville Valley in the Daniel Webster Council. More...

LACONIA — Altrusa International, Inc. of Laconia recently made donations to several area libraries, the Boys and Girls Club of Laconia, Laconia Adult Education, Baby Threads and the Belknap County Nursing Home. More...

CENTER HARBOR — The Meredith Kiwanis Club is holding its annual charity golf tournament on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Waukewan GolfClubwitha1p.m. Shotgun Start. This event offers numerous gifts, cash prizes, and four hole-in-one prizes. More...