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New documentary focuses on Christa McAuliffe's impact as a teacher in NH
Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history. Nearly four decades later, a new documentary focuses on how she still inspires others and less on her fate aboard the space shuttle Challenger. “Christa: From Ordinary to Extraordinary” from New Hampshire...
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Should a man who killed 2 Ivy League professors as a teen continue serving life without parole?
A judge wants New Hampshire’s highest court to weigh in on the case of a man who pleaded guilty as a teenager to the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors and is challenging his sentence of life without parole. Robert Tulloch, 41, was 17 when he killed Half and Susanne Zantop as part of a conspiracy he...
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Court hears cases on NH transgender girls playing high school sports
Two lawsuits about transgender girl athletes — one challenging a state ban at schools and the other on the right to protest transgender athletes’ participation on girls teams — were the subject of hearings in federal court in New Hampshire on Thursday.
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Defense Lawyer in Death of 7 Motorcyclists Says Biker Was at Fault
One of the motorcyclists in a crash that killed him and six fellow bikers on a north woods highway was drunk and actually was the one who hit a pickup and caused the accident, the lawyer for the truck driver charged with homicide said in a document made public Tuesday.
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Tiny Dixville Notch May Have to Forfeit Midnight Voting
A tiny, isolated community near the Canadian border known for casting ballots just after midnight in presidential elections may need to forfeit that tradition in 2020. Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, has been in the spotlight for years for voting first in the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary and then in the November elections. But the attorney general’s office said it’s...
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Senator: Lebanon Must be ‘On notice' on Jailed US Citizen
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire says an American citizen jailed in his native Lebanon since September on no charges is very ill and if he dies there, then Lebanon should be subject to sanctions. Shaheen said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday that documents provided by Amer Fakhoury’s lawyer “clearly indicate” he’s not the person...
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Dangerous Wind Chills Put Northern US in the Deep Freeze
Low temperatures and high winds have put the Northeastern U.S. in a deep freeze. Dangerous wind chills of 20 to 30 degrees below in parts of the region made for some crippling conditions Friday. Forecasters said a storm will follow the frigid weather, bringing chances for snow, sleet and freezing rain across much of the country.
