N.H. Gov. Sununu vetoes repeal of death penalty

Nation & World

Published
June 21, 2018

N.H. Gov. Sununu vetoes repeal of death penalty

The state has one person on death row: Michael Addison, who killed a Manchester police officer in 2006.
Published
June 21, 2018

White House announces revamp of federal government, including merging Labor and Education departments

Republicans have long wanted to eliminate the Education Department since it was created by President Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Published
June 21, 2018

First lady visits migrant children at Texas detention center

Her visit to Upbring New Hope Children’s Center comes after President Trump signed an executive order halting the practice of separating families.
Published
June 21, 2018

Appeals court grants new sentencing hearings for DC sniper

The ruling only applies to the life-without-parole sentences for the murders committed in Virginia by Lee Boyd Malvo.
Published
June 21, 2018

New evidence shows viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s

The idea that infections earlier in life might set the stage for Alzheimer’s decades later has been long-debated.
Published
June 21, 2018

Supreme Court ruling on online sales tax could bring millions of dollars to Maine

Officials estimate the state has been losing $20 million a year in sales taxes that online shoppers haven’t been required to pay.
Published
June 21, 2018

Hundreds flock to LaGuardia to greet migrant children flown in from the border

Waving signs and singing songs in English and Spanish, the crowd was both a welcoming party and rebuke of the White House policies that have split the country in recent days.
Published
June 21, 2018

Phillies fan struck in the eye by a flying hot dog

The fan says she was unable to swat the hot dog away because she has a shoulder injury.
Published
June 20, 2018

LePage plans to send helicopter, 2 National Guard pilots to U.S.-Mexico border

Governors of several other states on the East Coast, including two Republicans, had pulled their National Guard resources before Trump reversed course and ended the ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy that resulted in children being separated from their parents.
Published
June 20, 2018

Mickelson apologizes 4 days after hitting moving ball

Phil Mickelson said his ‘anger and frustration’ got the best of him.