The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has lacked ice in the summertime in recent years, enabling gray whales to travel through it.
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Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Religion and Values
Far-right Catholic news site likely to close in wake of New Hampshire priest’s defamation case
A 2019 Church Militant article cast aspersions on the emotional state of a Manchester church official, said he had ‘botched’ his work and was known as a ‘troublemaker’ in the Vatican – all claims the site now acknowledges were not properly vetted.
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Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira expected to plead guilty in federal case
The Massachusetts Air National Guard member is accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform.
Posted inElections, New England, Politics
Vermont town grants 16- and 17-year-olds right to vote in local elections
Some voters in Brattleboro, population 7,500, could have a hand in choosing major party nominees.
Posted inNew England, News
‘Totally cold’ is not too cold for winter swimmers competing in a frozen Vermont lake
This year, swimmers came from as far away as Mexico and England as well as from California, Arizona, Texas, the Northeastern U.S. and British Columbia.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Magician says political consultant hired him to create AI robocall ahead of New Hampshire primary
Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign allegedly hired the man to create the audio for what authorities say may be the first known attempt to use artificial intelligence to interfere with a U.S. election.
Posted inNew England
New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, whose body has not been found
Investigators believe Harmony Montgomery was slain in December 2019, though she wasn’t reported missing for almost two years.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Jury starts deliberating in trial of New Hampshire man accused of killing daughter, 5
Police first learned that Harmony Montgomery was missing in December 2021 and later said she was killed in December 2019, though her body was never found.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Child hospitalized after 4 fall through ice on northern Vermont lake
Two adults and another child, who fell through while riding on a side-by-side recreational vehicle, appeared to be in a state of exhaustion with hypothermia.
Posted inNew England, News
Hiker rescued from mountain with 90-mph winds, bitter cold atop Mount Washington
Officials say the hiker from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, didn’t have appropriate gear for the dangerous winter conditions.