Scores of students turned their backs as the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery gave the school’s commencement address while striking writers picketed outside.
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Stolen 19th-century marksmanship medals returned in Massachusetts
The medals belonged to two brothers who worked at Springfield Armory and became world-class target shooters.
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U.S. Border Patrol agrees not to set up checkpoints in New Hampshire town
The agreement announced Friday settled a 2020 lawsuit over the use of the checkpoints in Woodstock, where the ACLU claimed that border agents conducted illegal searches and seizures.
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Medicaid expansion bill advances in New Hampshire
Four Republicans ended up voting for the Democratic version of the bill.
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Bill forcing schools to inform parents about transgender children fails in New Hampshire
The bill had passed the Republican-dominated Senate in March along party lines. But while Republicans hold a razor-thin majority in the House, Democrats had a one-vote edge in attendance for Thursday’s session.
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Historical marker dedicated to feminist, labor activist removed in New Hampshire
The marker is removed after 2 Republicans object because the woman honored, who was born in 1890, also chaired the U.S. Communist Party.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Religion and Values
Stained glass shows Jesus with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England
Experts are trying to determine the motivations of the artist, the church and the woman who commissioned the window in memory of her 2 aunts, both of whom married into families that had been involved in the Rhode Island slave trade.
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4 wounded in shooting at New Hampshire graduation party, police say
The victims who were injured in the shooting in Manchester reported just before 5 p.m. Saturday included two women and two men, all in their 20s.
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New Hampshire governor offers path to legalizing marijuana after state Senate rejects bill
New Hampshire is the only state in New England that makes it a crime to smoke pot recreationally.
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New Hampshire Senate rejects marijuana legalization bill, leaving state an outlier in New England
Republicans, who control the Senate, dismissed the bill on a 14-10 vote.