March On, a separate grassroots coalition that also grew from the original march, coordinated hundreds of marches in cities such as Boston, Houston, Baltimore and Denver.
President Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal on Saturday in a bid to end a 29-day partial government shutdown.
“The teacher of the class where the incident occurred, John Carver, will remain on paid administrative leave for the remainder of the 2018-2019 school year as he has committed to engage in an intensive course of study on issues pertaining to race, bias and privilege,” said the superintendent.
If you watch Manchester school board meetings on TV, here’s the usual lineup.
MANCHESTER — The Currier Museum of Art is hosting a free screening Thursday of “404 Not Found,” a documentary about youth homeless in Manchester produced by Nancy Phillips of Exeter.
NASHUA — About 80 nursing students were forced to live in poverty Thursday as part of a simulation designed to help them understand the complexities facing low-income families throughout the state.
CONCORD — New Hampshire’s first transgender state representatives, Democrats Lisa Bunker of Exeter and Gerri Cannon of Somersworth, were in Representative’s Hall on Thursday, but not for a House session.
LITTLETON — At a thriving brewery whose employees and owners hail equally from New Hampshire and Vermont, Gov. Chris Sununu and Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday rolled out a voluntary family leave plan that leverages the buying power of their 18,500 combined state workers.
MANCHESTER — A request from Alderman Tim Baines to alter city ordinances to permit downtown business owners to control the use of sidewalks outside their storefronts year-round received support Tuesday night from members of an aldermanic committee.
It was just five days before Christmas when Marcia Barbosa was faced with unimaginable grief.
CONCORD — An attempt by a group of Republican lawmakers to repeal a state law allowing buffer zones around abortion clinics was soundly rejected by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in a bipartisan 14-4 vote.
PORTSMOUTH — Speakers at the Women’s March in Portsmouth Saturday will be addressing a variety of social issues, including climate change and transgender rights.
A Cuban immigrant living in Barrington was released from federal custody Tuesday, five days after an immigration judge ruled deportation proceedings against him be dropped.
Poor oversight, financial mismanagement and a failure to accommodate large increases in demand and services helped lead to the financial collapse of an addiction treatment center that was placed in receivership by the state, according to a report released Monday by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office.
Attendees represented people of all ages, from grade-school age kids who came with their parents to senior citizens.
Fentanyl has become the biggest killer in the nation’s raging drug overdose epidemic.
Jeffrey Carter, who is homeless, clutched two gold-colored coins in his palm as he approached the Mission Muffins cafe trailer in Northwest Washington to exchange them for a breakfast burrito and apple juice.
Four black men wrongly accused of raping a white teenager 70 years ago were pardoned by top Florida officials on Friday, a long-sought step in a case seen as a historic racial injustice.
DOVER — People who turned out for a community forum on racism and stereotypes Wednesday night were challenged to think about who created the fears that drive people apart.
NASHUA — The chairman of the board of trustees for the Nashua Public Library says drag queen Monique Toosoon will still be presenting a reading event aimed at teens this weekend, despite some calls for the event be called off.
MANCHESTER — Mayor Joyce Craig’s strategy for dealing with the problem of homelessness in the city was endorsed by aldermen Tuesday night.
MANCHESTER — City aldermen were expected to endorse key parts of Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig’s strategy for dealing with the problem of homelessness in the city.
During the course of 14 listening sessions across the state, members of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion consistently heard the same issues raised by some of New Hampshire’s most vulnerable communities.
MANCHESTER — Members of the Aldermanic Committee on Community Improvement on Monday voted to recommend aldermen OK $200,000 in funding to expand services at — and make capital improvements to — Families in Transition/New Horizons.
SARASOTA, Fla. — One of the largest enfranchisements of U.S. citizens in the past century begins Tuesday in Florida, and many of the more than 1.4 million ex-felons set to regain their voting rights here are treating the moment as a celebration.
A teen storytime event planned by the city library and set to feature a local drag queen has raised questions about whether it’s appropriate from a conservative New Hampshire organization, Cornerstone Action.
Complaints to city officials involving vagrants panhandling, obstructing city sidewalks and using alcoves and doorways as bathrooms have been on the rise in recent weeks.
CONCORD — Lawyers asked a judge Thursday to block state corrections officials from exercising a rarely used “pay to stay” law, which allows the prison system to charge an inmate for the costs of his incarceration.
The number of overdose deaths dropped in New Hampshire’s two largest cities in 2018, according to data released Wednesday by American Medical Response.
MANCHESTER — Downtown restaurant customers and nightclub visitors have to be convinced not to give money to panhandlers, according to the head of an organization that runs the New Horizons shelter and soup kitchen.
Editors note: This is the final part of a three-part series about a journey Laconia Daily Sun Managing Editor Roger Carroll made through the mental health system after a personal crisis.
Editors note: This is the second of a three-part series about a journey Laconia Daily Sun Managing Editor Roger Carroll made through the state’s mental health system after a personal crisis.
Editor’s note: Laconia Daily Sun Managing Editor Roger Carroll experienced firsthand how the state’s mental health system works, and doesn’t work, when he went through a personal crisis and sought help. He writes about his experiences in three parts.
France’s “yellow vest” demonstrators kept numerous roads across the country blocked on Saturday as groups of protesters marched in city centers, but the anti-government backlash was more dispersed and muted than in previous weeks.
Felipe Gomez Alonzo was the second Guatemalan child to die this month while being held by U.S. authorities, sparking outrage from immigration advocates.
MANCHESTER — Manchester aldermen have allocated $575,000 in housing funds to gut and rehabilitate a dilapidated Red-X building in a densely populated neighborhood on Granite Street.
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is prepared to wait as long as it takes to get $5 billion from taxpayers for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, a demand that has triggered a partial shutdown of the federal government.
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is deploying the U.S. Coast Guard’s medical corps to the southern border to screen immigrants after two young children from Guatemala died after being taken into federal custody.
MANCHESTER — A Facebook video posted over the weekend by a city alderman showing homeless people arguing with first responders has sparked debate on how to address the growing number of vagrants in downtown Manchester.
The Newfound High School principal sent a letter of apology after some Bears fans made “inappropriate, demeaning and harassing comments,” to a gay player from White Mountains Regional High School during a Dec. 5 girls’ basketball game.
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Next up for the 38-year-old: running one of the largest prosecutorial offices in the state.
Andrew Johnson stood at the side of the mat, shoulders slumped forward, as teammates from Buena Regional High School stepped up one at a time with a high five and some encouragement.
Members of an Arizona evangelical church are for the first time taking Central American asylum seekers into their homes, responding to record arrivals of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The current chief of safety at KSC will make sure that St. Paul’s School follows the agreement it made to address problems of sexual assault and misbehavior at the campus, Attorney General Gordon MacDonald said.
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Advocates and public officials along with past and present street people honored the names of the 35 homeless who died this year in the city at an emotional vigil in Veterans Memorial Park.
MANCHESTER — Another video featuring student-on-student violence in Manchester schools has emerged on social media, this one showing a Memorial High School student slapping another across the face.
SALEM — Eric Spofford, CEO of Granite Recovery Centers, said Tuesday his company will begin accepting patients next year who receive their health care coverage through Medicaid.
A policy allowing concealed carry of firearms in the House of Representatives, in effect since 2015, is about to be overturned by the new Democratic majority.
If the city does not remove a nativity scene and menorah it displays each year at Broad Street Park, an atheist is threatening to erect an anti-Christian display of his own.
When you start an endeavor — say, a basketball game or a musical performance — you don’t just start by shooting three-point shots or blowing jazz riffs.
