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Manchester's police chief and superintendent of schools issued a joint letter Monday defending their decision to place Manchester High School Central into lockdown last Friday ' keeping students, teachers and other staff at the school until 7:45 p.m. ' after a man was shot and killed nearby on Hanover Street.

The Trump administration on Monday threatened tough action against the International Criminal Court should it try to prosecute Americans for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and said the PLO's office in Washington would be closed for seeking to punish Israel through the court.

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The Mack Plaque matchup, albeit two weeks away, got a bit juicier in this week's New Hampshire Union Leader High School Football Power Poll.

An estimated 180,000 New Hampshire voters will head to the polls Tuesday in primary elections to choose Democratic, Republican and Libertarian candidates for governor, Congress and state legislature. The winners will be on the ballot for the general election on Nov. 6.

Manchester police scurried from location to location on Monday, hoping to find Paul Dimick, who authorities say gunned down a man Friday and then apparently escaped a police perimeter set up for him in a center city neighborhood.

Merrimack Fire Rescue is mourning the loss of one of its most dedicated on-call volunteers, Paul Mondoux, 63, who was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday.

A woman who was out on bail after being arrested three times in five days last week was arrested again Saturday while trying to steal from an outlet store, police said Monday.

A local man is accused of trying to kidnap a 13-year-old girl outside Faneuil Hall after first offering to buy her from her parents, police said Monday.

Mitch Moreland hit a walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox averted a series sweep with a 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday at Fenway Park.

A Merrimack motorcyclist was killed when state police said he went off Interstate 293 and struck a metal guardrail on Sunday.

For a 44th time on Sunday, the World Championship of Mud Football put the 'fun' into fundraising, as the Muddas tromped the North Shore Mud Sharks 38-6, in the process supporting several nonprofits in the Mount Washington Valley.

Safety features and amenities for a new police station in Portsmouth were discussed Thursday evening during a presentation at the public library.

You'd think this summer's scorching heat and humidity would have been great for businesses at Hampton Beach, but some say it was just too hot. The weather is always a key player when it comes to the success of the short summer season, and this year was no exception.

Officials say a woman was seriously injured Saturday after she was hit by a truck while riding bike in Gilmanton.

Question: My supervisor at work says a lot of discriminatory things. Can I secretly record our conversations to try to 'catch him in the act' and use the recordings as evidence in a case against him?

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