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The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled that an 87-year-old woman found dead in her home Aug. 15 likely died as a result of a medical condition and not criminal activity.

Coca-Cola Co. will buy New England cult-favorite soda brand Moxie from one of its independent bottlers as it looks to house more of its up-and-coming beverage brands under one roof.

NORTH HAVERHILL - Michael Lewis, the ex-chief of police in Bristol, is facing an upgraded charge of misdemeanor sexual assault, alleging that he touched a woman's buttocks for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.

The legal team representing the Rhode Island man charged with shooting his mother to death in her New Hampshire hospital bed intends to use an insanity defense.

WOLFEBORO - A Connecticut man was arrested for domestic violence assault and taken into protective custody for intoxication after he allegedly fled the scene in a boat.

Two sisters tangled with police officers after they were found inside a North End home early Tuesday morning, one bleeding from broken glass on a back door that she was accused of damaging in order to enter the structure.

A licensed nursing assistant from Portsmouth has been charged with assault after she allegedly covered the mouth of a 92-year-old woman in her care.

An 18-year-old local woman has been charged with multiple hit-and-run accidents.

You know it's important to eat right, exercise and keep your cholesterol under control to reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke. If that's not enough of an incentive, new research suggests that taking care of your cardiovascular system will pay off for your brain as well.

A Paulding County, Ga., teacher is giving the gift of life to one of his students. Kaden Koebcke, 12, has needed a new kidney for most of his life.

Imagine a drug that could enhance a child's creativity, critical thinking and resilience. Imagine that this drug were simple to make, safe to take, and could be had for free.

Deb and Tim Conroy knew for 25 years that Tim would need a new kidney. In June, she gave him one of hers.

Although there were protesters calling for the resignation of three school employees on Monday, for the first time since an investigation began into their possible misconduct there was also public support for the three women.

NHIAA Division III football was remodeled in the offseason. Eight teams that were in the division a year ago left to form a fourth division, and there are four new teams in Division III as well: Hillsboro-DeeringHopkinton, Laconia, Lebanon and Trinity.

A woman awaiting a jury trial appeal for her conviction on 29 counts of animal cruelty has been ordered to post a 70,000 bond because she has refused to allow her dogs to be adopted.

A Vermont man whose mother has not been heard from in two years claims the sinking of the fishing boat from which she vanished and he was cast adrift at sea for a week was 'entirely accidental.'

Two of U.S. Sen. John McCain's closest New Hampshire allies ' former Sen. Kelly Ayotte and campaign advisor Steve Duprey ' will participate in the McCain funerals later this week, both confirmed on Monday.

Just like that, there's a race again in the American League East.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu and the two Democrats hoping to challenge him in the fall staked out their positions on issues affecting children and families in a gubernatorial forum that covered topics from education funding to child abuse prevention.

Last year's changes to voter registration laws went under a judicial microscope on Monday, when Superior Court Judge Kenneth Brown gaveled open a trial-like hearing that is scheduled to last up to seven days.