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To the Editor: The lifespan of a lion tops out at 15 years in the wild. The apparent ease of life in captivity extends the threshold by another five years. Either way, it seems nature sets a term limit of 20 years for the King of Beasts.

To the Editor: Thank you Mr. McQuaid for your column, 'Innocent until politically embarrassing.' I agree with you 100 percent, and I hope there are a lot more people like you out there.

The New Hampshire Legislature will come back into session on Sept. 13, just two days after the state primary election, to consider bills vetoed by Gov. Chris Sununu.

On today's Opinion page, ACLU-NH's Gilles Bissonnette argues that online companies should not censor offensive speech.

SIX WEEKS from New Hampshire's September primary and three months from the November election, we saw this week significant censorship by technology companies of offensive speech.

'HAVE ANY BIG PLANS for the summer?' people sometimes ask by way of small talk. I reply literally: 'Yes, housetraining a new puppy.'

THE STILL-UNDECIDED special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District should send this message to GOP leaders on Capitol Hill: Energize Republicans and enervate Democrats.

President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday described the probe into Russian election interference being led by special counsel Robert Mueller as 'a different kind of Watergate,' lashing out at the investigation as both sides continue to tangle over the conditions for a potential presidential interview.

The gloves are off when it comes to 19th-century baseball.

The judge in the trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort expressed contrition on Thursday to jurors for harsh commentary directed at prosecutors.

To the Editor: Ever since the beginning of 2018, I have been paying close attention to the candidates running for Congress in the First Congressional District.

GILMANTON mdash A three-alarm fire destroyed a mobile home and heavily damaged an attached three-room addition early Wednesday night on Stockwell Hill Road on land that once belonged to famed author Grace Metalious.Property owner Jeanne Gallant said she was in her home across the street when lightning struck about 5:45...

A Rockingham County Superior Court judge has ordered the owner of CrossFit Affirmation in Newton to cease operations and pay a 46,000 fine for violating the state's consumer protection act and health club statute.

A Rockingham County Superior Court judge has ordered the owner of CrossFit Affirmation in Newton to cease operations and pay a 46,000 fine for violating the state's consumer protection act and health club statute.

LEBANON - A 21-year-old local man was charged with driving while impaired by drugs and leaving the scene of an accident Thursday, according to Lebanon police.

OSHA is investigating an industrial accident at Howard Precision Inc. in which a female worker suffered a traumatic amputation of her left forearm after it became entangled in a piece of machinery.

A Proctor, Vt., man faces firearm, drug and reckless conduct charges after police say he led them through Claremont and Newport on a truck chase Wednesday.

Journeyman Gary Woodland, who has never posted a top-10 finish in a major, found himself leading after the first round PGA Championship on Thursday, firing a six-under 64 to nudge Rickie Fowler out of the top spot.

Mookie Betts hit for the cycle, but it was not enough to give the visiting Boston Red Sox a three-game sweep over the Toronto Blue Jays, who held on to win 8-5 on Thursday night.

Harold Ramirez cracked four hits, including a two-run homer that broke a tie in the fifth inning, lifting the New Hampshire Fisher Cats past the Bowie Baysox 7-2 on Thursday in Bowie, Md.