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Hour after hour, people kept dropping. Sirens blared throughout the afternoon. There were so many overdoses ' people passed out, vomiting, convulsing ' that emergency workers could hardly sprint fast enough to keep up.

Former CIA Director John Brennan said on Thursday he would not be silenced by Donald Trump, a day after the President revoked the Obama-era official's security clearance and said the move was directly tied to the Russia investigation.

The Vatican expressed shame and sorrow on Thursday over revelations that Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused about 1,000 people over seven decades, as U.S. bishops vowed to involve non-clerical experts in abuse investigations.

Cavan Biggio's solo homer with two outs in the ninth, his second of the game, led the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to a come-from-behind 7-6 win over the Altoona Curve Thursday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.

Two decades ago, Frederick Veazey was drawn to this suburban idyll by the usual things: grass, peace and quiet, good schools. But in choosing where to raise his sons and daughter, the successful insurance broker also wanted something else.

To the Editor: The Sept. 11 primary is only weeks away. In a recent event held by the Democrats, we Laconia-area voters listened to Democratic party candidates for Carol Shea-Porter's First Congressional District seat.

Greenland-based PoliteMail Software topped this year's list of fastest-growing private companies in New Hampshire, according to Inc. magazine's national ranking.

After collecting a 327,225 severance package for no longer serving as president of Keene State College, Anne Huot has now accepted a 44,158 buyout to not teach in the upcoming academic year.

A Massachusetts man has been arrested on charges he repeatedly sexually assaulted a child while camping in Hancock in 2009, and police say there could be more victims assaulted at additional campgrounds in New Hampshire and other states.

Aimee Vasse, fresh off a win last weekend at Pike's Peak in Colorado, will defend her title Saturday as reigning champion in the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.

THE LEFT and its henchmen in the old-guard media relentlessly insist that President Donald J. Trump is America's racist-in-chief. This exhausted lie seems to fall on increasingly skeptical ears. And a surprising number of them are black.

A man accused of operating an unregistered health club in Newton appeared in court Thursday after state and local police spent nearly two hours trying to get him to surrender while he was holed up inside the gym.

The Trump administration is pushing in court for unfettered public access to blueprints for making guns with 3-D printers even after the President tweeted that they don't 'seem to make much sense.'

Tom Brady went 19-for-26, 172 yards and two touchdowns in a stellar first half in the Pats' 37-20 win in NFL preseason play Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

MANCHESTER - A Manchester man was arrested and charged with arson Thursday, accused of setting two small fires behind businesses on Hanover Street.A police officer was called to 121 Hanover St., the building that houses GlowBar just east of Chestnut Street, about 12:20 a.m. to assist evacuating the...

LACONIA - A local man involved in a 2017 crash that left an Alton father and his daughter in comas has informed the court that he intends to plead guilty.James Willingham, 32, was indicted in February on three counts of aggravated DWI and three counts of second-degree assault in connection with the...

MANCHESTER - Police investigating two separate reports of fights at Victory Park Wednesday arrested two city men on various charges.Officers were first called to the Chestnut Street park about 5 p.m., where they determined a fight had broken up but 20 to 30 people still were milling around, police...

CONCORD - A Lawrence, Mass., man was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison and faces deportation to the Dominican Republic when his sentence is complete for his role in a drug trafficking operation that operated in the Bay State and New Hampshire in 2017.Miguel Arias Velasquez, 22, pleaded guilty...

All 11 Democratic candidates for the First Congressional District showed up for the New Hampshire Democratic Party forum at Dover Middle School Thursday night.

A long-awaited party-sponsored debate between the two major Republican candidates for 1st District congressman fell apart Thursday night after Eddie Edwards of Dover refused to sign a pledge to back state Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford if Sanborn wins the Sept. 11 primary. Edwards came up to the stage and sat beside Sanborn in the hope that...