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Lawyers for a man found guilty of participating in the 1988 murder of a pregnant Bow woman are working to clear his name and free him from prison after three decades, saying he is innocent and his conviction rested on a false confession.If successful,...

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People in Littleton can now get the overdose-reversal drug naloxone from a vending machine that’s open 24/7, part of an ongoing campaign to expand access to the life-saving medication.The device is outside the Mt. Eustis Commons office building on...

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State regulators have cleared the way for Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont to become part of the Dartmouth Health system.Dartmouth Health — already New Hampshire’s largest health system — and Valley Regional announced plans to affiliate in...

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Researchers will gather at Dartmouth College on Wednesday to discuss the promise AI holds in health care – as well as the challenges it presents.The symposium, AI in Medicine: Bridging Innovation & Practice, is open to the public as well as...

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New Hampshire abortion providers say the medication at the center of a major legal fight before the U.S. Supreme Court has been key to expanding abortion access locally.Abortions done via medication, rather than an in-clinic procedure, have become...

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Dr. Andrew Spector was in the middle of surgery on Friday when he received an urgent text from an administrator. Strangers were calling his employer, Dartmouth Health, demanding he be fired.He soon learned it was because of a video going viral on...

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New Hampshire’s Supreme Court delivered a win for police-transparency advocates Wednesday, ruling that internal police disciplinary files are subject to disclosure under the state’s public records law.The 4-1 decision is the latest in a series of...

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A third of New Hampshire’s population is expected to be 65 or older by 2030. In a newly released plan, state officials are outlining how they intend to better support older adults in the coming years.The updated State Plan on Aging took effect Oct....

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Catholic Medical Center in Manchester is exploring a possible merger with HCA Healthcare, the large for-profit company that also owns hospitals in Portsmouth, Rochester and Derry.The Manchester hospital announced Wednesday that it signed a non-binding...

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Granite Recovery Centers, one of New Hampshire’s largest addiction treatment providers, is expanding into mental health care with a new 20-bed residential facility outside Concord.At a launch event Wednesday, company leaders said the new facility...

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Officials have shared little about what happened leading up to Jason Rothe’s death at New Hampshire’s Secure Psychiatric Unit on April 29, except that he died after a “physical altercation” with six correctional officers, who remain on leave pending...

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Like so many others of its kind, the Circle Program — a summer camp and mentorship program for girls in the greater Concord and Lakes Region area — was closed in 2020.When it partially reopened the following summer, Executive Director Beth Dever...

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Mark Ramirez was driving a tractor-trailer on I-95 one Friday in August 2019 when New Hampshire State Police Trooper Timothy Berky pulled him over. Ramirez, a Latino man who owns a Houston-area moving company, was transporting furniture and other...

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New Hampshire’s practice of temporarily boarding mental health patients in hospital emergency departments is an illegal seizure of the hospitals’ property that disrupts care for other patients in need, a federal judge has ruled.In an order issued Feb....

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As drug deaths rise in New Hampshire, a new mobile service aims to make it easier for people to get life-saving supplies like the overdose-reversal medication naloxone.The New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition recently launched what it’s calling its...

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The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard arguments in a right-to-know case that could have major implications for police transparency in the state.The case involves one specific public-records request — the ACLU of New Hampshire’s pursuit of materials...

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Health officials are warning people that an especially lethal batch of drugs could be circulating in Manchester right now.The warning comes after city officials say seven people died of suspected drug overdoses in a two-day period.Andrew Warner,...

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Health care providers in New Hampshire are pushing for a major increase in Medicaid rates this year, saying it would help them address increasingly dire staff shortages.During a hearing Wednesday, health care leaders told lawmakers that the...

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New Hampshire State Police fired the trooper at the center of a controversial 2017 traffic stop after determining he illegally searched the driver’s phone and made multiple false statements during an internal investigation, according to records...

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A Missouri man who got involved with online white nationalism told a jury Wednesday how his life intersected Christopher Cantwell’s in a way that landed them both in a federal courtroom.Cantwell, 39, a white-nationalist podcaster who lives in Keene,...