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Freezing hikers recount harrowing rescue from Mount Washington
02-07-2025 9:19 AM

By KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL CASEY

The two friends had hiked New Hampshire’s challenging Mount Washington trail a month ago. They returned and did it again Sunday after trekking through neighboring peaks in the White Mountains. Both veteran hikers, the women were an hour behind schedule on their descent and losing daylight, but they had warm clothing, headlamps and other gear.

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NH native Karoline Leavitt makes her debut as the youngest White House press secretary
01-29-2025 10:47 AM

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE

New Hampshire native Karoline Leavitt made her debut as White House press secretary on Tuesday and promised to speak frequently with the news media and open up the briefing room to podcasters and social media influencers.


Man convicted of holding down boy while he was raped at a youth center gets 20- to 40-year sentence
01-27-2025 3:30 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD, N.H. — A former leader at a New Hampshire youth detention center who was convicted of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998 was sentenced Monday to 20 to 40 years in prison.


Washington state woman is arrested in the fatal shooting of a Vermont Border Patrol agent
01-24-2025 2:20 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

The FBI said Friday that it arrested a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop in Vermont earlier this week.


Mistrial declared in rape case
01-23-2025 4:43 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked on whether a former worker at New Hampshire’s youth detention center raped a 14-year-old boy in 1998, but the defendant still faces 15 other charges in separate cases.


Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says
01-22-2025 2:36 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.


US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont near Canada
01-21-2025 1:11 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK and PATRICK WHITTLE

Authorities on Tuesday are investigating a fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent that also left a suspect dead and another injured on a Vermont highway near Canada, authorities said.


Smart bird feeders gain popularity and spark interest in bird-watching
01-14-2025 11:47 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

Marin Plank truly had no interest in birds when she gave her husband a camera-equipped bird feeder for his birthday. But by Christmas, she had become so obsessed with birds that most of the gifts she received this year — books, stickers, notecards — were related.


NH Supreme Court upholds ruling on ‘Keep New England White’ banners
01-10-2025 4:42 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s highest court on Friday upheld a judge’s dismissal of civil rights complaints against a white nationalist group that prosecutors say trespassed when it displayed without a permit “Keep New England White” banners from an overpass in 2022.


Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control across LA area
01-08-2025 1:01 PM

By JAIMIE DING, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JULIE WATSON

LOS ANGELES — Multiple massive wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force Wednesday, destroying more than 1,000 structures and killing at least two people as desperate residents escaped through flames, ferocious winds and...


Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol’s cancer risk
01-03-2025 1:45 PM

By AMANDA SEITZ

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday. Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol...


Family of 4 that died Christmas Day at NH home ID’d
12-27-2024 2:26 PM

By NICK PERRY

MEREDITH — A Massachusetts couple and their two daughters were identified by authorities Friday as the victims of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after they were found dead at their lake house in New Hampshire on Christmas Day.Matthew Goldstein,...


Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to
12-02-2024 8:04 AM

By ZEKE MILLER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the...


Man found guilty of holding down teen while he was raped at YDC in 1998
11-26-2024 2:32 PM

By NICK PERRY

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found a former leader at a youth detention center guilty of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998.Bradley Asbury, now 70, was found guilty on two counts of being an accomplice to aggravated...


Karoline Leavitt, at age 27, will be the youngest White House press secretary
11-18-2024 1:32 PM

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

President-elect Donald Trump named Karoline Leavitt, a former Congressional candidate from New Hampshire, to serve as his White House press secretary.Leavitt, 27, currently a spokesperson for Trump’s transition, would be the youngest White House press...


Trump wins White House in political comeback
11-06-2024 5:54 AM

By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted...


Trump and Harris await results with battleground polls closing
11-05-2024 11:16 PM

Associated Press and Monitor staff reports

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris notched early wins in reliably Republican and Democratic states, respectively, as a divided America made its decision in a stark choice for the nation’s future Tuesday.Polls closed in...


Leaf-peepers are flocking to see New England’s brilliant fall colors
10-15-2024 11:48 AM

By NICK PERRY, MICHAEL CASEY and PATRICK WHITTLE

MEREDITH, N.H. — New England leaf-watching season is in full swing, as people from as far as Florida and Berlin flock to the region for scenic drives, train rides and bus tours to soak in the splendid hues of red, orange and bronze. With quaint towns...


The fate of Nibi the beaver lands in court as rescuers try to stop her release into the wild
10-03-2024 4:14 PM

By JAMIE STENGLE

Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor...


Larry Laughlin, longtime AP bureau chief for northern New England, dies at 75
10-02-2024 4:00 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

Lawrence “Larry” Laughlin, a calm, kind and quick-witted journalist whose 38-year career included two decades as the northern New England bureau chief for The Associated Press, has died. He was 75.Laughlin, who lived in Concord, New Hampshire, died...


Robert Tulloch challenging his sentence for killing 2 Dartmouth professors as a teen in 2001
09-25-2024 3:33 PM

By KATHY McCORMACK

A man who pleaded guilty as a teenager to the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors is challenging his life-without-parole sentence, saying that the New Hampshire Constitution prohibits it.Robert Tulloch was 17 when he...

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