KATHY McCORMACK

New Hampshire’s limits on teaching on race and gender are unconstitutional, judge says
A federal judge has struck down New Hampshire’s nearly 3-year-old law limiting what teachers can say about race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and other topics.
 
Jared Ravizza, of Chilmark, Mass., center, stands during his arraignment, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Plymouth District Court, in Plymouth, Mass. Ravizza was arraigned assault charges. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)
Evaluation requested for suspect charged in stabbings at Massachusetts movie theater, McDonald’s
A Massachusetts individual has been arraigned on charges including assault with the intent to murder after six people were stabbed in separate attacks.
 
FILE - A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. A medical examiner says a Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge died from ingesting a substance “with a high capsaicin concentration,” according to autopsy results The Associated Press obtained late Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Capsaicin is a chili pepper extract. Harris Wolobah died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating the chip. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc, File)
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract.
 
Man gets over 3 years in prison for posting video threatening school shooting in New Hampshire
A man who posted a Snapchat video last year threatening to shoot up a New Hampshire high school has been sentenced to a little over three years in prison.
 
Adam Montgomery arrives for his sentencing hearing at Hillsborough Superior Court, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Manchester N.H. Montgomery was found guilty of second-degree murder earlier in the year in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021 and whose body was never found. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
New Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years on murder, other charges in young daughter’s death
That sentence will be added on to the minimum 32 1/2-year sentence Adam Montgomery, 34, began last year on unrelated gun charges, effectively amounting to a life sentence following his actions in the death of Harmony Montgomery. Police believe she was killed nearly two years before she was reported
 
FILE - Volodymyr Zhukovskyy looks back at the gallery before closing statements at his trial at Coos County Superior Court, in Lancaster, N.H., Aug. 9, 2022. Zhukovskyy, a commercial truck driver from Ukraine who was acquitted in 2022 of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire, testified remotely at an administrative hearing in Concord, N.H, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, to lift a state suspension on his driver's license. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool, File)
Trucker acquitted in deadly crash asks for license back, but state says he contributed to accident
A commercial truck driver who was acquitted of causing the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire has testified on his request to reinstate his suspended driver’s license.
 
New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, ordered to be at sentencing after skipping trial
A judge has ruled that a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter must appear in person for his upcoming sentencing after he didn’t attend his trial.
 
James Parker listens to the parole boards decision during his parole hearing, Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Concord, N.H. Parker who served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas has been granted parole. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors
A man who’s served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas has been granted parole.
 
FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2001 file photo, James Parker is brought into court in Haverhill, N.H. where he faces charges in connection with the stabbing deaths of two Dartmouth College professors. Parker, who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas was granted parole Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
Man up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth professor stabbing deaths
A man who’s served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas is getting his first chance at parole.
 
FILE - A customer holds the door for a family arriving at Leavitt's Country Bakery, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Conway, N.H. Residents have passed a public art ordinance after a well-intentioned school art project – a large painting of pastries displayed over a roadside bakery – split the town with a legal battle pitting zoning codes against freedom-of-speech rights (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Town creates public art ordinance after free speech debate over doughnut mural
Voters in a New Hampshire town have passed an ordinance addressing what local officials call “a path forward” for the installation of murals and other public artwork.
 
Traffic inches along southbound Interstate 93 near Franconia, N.H., on Monday, April 8, 2024, more than eight hours after the solar eclipse. Thousands of people had traveled to a group of rural communities in the state, which were in the path of totality (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
Many eclipse visitors to northern New England pulled an all-nighter trying to leave
Many eclipse visitors to northern New England had to pull an all-nighter navigating crammed roads in order to leave. They inched their way back home late Monday and early Tuesday on packed interstates and secondary roads.
 
FILE - U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., listens during a hearing, March 14, 2022, in Manchester, N.H. Kuster said Wednesday, March 27, 2024 she will not seek reelection to Congress for a seventh term in November, leaving the state's sprawling 2nd District open to a possible GOP successor. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)
US Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire won’t seek reelection for a seventh term in November
Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire says she will not seek reelection to Congress for a seventh term in November, leaving the state’s sprawling 2nd District open to a possible GOP successor.
 
MLB pitcher Dennis Eckersley’s daughter reunited with her son after giving birth in woods in 2022
The daughter of MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley has been reunited with her son as she awaits trial on reckless conduct and other charges after she gave birth in a tent in subfreezing temperatures.
 
FILE - A historical marker dedicated to Elizabeth Gurley Flynn stands in Concord, N.H., Friday, May 5, 2023. A judge dismissed a lawsuit against the state brought by supporters of the marker, saying they lacked the legal right or interest to argue for the marker's restoration. (AP Photo/Kathy McCormack, File)
Judge dismisses lawsuit over removal of marker dedicated to Communist Party leader
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the state of New Hampshire after government officials removed a historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist who also led the U.S. Communist Party.
 
Crystal Sorey, the mother of Harmony Montgomery, leaves court following a probate case hearing at Nashua Circuit Court in Nashua, N.H., Monday, March 11, 2024. The mother of the little girl who was brutally murdered by her father, Adam Montgomery, was in court to declare her daughter deceased in an attempt to file a wrongful death lawsuit. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Judge rules missing 5-year-old girl legally dead weeks after father convicted of killing her
A judge has ruled that a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl missing since 2019 is legally dead and her mother can become administrator of her estate, just weeks after the child’s father was convicted of killing her.
 
Crystal Sorey, the mother of Harmony Montgomery, sits with her attorney, Sheliah Kaufold, at a hearing for a probate case hearing at Nashua Circuit Court in Nashua, N.H., Monday, March 11, 2024. The mother of Harmony, the little girl who was brutally murdered by her father, Adam Montgomery, was in court to declare her daughter deceased in an attempt to file a wrongful death lawsuit. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Mother of 5-year-old girl killed by father takes first steps in planned wrongful death lawsuit
“I’m her warrior, basically,” Sorey said afterward of her daughter, WMUR-TV reported. “Everything I do is for her.”
 
Kayla Montgomery stands and looks over to the gallery after her parole board hearing at the New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women in Concord, N.H., on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Kayla Montgomery, the estranged wife of Adam Montgomery, convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving the body around for months, has been granted parole more than a year after she was sentenced to prison for lying about where she was when the child was last seen. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Woman whose husband killed his 5-year-old daughter granted parole for perjury
The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving the body around for months has been granted parole more than a year after she was sentenced to prison for lying about where she was when the child was last seen.
 
FILE - Adam Montgomery enters the courtroom for jury selection ahead of his murder trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Montgomery convicted of second-degree murder by a jury Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021 and whose body was never found. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
New Hampshire man convicted of killing daughter, 5, whose body has not been found
A New Hampshire man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old daughter. Police believe Harmony Montgomery was killed nearly two years before she was reported missing in 2021.
 
Senior Assistant New Hampshire Attorney General Benjamin Agati shows the jury a photograph of the defendant during closing arguments in Adam Montgomery's trial, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. Montgomery is accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter Harmony, pictured at left. (Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Jury opens deliberations in trial of New Hampshire man accused of killing daughter, 5
A jury has begun deliberations in the case of a New Hampshire man charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old daughter. Adam Montgomery said last year that he loves Harmony Montgomery unconditionally and did not cause her death.
 
Rebecca Maines testifies during the trial of the Adam Montgomery at Hillsborough County Superior Court, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. Montgomery is facing second-degree murder and other charges in the death of his daughter, Harmony. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
Man on trial in killing of 5-year-old daughter said he hated her ‘right to his core,’ friend says
A friend of a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter has testified that he told her he hated the child “right to his core” because the girl reminded him of her mother.
 
Kayla Montgomery testifies during the trial of Adam Montgomery at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H, on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Adam Montgomery is accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and spending months moving her body before disposing of it. (Jeffrey Hastings/Pool Photo via AP)
A stepmother says her husband killed his 5-year-old and hid her body. His lawyers say she’s lying
The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter has testified that he punched the girl to death then “folded her in half,” put her body in a duffel bag and moved her body between hiding places for months.
 
Superior Court Justice Amy Messer conducts a bench meeting with lawyers at jury selection for the Adam Montgomery murder trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Montgomery is accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and spending months moving her body before disposing of it. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
A prosecutor says man killed, disposed of daughter like ‘trash.’ His lawyer says he didn’t kill her
A prosecutor says a New Hampshire man brutally beat his 5-year-old daughter to death and spent months moving her body around before disposing of it “like yesterday’s trash.”
 
Adam Montgomery enters the courtroom for jury selection ahead of his murder trial at Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Montgomery is accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and spending months moving her body before disposing of it. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool)
Dad accused of killing 5-year-old daughter says attorneys will acknowledge guilt on 2 lesser charges
A New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter told a judge that his attorneys plan to acknowledge his guilt on two lesser charges — falsifying physical evidence and abusing a corpse.
 
FILE - Adam Montgomery, with defense attorneys Caroline Smith, far left, and Paige Pihl-Buckley listens during a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Manchester, N.H. Jury selection starts Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 Montgomery, accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and spending months moving and hiding her body. He is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his daughter, Harmony, who was reported missing in November 2021, nearly two years after police believe she was killed in Manchester. Her body has not been found. (AP Photo/Kathy McCormack, File)
Jury selection starts for father accused of killing 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery
Jury selection has started for a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter and spending months moving her body before disposing of it.
 
A bronze statue of Pollyanna sits outside the Littleton public library to honor the 1913 book by local author Eleanor H. Porter, whose main character came to define relentless optimism, Jan 22, 2024, in Littleton, N.H. Littleton town manager Jim Gleason, whose late son was gay, resigned effective Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, to take a stand against the anti-LGBTQ sentiments being expressed by some people in Littleton. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
Town manager quits over anti-gay pressure in quaint New Hampshire town
The quaint town of Littleton, New Hampshire, is seeing more tourists, drawn to a main street where rainbow colors and gay pride symbols are on display alongside American flags.
 
FILE - Musical artist Marilyn Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner, waits for the judge to arrive in Belknap Superior Court,Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in Laconia, N.H. Manson, who was sentenced to community service for blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire, recently completed his time at an organization that provides meeting space for Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, according to court paperwork. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Marilyn Manson completes community service sentence for blowing nose on videographer
Marilyn Manson has completed his community service sentence for blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire.
 
New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Ben Agati shows an evidence photograph of a large knife, while sharing findings of a deadly force shooting by Guilford, N.H. police on Jan. 1, 2023, during a news conference at the New Hampshire Department of Justice building, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Concord, N.H. According to a report released, police use of deadly force to shoot a teenager with mental health issues at his home after he approached officers carrying a knife was justified, New Hampshire's attorney general said Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Police officer’s deadly force against a New Hampshire teenager was justified, report finds
New Hampshire’s attorney general says a police officer was justified in using deadly force against a teenager with mental health issues.
 
The trailhead where a hiker who died this week departed from is shown in Lincoln, N.H., Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Christopher Roma, an experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of challenging cross-country trails died in New Hampshire's White Mountains during a solo hike in brutal conditions, including single-digit temperatures, harsh winds and waist-deep snow. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
An experienced hiker dies in a solo trek in blinding, waist-deep snow in New Hampshire mountains
An experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of challenging cross-country hikes has died in New Hampshire’s White Mountains while hiking alone in brutal conditions.
 
FILE - Volodymyr Zhukovskyy looks back at the gallery before closing statements started at his trial at Coos County Superior Court in Lancaster, N.H., Aug. 9, 2022. Zhukovskyy who was ordered deported is trying to get his driving privileges back now that he's been acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire in a 2019 crash. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP, Pool, File)
Ukrainian trucker involved in deadly crash wants license back while awaiting deportation
A commercial truck driver from Ukraine who was ordered deported wants to get his driving privileges back, since he’s been acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a crash in New Hampshire. Gov.
 
Flood waters are in houses, apartments, businesses, streets, cars and parks along the Saddle River in Lodi, New Jersey, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Snow in the West and flooding in the Northeast. And more foul weather is on the way
Forecasters say more bad weather is in store after storms that battered nearly every corner of the United States.
 
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