KATHY McCORMACK

People stand on an enormous snow pile in downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Sprawling storms wallop US with tornado reports, damage and heavy snow, closing roads and schools
A sprawling storm has hit the South with high winds and tornado warnings that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida.
 
Debra Paul, right, publisher of the Londonderry Times, a weekly community newspaper, sits with her lawyer, Anthony Naro, in court in Derry, N.H., on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. A judge fined Paul $620 after finding her guilty of misdemeanor charges that she ran advertisements for local races without properly marking them as political advertising (AP Photo/Kathy McCormack)
New Hampshire newspaper publisher fined $620 over political advertisement omissions
A judge has fined the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly community newspaper $620 after finding her guilty of five misdemeanor charges that she ran advertisements for local races without properly marking them as political advertising.
 
Man accused of texting death threats to Ramaswamy faces similar charges involving 2 more candidates
A New Hampshire man who was released from jail after he was accused of sending text messages threatening to kill a presidential candidate now faces two more charges that he threatened different candidates.
 
Nathan Sennett hands furniture to Tori Grasse as they work in hip-deep water on the patio of the Quarry Tap Room, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Hallowell, Maine. Waters continue to rise in the Kennebec River following Monday's severe storm. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Northeastern US mops up ahead of holidays after deadly storm slams the region, killing at least 5
Utility crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Maine and some rivers continued to rise following a powerful storm that hit the northeastern U.S. At least five people were killed.
 
FILE - Logan Clegg, right, and defense attorney Caroline Smith, look over at the jury as they are polled at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H. on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Clegg, 27, was sentenced Friday, Dec. 15, to up to life in prison in the fatal shooting deaths of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk. He asserted his innocence in court. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool, File)
Man sentenced to up to life in prison for shooting deaths of retired couple on hiking trail
A 27-year-old man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire has been sentenced to up to life in prison in the fatal shooting deaths of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk.
 
CORRECTS TO 195 NOT 295 FILE - Construction crews work on the eastbound lanes of the Washington Bridge in Providence, R.I., Aug. 4, 2007. Authorities say they have found a critical structural failure in one of the busiest bridges in Rhode Island and have closed its westbound side to begin a repair job expected to take months. The Washington Bridge carries Interstate 195 over the Seekonk River from Providence to East Providence and serves as a key gateway to the state’s largest city. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said Monday, Dec. 11, 2023 that a critical failure of some original 1960s bridge components was located in the bridge. The agency says the repair work could take three months or more. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, file)
‘Something catastrophic’ broke support rod on Rhode Island bridge, transportation director says
Rhode Island’s Transportation Department director says a look at state inspections of a major bridge that’s been partially shut down over safety concerns shows that “something catastrophic” happened since July that broke a support rod.
 
FILE - Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington. Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university's highest governing body announced Tuesday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash
Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism.
 
FILE - Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the Faith and Family with the Feenstras event, Dec. 9, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. Federal prosecutors say they charged a New Hampshire man with threatening to kill the presidential candidate ahead of a scheduled campaign event. Thirty-year-old Tyler Anderson was arrested and charged Saturday, Dec. 9 with sending the threats by text message. The U.S. Attorney’s office did not name the affected candidate. However, a spokesperson for Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Monday that the texts were directed at his campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
Ramaswamy was the target of death threats in New Hampshire that led to FBI arrest, campaign says
Federal prosecutors say they charged a New Hampshire man with threatening to kill a presidential candidate ahead of a scheduled campaign event.
 
FILE - Londonderry Times newspaper editions rest on a table at the Leach Library, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, in Londonderry, N.H. A judge has found the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly newspaper guilty of five misdemeanor charges that she ran advertisements for local races without properly marking them as political advertising. The judge acquitted Debra Paul, publisher of The Londonderry Times, of a sixth misdemeanor charge on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, following a bench trial in November. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 20. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Local New Hampshire newspaper publisher found guilty of political advertisement omissions
A judge has found the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly community newspaper guilty of five misdemeanor charges that she ran advertisements for local races without properly marking them as political advertising.
 
An overflow crowd of families, police, and utility workers fill the court in Waltham, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Peter Simon was arraigned in Waltham District Court on a litany of charges including manslaughter in the traffic deaths of police officer Paul Tracey and a National Grid worker. (Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Officer and utility worker killed in hit-and-run crash; suspect also accused of stealing cruiser
Prosecutors say a pickup truck driver in a Boston suburb is accused of crashing into a police officer and a utility worker, killing them, then pulling a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser and crashing it.
 
Andy Hoang, a recent nursing graduate, center, poses with co-workers Lisa Davenport, left, and Justina Terino at the spot where she was stricken recently during a cardiac training session at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lebanon, N.H. Hoang, 23, started to feel dizzy and nauseous during training at the hospital and needed help immediately. Instead of practicing chest compressions on a mannequin in the simulated environment of their training, her four colleagues sprung into action and went to work on her. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A young nurse suffered cardiac arrest while training on the condition. Fellow nurses saved her life
A 23-year-old woman who recently started her first nursing job at a New Hampshire hospital was attending a training session on cardiac arrest when she, herself, suffered the medical emergency.
 
In this photo provided by Ed Smith, Geoffrey Holt rests his leg on top of his riding mower in Hinsdale, N.H., on April 4, 2020. Holt left the town of Hinsdale nearly $4 million when he died last June. (Ed Smith via AP)
New Hampshire man had no car and no furniture, but died with a big secret, leaving his town millions
For years, Geoffrey Holt was known as a mobile home park groundskeeper in a small New Hampshire town. Now, he’s being remembered as a millionaire who gave his fortune to the community. Holt died in June at age 82.
 
A police officer manning a roadblock talks with an employee of New Hampshire Hospital who was trying to get to work, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Concord, N.H. A shooter killed one person Friday in the lobby of the psychiatric hospital and then was fatally shot by a state trooper, officials said. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Authorities say they have identified the suspect in the shooting of a hospital security guard
Authorities say the gunman who was killed after shooting to death a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital has been identified.
 
A police officer manning a roadblock talks with an employee of New Hampshire Hospital who was trying to get to work, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Concord, N.H. A shooter killed one person Friday in the lobby of the psychiatric hospital and then was fatally shot by a state trooper, officials said. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Shooter kills security guard before being fatally shot at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital
Officials say a shooter killed a state security guard in the lobby of New Hampshire’s psychiatric hospital and then was fatally shot by a state trooper. Authorities say 63-year-old Bradley Haas was killed Friday as he guarded the lobby entrance.
 
Jury rejects insanity defense for man convicted of wedding shooting
A jury has rejected an insanity defense for a man convicted of shooting and wounding a bishop and assaulting the bride and groom at a church wedding ceremony in New Hampshire.
 
These photos provided by the Maine Department of Public Safety shows victims of the Maine Shooting, Top from left, Ronald G. Morin, Peyton Brewer-Ross, Joshua A. Seal, Bryan M. MacFarlane, Joseph Lawrence Walker, Arthur Fred Strout. Second row from left, Maxx A. Hathaway, Stephen M. Vozzella, Thomas Ryan Conrad, Michael R. Deslauiers II, Jason Adam, Tricia C. Asselin. Third Row from left, William A. Young, Aaron Young, Robert E. Violette and Lucille M. Violette, William Frank, Keith D. Macneir. (Maine Department of Public Safety via AP)
A teen bowler, a shipbuilder and a sign language interpreter are among the Maine shooting victims
The 18 people killed in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, included a 14-year-old bowler, a shipbuilder who loved playing the game of cornhole and a sign language interpreter.
 
Logan Clegg, right, and defense attorney Caroline Smith, look over at the jury as they are polled at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H. on Monday, October 23, 2023 . After deliberating for a day and a half, a jury found Clegg guilty of second-degree murder in the April 2022 killings of Stephen and Djeswende Reid. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool)
Man living in woods convicted of murder in shooting deaths of retired New Hampshire couple
A man who was living in a tent in the woods has been convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a retired New Hampshire couple who were out for a walk.
 
Correction: US-Rail Trail Killing-Vermont story
In a story published October 7, 2023, about the shooting of a retired Vermont State University dean, The Associated Press erroneously reported the hair color of a man seen in the area, based on information from the Vermont State Police.
 
Logan Clegg enters the courtroom at Merrimack County Superior Court, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Concord, N.H. Clegg is accused in the shooting deaths of Steve and Wendy Reid in April of 2022. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool)
Gun evidence is focus at the trial of a man accused of killing New Hampshire couple on hiking trail
A lawyer representing a man charged with shooting a New Hampshire couple to death on a hiking trail last year says he spent months hiding from police, but over a probation violation from Utah, not the killings.
 
8-year prison sentence for New Hampshire man convicted of running unlicensed bitcoin business
A federal judge has sentenced a New Hampshire man to eight years in prison for running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business and fined him at least $40,000.
 
Musical artist Marilyn Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner, leaves after appearing in Belknap Superior Court,Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in Laconia, N.H. Manson, who was charged with charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault, was accused of approaching a videographer at his 2019 concert in New Hampshire and allegedly spitting and blowing his nose on her. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Marilyn Manson pleads no contest to blowing nose on videographer, gets fine, community service
Marilyn Manson has been sentenced to community service and a fine after pleading no contest to blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire.
 
Train tracks on the Fitchburg Line extend over an area washed out by recent flooding, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Leominster, Mass. The damage forced the closure of a commuter train line. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Rain-soaked New England hit by likely tornado amid wild weather ahead of Hurricane Lee’s arrival
The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for portions of Maine and a tropical storm watch for a large area of coastal New England as Hurricane Lee heads to the region.
 
Businesses on County Street in Attleboro, Mass. remain closed due to flooding from heavy rain Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP)
Massachusetts city got nearly 10 inches of rain in 6 hours, flooding homes and eroding dams
Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with two communities declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes, creating moats around their foundations and leading to boat rescues of residents.
 
Debbie LaBarre, left, laughs while having breakfast, as part of the Meals on Wheels "Dine Out Club", with her sister, Suzanne Marchand, right, at the White Birch Cafe, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Goffstown, N.H. In some states, programs that give struggling restaurants some of the federal and state money set aside to feed seniors have grown in popularity. The restaurants can provide balanced meals with more choices, flexible timing and a judgment-free setting that can help seniors get together to chat and stem loneliness. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
More than a meal: Restaurant-based programs feed seniors’ social lives
A group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal, choosing from a special menu of nutritious foods paid for by social programs meant to keep older adults eating healthy.
 
FILE - Vermont Law School is seen on Oct. 8 2021, in Royalton, Vt. An artist who painted now-covered murals at Vermont Law School that were intended to honor African Americans and abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad — but were considered by some to be racially offensive — lost his appeal to remove the barrier on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)
Artist loses bid to remove panels covering anti-slavery murals at Vermont school
An artist has lost his appeal to remove fabric panels covering his murals at a Vermont law school that were intended to honor African Americans and abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad.
 
This Tuesday Aug. 15, 2023 photo provided by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department shows Franconia Brook as is flows several hundred yards below Franconia Falls, in the White Mountain National Forest, in Lincoln, N.H. Authorities say a Massachusetts mother has drowned trying to rescue her young son who was being pulled by the current at Franconia Falls, Tuesday, Aug. 15. (Conservation Officer Jon Demler/New Hampshire Fish and Game Department via AP)
A family outing at a popular waterfall turns grim as mother drowns trying to rescue son
Authorities say a Massachusetts mother drowned trying to rescue her 10-year-old son as he was being pulled by the current at a popular New Hampshire waterfall.
 
FILE - Communist Party members from left; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Marion Bachrach, Claudia Jones and Betty Gannett sit calmly in a police van as they leave Federal Court in New York City, June 20, 1951, en route to the Women's House of Detention after arraignment on charges of criminal conspiracy to teach and advocate the overthrow of the government by force and violence. (AP Photo)
New Hampshire is sued over removal of marker dedicated to Communist Party leader
Supporters of a former historical marker dedicated to a feminist and labor activist from New Hampshire who also led the Communist Party have sued the state.
 
Former Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire speaks at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at Lanconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, N.H. Ayotte has announced Monday, July 24, 2023, she'll be running for governor, days after fellow Republican Chris Sununu said he’s not seeking reelection to a fifth term in 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Former US Sen. Kelly Ayotte throws hat into race for New Hampshire governor
Former New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte has announced she’s running for governor, days after fellow Republican Chris Sununu said he’s not seeking reelection to a fifth term in 2024.
 
This police booking photograph provided by the New Hampshire Attorney General's office shows Ronney James Lee. More than four decades after Laura Kempton was killed in 1981, law enforcement officials believe they have solved the crime through DNA analysis and the use of forensic genealogy technology, according to N.H. Attorney General John Fromella. Lee, who died at 45 in February 2005 from a drug overdose, would have been charged with murder if he were still alive, Formella said Thursday July 20, 2023. (N.H. Attorney General's office photo via AP)
Police say DNA technology has identified the killer in the unsolved death of a woman in 1981
Law enforcement officials in New Hampshire say they’ve solved a killing that happened more than 40 years ago.
 
FILE - New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu takes part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference, Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Sununu, who considered but decided against runs for president and the U.S. Senate, said Wednesday, July 19, 2023, that he will not seek reelection in 2024. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu won’t seek reelection in 2024
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who considered but decided against runs for president and the U.S. Senate, says he will not seek reelection in 2024.
 
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