Grant Bosse: Trump fighting left wing tide in Baton Rouge

During day five of Katlyn Marin's murder trial, the judge listened to numerous phone calls secretly recorded between Marin and her ex-boyfriend, including the first phone call he made to her after... Red Sox starter David Price threw eight innings of shutout baseball, getting his first win as a visitor at Tropicana Field and leading Boston to a 6-2 ... (more)

Sen. Kelly Ayotte is stuck between Donald Trump and a hard place

At a rally here last week, Mike Pence showed the crowd a clip of Gov. Maggie Hassan awkwardly trying to defend Hillary Clinton's honesty. "Gov. Hassan, let me help you out - the answer's no," the Republican vice presidential nominee riffed on Hassan's non-answer to whether Clinton was honest, drawing applause and laughs from the crowd.

Chuck Douglas’ Message to Trump: Get with it or get out

Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population to the tune of samba, bossa nova and funk in welcoming the world on Friday to the... Employment jumped in July for a second month and wages climbed, pointing to renewed vigor in the U.S. labor market that will sustain consumer spending ... (more)

Governor requests drought disaster relief for New Hampshire farmers

In response to a drought-stricken season for New Hampshire farmers, Gov. Maggie Hassan requested Thursday that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issue a drought disaster declaration for three of the state's counties. The USDA Farm Service Agency's State Emergency Board voted Wednesday to seek the disaster declaration.

Clinton leads Trump in N.H., new poll finds

Barely a week after the national conventions, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears to be well ahead of Donald Trump in New Hampshire, according to a new poll from WBUR and MassINC Polling . If the election were held today, the poll found 47 percent of voters would support Clinton, while 32 percent would back Trump.

Donald Trump’s Electoral Map Isn’t Growing, It’s Shrinking

New polling from three states that are likely to be key to the outcome of the General Election in November, and which the Trump campaign itself has identified as part of a somewhat unconventional path to victory that relies upon winning states in the industrial Midwest that have traditionally gone for the Democratic candidate, seems to show the Trump campaign slipping behind Clinton and in real danger of being in Electoral College trouble before Labor Day. First up, there's a new WBUR poll out of New Hampshire that shows Hillary Clinton leading Trump by double digits: According to a new WBUR poll of New Hampshire voters, Hillary Clinton is enjoying a dramatic post-convention bump and now leads Donald Trump by 15 points.

Scholarships offered for business incubator in Keene

Police praised activists and breathed a sigh of relief after a well-attended "Black Lives Matter" march in downtown Manchester went off peacefully Saturday night, a marked contrast to unrest in... Jeff Gordon will be pressed into service next weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway if Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s concussion-like symptoms persist past ... (more)

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Police praised activists and breathed a sigh of relief after a well-attended "Black Lives Matter" march in downtown Manchester went off peacefully Saturday night, a marked contrast to unrest in... Jeff Gordon will be pressed into service next weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway if Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s concussion-like symptoms persist past ... (more)

Democrats attack Ayotte over donation from troubled college

Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire has come under fire for accepting donations from a for-profit college company being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ayotte, who is in facing Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan in one of the country's most competitive U.S. Senate races, returned the $8,000 in donations from San Diego-based Bridgepoint Education Inc., last month after her campaign said that she learned of the company's problems.

Financial reports reveal final steps leading up to Hassan’s decision to run for Senate

Gov. Maggie Hassan greets supporters at the State House as she files her declaration of candidacy papers to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate earlier this month. AP Just one year ago, the State House was abuzz with chatter about whether Gov. Maggie Hassan would jump into the U.S. Senate race.

Looking back at the week in news

Give credit to Nashua Teachers' Union President Robert Sherman, who stood up at Gov. Maggie Hassan's appearance before a Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce audience and asked a tough question of the governor. ... Subscribe or log in to read more  Give credit to Nashua Teachers' Union President Robert Sherman, who stood up at Gov. Maggie Hassan's appearance before a Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce audience and asked a tough question of the governor.

In governor’s race, dash for cash is on _ but hard to track

The dash for campaign cash in the New Hampshire governor's race is at its peak as an early June filing deadline looms, bringing with it dramatic reductions in how much money candidates can raise from individuals and political committees. But voters won't get a full look at who's giving to whom - or how the candidates are spending their money - until mid-August, a mere three weeks before they cast primary votes.