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NH POLITICS
9 New Hampshire towns defeat bans on voting machines
At least 23 towns were considering a ban on voting machines after a conservative group organized a statewide effort to require hand counts in the name of election integrity.
Key takeaways from Maine commission on Lewiston mass shooter
The 30-page interim report found that authorities had cause to place the gunman in protective custody and take away his guns in the month before he killed 18 people.
Two teenagers held in lieu of $250,000 bail in connection with shooting death of high school student in Fall River
Xzavien Figueroa-Valcarel, 19, and Giovanni M. Nunes, 18, pleaded not guilty Monday on charges of accessory to murder after the fact in connection with the death of Colus Jamal Mills-Good, a student at the city’s Resiliency Preparatory Academy.
Cherry blooms hit peak bloom in Washington, D.C. See photos and watch live as they blossom.
Typically, peak bloom occurs in the end of March or in early April, but extraordinarily warm or cold temperatures can affect the sprouting of the flowers.
RI CRIME
R.I. man convicted of murder in Providence cafe shooting
A jury has found a Providence man guilty of murdering a man eating breakfast at a Broad Street cafe.
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93
Mr. Stafford, a retired Air Force three-star general, took part in four space missions, including the historic linkup of Soviet and American space capsules.
Olga Murray, who changed the lives of children in Nepal, dies at 98
Ms. Murray was recognized by the Dalai Lama in 2001 as an “unsung hero of compassion.”
Byron Janis, pianist of romantic passion, dies at 95
Byron Janis, an American pianist renowned for his commanding performances of the romantic repertory and for his discovery of manuscript copies of two Frédéric Chopin waltzes, died Thursday in the New York City borough of Manhattan. He was 95.