Data curated by PointAfter Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he is heading for treatment on his right ankle after Miami pass rusher Ndamukong Suh landed on it in Sunday’s game. Brady walked gingerly after the play. He remained in the game for a time, but backup Jimmy Garoppolo replaced him in the fourth quarter. Brady […]
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Maine gas prices drop a penny
CONCORD, N.H. — Gas prices keep dropping across northern New England. Among the three states, the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com says gasoline prices are lowest in New Hampshire, where the average price fell 1.4 cents per gallon last week to $1.97. In Vermont, the average price is $2.14 per gallon, and in Maine, it’s $2.07. For […]
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One dead in N.H. crash with Secret Service agents near Maine border
WAKEFIELD, N.H. (AP) — A car carrying four on-duty Secret Service agents was involved in a head-on collision in New Hampshire that killed the driver of the other car, police said Wednesday. The accident happened at about 7 p.m. Tuesday in Wakefield, near the Maine state line. The agents were in a Ford Taurus heading […]
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Donald Trump attacks publisher of largest New Hampshire newspaper
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s attacks against the news media. Its offense? A front-page editorial Monday by publisher Joseph McQuaid declaring, “Trump campaign insults NH voters’ intelligence.” “You have a very dishonest newspaper, it’s also a failing newspaper,” Trump […]
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New England Patriots sign running back Steven Jackson
Data curated by PointAfter FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Veteran running back Steven Jackson announced via his Twitter account Monday that he is joining the New England Patriots. The Patriots have been ravaged by injuries, including to running backs Dion Lewis and LeGarrette Blount. On Monday, Jackson, who hasn’t played this season after spending the last two […]
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New England Aquarium studies commercial version of catch & release
PORTLAND — What happens when a fisherman tosses a fish back overboard? It’s not a frivolous question. The government bases catch quotas and other rules in part on the mortality of tossed fish, and there isn’t always accurate data available about how many fish survive the fling. Now, a group of New England scientists says […]
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Nashua, N.H., schools closed Monday after threat of violence
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say all schools in Nashua will be closed Monday due to a threat of violence directed toward two schools in the district. A Nashua Police Department lieutenant said a school administrator received the threat via email earlier on Sunday. That administrator contacted police. School district Superintendent Mark Conrad said in […]
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Governors ask Congress to expand opiate treatment options
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The six New England governors are urging leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives to expand the types of medical practitioners who can prescribe drugs to treat opiate addiction. In a Tuesday letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and minority leader Nancy Pelosi, the governors ask the House leaders to support the […]
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Driverless train carrying 50 travels through 4 Boston stops
BOSTON — A six-car train carrying passengers left a suburban Boston transit station without a driver Thursday and went through four stations without stopping, and investigators found that a safety system had been tampered with, the governor said. None of the approximately 50 passengers was hurt, but the operator suffered a minor injury when he was […]
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Sen. Angus King calls on military to stop heroin from Mexico
“We’re spending a lot of time here talking about the threat of ISIS and in the meantime, we’ve got this other threat that is killing, in my state, two or three hundred people a year,” King said at the nominee confirmation hearing for the new commander of the U.S. Southern Command before the Senate’s Armed Services […]