New Hampshire

One of the jurors who awarded a New Hampshire man $38 million in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the state’s youth detention center says the state is misinterpreting the verdict by capping the payment at $475,000. Jurors on Friday awarded $18 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in enhanced damages to David Meehan, who alleged that the ...

A tractor-trailer driver from Rhode Island fell asleep at the wheel overnight and crashed into a construction zone in Merrimack, New Hampshire. State police say troopers responded around 2:20 a.m. to the F.E. Everett Turnpike about one mile south of the Bedford Toll Plaza and found the Ross Express tractor-trailer was stuck. Troopers determined tha...

Police say they responded to Lincoln Street and Auburn Street at around 7:56 a.m.

Police say they responded to a report of a crash with multiple injuries on the intersection of Mammoth Road and Castle Drive at around 7:23 p.m.

A bicyclist sustained serious injuries in a collision with a car Friday evening in Hudson, New Hampshire. The Hudson Police and Fire departments responded to the crash at the intersection of Library and Connell streets around 4:35 p.m. and began administering life-saving measures to the injured male cyclist. The victim was taken to Elliot Hospital ...

A woman is facing several charges after she was allegedly driving more than 100 mph with her two young kids unbuckled in her SUV in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday night. New Hampshire State Police say Shirley Stanley, 23, was arrested Friday night and charged with reckless operation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, two​ coun...

A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state’s youth detention center Friday, in a landmark case finding the state’s negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen. The state said the award will be reduced to $475,000 under its law that&#82...

A 23-year-old New Hampshire man was seriously injured after he was thrown from his car after a rollover crash on Interstate 93 north on Tuesday night. New Hampshire State Police said they responded to a crash around 7:48 p.m. Tuesday on I-93 north in Hooksett near mile marker 24. Initial reports said the car had gone off the road and…

The father of a man who says he was regularly raped and beaten as a teen at New Hampshire’s youth detention center briefly testified Tuesday, saying his son had a reputation for dishonesty. Daniel Meehan was the first witness called by the state, which is defending itself against allegations that its negligence allowed his son David to be abused......

The Democratic National Committee ‘s rulemaking arm voted Tuesday to seat New Hampshire’s full slate of delegates at the party’s convention this summer, ending a bitter feud with the state over its presidential primary no longer being the first in the nation. The move follows an event this past weekend, when the New Hampshire Demo...

A 65-year-old Massachusetts man has been missing for about two weeks, officials in New Hampshire said Tuesday. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department were notified Sunday of a missing person whose vehicle was found parked at the Crawford Path parking lot in Carroll, the department said. An investigation revealed that William Neal Donovan, of Ca...

A former teacher at New Hampshire’s youth detention center testified Monday that she reported suspicious bruises on at least half a dozen teenage boys in the 1990s, including the former resident who filed a landmark lawsuit against the state. Brenda Wouters, who taught social studies at the Sununu Youth Services Center for 35 years, was the final w...

A man was arrested Friday in a hit-and-run crash that badly damaged a boat on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee last summer, police said, but the case remains under investigation. Boaters on a 50-foot-SeaRay boat fled the scene after it crashed into a docked vessel in Wolfeboro’s Winter Harbor late Saturday, Aug. 12., according to New ...