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One person was hurt in a house explosion on Clark Avenue in Amherst, New Hampshire Friday near Baboosic Lake.

House lawmakers unanimously passed a $47.716 billion budget in the early morning hours Thursday after adding tens of millions of dollars in spending over three days, largely to support investments that representatives said would guide the state in forging a pathway out of the COVID-19 crisis. “As we cautiously recover from this pandemic and look toward the future, we must…

Testifying before a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on anti-Asian violence on Thursday, actor Daniel Dae Kim called on Congress to take action. “What happens right now and over the course of the coming months will send a message for generations to come as to whether we matter,” he said.

New Hampshire Democrats are seeking a court order to allow lawmakers with serious medical conditions to attend next week’s House sessions remotely. With 400 members, the New Hampshire House is one of the largest legislative bodies in the world and skews older in age. Since last March, lawmakers have met several times at the University of New Hampshire ice arena,…

Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, a solemn proceeding that will force lawmakers to relive the violent events of Jan. 6 as House Democrats prosecute their case for “incitement of insurrection.” The Democratic impeachment managers for the House, which impeached Trump last month, argued that he alone was responsible for inciting the mob of supporters who broke into the U.S....

The vice president and her husband are holding off on moving into the residence at the Naval Observatory, which was built in 1893.

Starting with President Trump’s “Save America Rally” speech, to rioters breaching the U.S. Capitol and ending with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris confirmed as the next President and Vice President of the U.S., here’s a look at what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Tuesday blocked a Democratic bid to vote on increasing the COVID-19 relief checks from $600 to $2,000.

President Donald Trump’s move comes after he threatened to veto the bill if it didn’t include termination of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The act protects tech companies from liability for what is posted on their platforms.

The entire Celtics roster wrote an opinion piece in The Boston Globe on Wednesday addressing the thorny issue of facial recognition technology.

Massachusetts House lawmakers are planning to meet Wednesday to overturn Gov. Charlie Baker’s efforts to roll back some of their actions aimed at expanding access to abortion in the state. The Legislature’s measure — which was included in its version of the state budget — would let women obtain an abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy in cases of “fatal…

International supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her husband Tom Brady, the former New England Patriots quarterback, have reportedly bought a $17 million property on the Miami waterfront where they plan to build a “dream home.” The land purchase was first reported by the New York Post’s PageSix. Brady, who headed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier this year, and Bündchen...

Star of “House,” “The Night Manager,” and “Veep,” Hugh Laurie talks about his career and his newest show, “Roadkill.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the state of Pennsylvania Saturday, according to NBC News projection, putting him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

Their majority shrunk, House Democrats are casting blame.

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had instructed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to cease negotiations on the stimulus package until after the election.

Democrats are going back to the drawing board on a huge virus relief bill.

The rare combination of privacy, location and acreage make this stately estate one of Cape Cod’s most beautiful and significant properties. 87 Beach Road in Orleans. ‘Luxe Life with Derek Z’ is giving us a tour.

The House has approved a bill to remove statues of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol, as a reckoning over racial injustice continues following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.

A bill moving through the Senate Ways and Means Committee would create a new Police Officer Standards and Accreditation Committee that would certify law enforcement and be able to revoke or modify that certification, along with investigating misconduct complaints. Officers would need to be re-certified every three years, under the bill, and the committee would have to maintain a publicly…