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Mike Waltz Clears Key Hurdle To Serve As Trump’s UN Ambassador
Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz’s nomination to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) cleared a key procedural hurdle Thursday morning. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported Waltz’s nomination out...

The Best Place For You To Live In Retirement
Use these checklists to help you find the best place to live in retirement.getty Where’s the best place for you to live in retirement? There are plenty of reports that try to provide the answer. For example, Bankrate recently released a report...

Nationwide STD Rate Study Ranks Indiana #24 in the U.S.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)—also referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs)—remain a persistent public health challenge in the United States, affecting millions of people each year. The Centers for Disease Control and...

Samsung Wallet will soon let users in the US pay in installments using their credit cards
Image via SamsungSamsung has announced that starting tomorrow, July 25, it will be adding installment payments in select US states for in-store purchases, with plans for a full rollout to all states by the end of 2025. The company is able to...

$1,000 car payments becoming more common
In a startling sign of financial strain and shifting consumer behavior, a new LendingTree analysis reveals that $1,000-plus monthly car payments are increasingly common in the U.S. The study, based on anonymized credit reports from roughly 180,000...

GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States
The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors. Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing historic Medicaid cuts of...

NB Bancorp, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results, Initiates Quarterly Cash Dividend
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) NEEDHAM, Mass., July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NB Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq Capital Market: NBBK ), the holding company of Needham Bank (the "Bank"), today announced its second quarter 2025 financial results. The...

Republican AGs ask for NCAA to revoke medals for trans athletes
Republican AGs ask for NCAA to revoke medals for trans athletes (The Center Square) — New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella has joined more than two dozen Republican AGs in urging the NCAA to strip records, titles and medals from...

Speakers at forum react to state Supreme Court decision in ConVal funding case
The lead attorneys in the ConVal school funding lawsuit were among the speakers who presented their take on the recent state Supreme Court decision at a public webinar presented by the NH School Fairness Funding Project July 16. On July 1, the...

Jade Denise Loyd announces candidacy for Millbrook Council, Ward 1
Editor’s Note: All candidates for the upcoming Municipal elections in Autauga and Elmore counties are invited to submit a free, one-time announcement of their candidacy. Please email the announcement and a photo to Sarah Stephens at [email...

From Guns to Gramophones talk Wednesday
LACONIA — The Lake Winnipesaukee Museum will host NH Humanities speaker Carrie Brown on Wednesday, July 23, at 7 p.m., to present her talk “From Guns to Gramophones: Civil War and the Technology that Shaped America.” Brown holds a Ph.D. in...
As Redistricting War Looms, Republicans Have More Plausible Gerrymandering Targets than Democrats By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — President Trump pushing Texas Republicans to squeeze more seats out of the Lone Star State has led to the possibility of other states on both sides trying to draw new maps. — California stands out as a state where...

The Pulse: NH leads the country in trade complexity
New Hampshire ranks first among all 50 states in the economic complexity of its international trade, a measure that points to economic sustainability and strong economic growth in the future, according to a research project launched by MIT...

Game on: Republicans, Democrats trade fire over Big Beautiful Bill in 2026 battle for Congress
Fox News' Griff Jenkins breaks down the impact of the 'big, beautiful bill' on securing the southern border. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons also joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the legislation and why he considers it a major win for DHS. NEWYou...

GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors. Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing...

Where are they now? The high school classes that scattered the most across the U.S.
Where are they now? The high school classes that scattered the most across the U.S. In the blur of caps and gowns, you don’t always realize it, but high school graduation might be the last time an entire class is in the same place all at once....

Stratham Historical Society awards scholarships to 9 standout students
STRATHAM — The Stratham Historical Society has awarded the 2025 Winfield L. Foote Award for Academic Excellence to nine outstanding students. Seven students were recognized with $1,500 scholarships, while two others received awards of $2,000 and...

North Haverhill Fair underway
NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. (WCAX) - The 81st annual North Haverhill Fair opened its gates Wednesday for a five-day run. The fair, like many around the region, is all about the rides, the food, and the fun. But at its roots, it also highlights the...

GOP governors stay silent amid plans to slash Medicaid spending in their states
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey is among 19 Republican governors of states that stand to lose federal Medicaid funds if Congress passes the tax bill with proposed cuts to the program. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption...

Maine Governor Signs Two Bills For Rails to Trails – But Why Not Both?
Governor Mills signed two bills to remove state-owned inactive railroad tracks along the Kennebec River Rail Trail, the Berlin Subdivision between Portland and Yarmouth, and 31 miles of the Mountain Division rails from Fryeburg to Standish. Why...