SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man who police say turned himself in for killing his estranged wife has been ordered held without bail. The Boston Globe reports 50-year-old Douglas Steeves appeared Tuesday in Salem District Court. He’s charged with murder in the strangling of 48-year-old Carmela Saunders in her Salem home. The Essex District […]

WEARE, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Marine Patrol has identified two paddle boarders who died over the weekend during their outing on a lake in the town of Weare. Investigators say Mary Horgan was paddle boarding with Austin Dean in Everett Lake. Both were 59 and were from Merrimack. Horgan fell from the board […]

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. ( AP) — Portsmouth City Manager John Bohenko is examining options for the creation of a new off-leash dog park in the New Hampshire city. The Portsmouth Herald reports City Councilor Josh Denton requested that Bohenko look into possible sites for the new park because the current one on Peirce Island will […]

CONCORD, N.H. New Hampshire’s judicial and executive branches are locked in a conflict over whether the state has new authority to send mental health records to the federal gun background checks system. Federal law bars people who have been committed to a mental health institution or deemed “mentally defective” from buying guns, but New Hampshire […]

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. A hatchet-waving man led police on a 20-mile chase through several Massachusetts towns before eventually being boxed in by state and local police cruisers, officials said. It all began Monday afternoon when a Rochester police officer responded to a report of a person with a hatchet, acting erratically. When the officer arrived […]

WASHINGTON Donald Trump is openly taunting the leaders of his own party by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Sen. John McCain of Arizona in their GOP primaries. Yet thus far, McCain, Ryan and other Republicans who’ve reluctantly declared that they plan to back Trump for president appear to be sticking […]

RALEIGH, N.C. Existing television spots to educate voters about North Carolina’s voting requirements are being canceled. One million informational posters and push cards going to community groups and others are outdated and most likely headed for the trash. Binders carefully created as elections bibles for each of the state’s 2,700 precincts now must undergo a […]

NEW YORK The career cop picked to lead America’s largest police department is embracing a throwback strategy to repair the deep rift that has opened between officers and the public. He wants patrol officers to get to know people on their beat on a first-name basis. James “Jimmy” O’Neill was introduced Tuesday at City Hall […]

PORTLAND, Ore. Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on Tuesday announced the end of pilot program that allowed homeless people to sleep on the streets undisturbed by law enforcement, saying it created confusion because some believed it legalized public camping, but defended his overall approach. The so-called “Safe Sleeping Guidelines” policy will end immediately, but several other […]

NEW YORK Free and great, or divided and confused. Diverse and powerful, or troubled and broken. In search of a single word encapsulating their country at this moment, Americans offered pollsters a lexicon reflecting both hope and dissonance. The most-uttered word from about 1,000 responses to the Associated Press- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research […]