PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man was rescued by members of the Massachusetts Army National Guard after he fell and was injured while hiking in the White Mountains. New Hampshire Fish and Game officials tell WMUR-TV that 38-year-old Michael Jones was injured Sunday afternoon while going down the Tuckerman Ravine Trail on […]

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The mother of a photojournalist killed by the Islamic State is fighting for press freedoms and services for families of hostages two years after her son’s death. Diane Foley, of Rochester, New Hampshire, tells the Portsmouth Herald she thinks many Americans take press freedoms for granted. Foley created the James W. […]

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — A hiker required rescue this weekend after she fell off a trail at Mount Tom State Reservation in Holyoke and was impaled by a stick. The Republican newspaper reports it took two hours for three firefighters, one police officer and two reservation employees to reach the victim after the initial call […]

EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — The National Park Service is hosting a free screening of “The Finest Hours” and a talk with the author of the book that inspired the film. The showing of the 2016 Disney film that starred Chris Pine and Casey Affleck happens Monday evening at the Cape Cod National Seashore’s Salt Pond […]

WASHINGTON Donald Trump says he’ll deliver a detailed speech on his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration on Wednesday in Arizona — but it’s anyone’s guess what he might say. The announcement came late Sunday in a tweet by the GOP presidential nominee after days of wavering — and at least one canceled speech […]

ITHACA, N.Y. Police in New York are investigating a brawl on the campus of Cornell University that left an Ithaca College student dead and another Ithaca student injured. Both schools posted statements on their websites on Sunday, saying the two students were stabbed around 2 a.m. during a large fight. “There is nothing more important […]

HILO, HAWAII Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation. For the past year, the group in the dome on a Mauna Loa mountain could go outside only while wearing spacesuits. On Sunday, the simulation ended, and the scientists emerged. Cyprien Verseux, a crew […]

DURANT, MISS. A memorial Mass will be held today for two 68-year-old nuns who were killed in their Mississippi home, even as authorities continue to investigate the stabbing. A man from about 15 miles away has confessed without giving a reason, according to the sheriff. The Mass will be at the Cathedral of St. Peter […]

DHAKA, BANGLADESH U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called today for Bangladesh to step up efforts to fight extremist violence and protect and promote human rights amid increasing concern about terrorism in the South Asian nation in the wake of a series of militant attacks. Kerry, on his first trip to Bangladesh as America’s top […]