CONCORD, N.H. Six presidential hopefuls have found some common ground on the nation’s future, according to a bipartisan group created to bridge the divide between Republicans, Democrats and independents. No Labels, formed after the 2010 midterm elections, is asking candidates to embrace four broad goals related to job creation, the federal budget, energy independence and […]

WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Businessman Donald Trump is heading back to New Hampshire for a rare daytime campaign rally. Trump is scheduled to address voters before noon today. His rallies are often held at night, drawing huge crowds and voters who begin waiting in line early in the day for a glimpse of the bombastic […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — It’s been another week of low gas prices across northern New England. Among the three states, the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com says gasoline prices are lowest in New Hampshire, where the average price fell 2 cents per gallon last week to $1.95. In Vermont, the average price stayed the same at $2.13 […]

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Police say a young boy is in critical condition after he another child fell through thin ice on a Brockton pond. The Boston Globe reports the boys, ages 9 and 12, were playing with friends near the unnamed pond Saturday afternoon when they tiptoed onto the ice and fell in. They […]

OMAHA, Neb. Disappointed you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don’t be. Lottery officials say the prize has swelled to an estimated $1.3 billion — the world’s largest. Ever. “Biggest jackpot in the history of the world. Absolutely confirmed,” Texas Lottery executive director Gary Grief said. The jackpot is so big that billboards in […]

CHICAGO Even though fewer U.S. teens are smoking, secondhand smoke remains a big problem for them, a government study found. Nearly half of nonsmoking kids in middle school and high school encountered secondhand tobacco smoke in 2013, and rates were even higher among smokers. Earlier studies on teens and secondhand smoke in specific places, such […]

BOSTON Shipping containers have been turned into housing, art, even playgrounds. Now, a Boston company is recycling them into high-tech mobile farms as part of a new wave of companies hoping to bring more innovation to agriculture. Freight Farms and other indoor agriculture companies are looking to meet the growing demand for high-quality, locally grown […]

BELGRADE, Serbia ( AP) — Serbia has granted citizenship to American action hero Steven Seagal. The decision, announced in the official state gazette, came after the veteran actor and producer made two recent visits to Serbia, praising its populist leadership and saying he feels like a Serb. During one visit, Seagal was offered to train […]