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Donald Trump

Cruz dismisses Carson flap, blasts ‘Trump-ertantrums’ at NH town hall

NASHUA — A defensive Ted Cruz justified his attempt to woo Iowa voters away from GOP rival Ben Carson at a town hall forum Wednesday in New Hampshire, less than a week before the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary and two days after winning the Iowa caucuses. On Tuesday, Carson,

Donald Trump

Trump rallies NH supporters as Iowans prepare to caucus

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump expressed no regrets about skipping a debate, and then he skipped out on most of his rivals in Iowa. Ted Cruz showed off his fundraising haul, while most presidential competitors in both parties hustled through the state in a last-minute scramble to win over

Catholic

New Hampshire university offers grads employment ‘guarantee’

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A small Catholic university in southern New Hampshire is becoming the latest college to offer a money-back guarantee of sorts to its students. Rivier University, which has a total student population of about 2,600 in Nashua, has created an "Employment Promise Program" that

GOP

Bush calls for overhaul of nation’s education system

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush rolled out a broad education reform plan Monday that would shift power and money to states and local school districts — and away from the federal government. The former Florida governor also wants to revamp how high school graduates and their parents

new hampshire

Bill Clinton steps into New Hampshire campaign

NASHUA, N.H. – Bill Clinton made his first campaign appearances of 2016 on behalf of his wife, Hillary, and immediately provided fodder for wags across the Atlantic, who focused on some young women standing behind him rolling their eyes, frowning and grimacing as he delivered his remarks at a community

Donald Trump

Trump attacks Union Leader publisher over editorial

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump took aim at the publisher of New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the Union Leader, Monday night, making it the latest target of the Republican presidential candidate's attacks against the news media. Its offense? A front-page editorial Monday by publisher Joseph McQuaid

guns

Nashua schools closed Monday after threat of violence

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Police are investigating "detailed" threats to hurt students and teachers that led to the closure of schools in the state's second largest district Monday. The threats to the Nashua school district were made by email to an administrator Sunday and were specific