New Hampshire

Dartmouth students launch hunger strike 'for Palestine and campus justice'

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2 years ago

February 22, 2024

Dartmouth students launch hunger strike 'for Palestine and campus justice'

Eight Dartmouth students are going on a hunger strike, in part to demand more support for Palestinian students amid a growing death toll in Gaza.

“We will starve for Palestine and campus justice,” the protestors wrote in a public letter.

The protestors identified four main demands for school leaders, including divestment from organizations that support Israel and a commitment to review another detailed set of policy goals, dubbed the Dartmouth New Deal.

They also want Dartmouth administrators to ask law enforcement to drop criminal charges against two students who were arrested during another on campus protest in October.

Roan Wade, one of the students who was arrested, said the administration’s handling of that incident goes against its public pledges to support students’ rights to free expression.

“As U.S. citizens, this is something we can go through,” Wade said. “But for a large swathe of campus who are international students who are undocumented students they now feel like they cannot engage to the same extent in protest.”

The students engaging in the hunger strike are also asking for the school to more publicly acknowledge and support Palestinian students’ presence on campus.

Ramsey Alsheikh, who is participating in the protest, said he’s been alarmed by the administration’s silence regarding attacks against Palestinian people on and off campus, including when three college students were shot in Vermont last fall.

“Many Palestinian Muslim students were feeling extremely unsafe,” Alsheikh said. “We needed the administration to do something. They refused to send out a statement.”

A Dartmouth spokesperson said that the school supports the student’s rights to free speech, including protesting, and will have medical supervision on site for their strike.

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New Hampshire

Death of Laconia, N.H. man ruled a homicide – The Boston Globe

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9 hours ago

April 22, 2026

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Death of Laconia, N.H. man ruled a homicide – The Boston Globe

Authorities ruled the death of a 62-year-old man who was found stabbed at his home in Laconia, N.H. last week a homicide, prosecutors said Tuesday.

An autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office found that John Anderson died from stab wounds to the neck, the office of Attorney General John M. Formella said in a statement.

Police went to Anderson’s apartment at 217 South Main St. the morning of April 14 for a welfare check when officers discovered his body, Formella’s office said in a previous statement.

No arrests were reported.

State Police detectives asked the public for information about Anderson’s movements or activity at his home from April 12 to April 14.

Anderson’s death was the first of two homicides in Laconia on April 14.

Linda Dionne, 58, was found dead at 52 Old Prescott Hill Road around 1:40 p.m., Formella’s office said. An autopsy showed she died of strangulation.

Dionne’s son Christopher Garon, 32, was at the scene and shortly arrested and charged with second-degree murder, officials said.

Chloe Pisani can be reached at chloe.pisani@globe.com.

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New Hampshire

Police locate missing New Hampshire teen during Portland traffic stop

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21 hours ago

April 21, 2026

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Police locate missing New Hampshire teen during Portland traffic stop

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) — Police say they found a missing New Hampshire teen during a traffic stop in Portland on Monday.

Police say they stopped a car at the intersection of Hanover Street and Lancaster Street around 8:35 p.m.

Police say they arrested 19-year-old Wyatt Boulette of Springvale and charged him with operating after suspension or revocation and violating conditions of release. He was taken to the Cumberland County Jail.

A 17-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the car, had a warrant for his arrest. He taken Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.

Wyatt Boulette (Cumberland County Jail)

Police say another passenger, a 17-year-old girl, had been reported missing in Tilton, New Hampshire. She was taken to the Portland Police Department, where she was later released to her mother.

No other details have been released at this time.

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New Hampshire

Man killed after shooting police officer, NH authorities say

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1 day ago

April 21, 2026

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Man killed after shooting police officer, NH authorities say

A man was killed Monday in an exchange of gunfire with police in Ashland, New Hampshire, authorities said.

The office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said Ashland police stopped a vehicle Monday evening on Main Street. A man in the vehicle, whose name has not been released, allegedly pulled a gun.

Officials said the man shot and wounded one police officer. The man was shot during the confrontation and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The officer is being treated at a hospital for a gunshot injury. No one else was hurt, authorities said.

Formella’s office is investigating the shooting alongside New Hampshire State Police.

The names of the officers involved in the incident will not be shared until interviews are completed, authorities said. The man killed in the shooting will be publicly identified after next of kin are notified and an autopsy is conducted.

No further information was immediately available.

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