A serious motor vehicle crash has shut down tolls in both directions in Rochester, New Hampshire, according to state police. The driver struck a concrete barrier and then flipped on its roof, leaving the vehicle in a mangled mess.

The man, identified as Glenn Patch of East Rochester, was traveling south on North Main Street sometime before 3:26 a.m. when his 2012 Jeep Rubicon veered across the northbound lane, according to Rochester police. After striking a parked 2001 Ford Escape, his Jeep rolled over. Patch was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Other than the…

Police need the public’s help identifying a man caught on surveillance video removing a Trump 2020 flag from a home in Rochester on Monday morning. The man was caught on surveillance at the home on Silver Street, police said. The flag was later found destroyed, according to authorities. Anyone who knows the man or has information on the incident is…

Fallen Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy, who died battling a fire in 2018, was among those honored Tuesday at Massachusetts’ ‘Firefighter of the Year’ Awards. Officials including Gov. Charlie Baker were on hand for the 30th annual event at Mechanics Hall in Worcester to honor firefighters from fire departments who undertook heroic acts of bravery and public service across the state in 2018.

Massachusetts is honoring its best and bravest firefighters this week. State Homeland Security Undersecretary Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe and state Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey will recognize heroic acts of bravery during the 30th annual Firefighter of the Year awards at Mechanics Hall in Worcester on Tuesday.

Matchbox cars, the coloring book and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The newest honorees debuted decades ago but occupy store shelves even today.

Police are investigating reports of possibly tainted Halloween candy in two neighboring New Hampshire communities. Police in Dover and Rochester told Seacoastonline.com they received reports from parents saying that candy their children received while trick-or-treating on Wednesday night appeared to have been tampered with.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation Sunday morning to confirm the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, in a targeted raid carried out by U.S. forces in Syria. In his remarks, the president also mentioned some of the victims of ISIS, including New Hampshire native James Foley. Foley was working as a freelance journalist...

A driver was killed in a single-car crash in Hampton, New Hampshire Saturday night.

Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown,” died Friday. He was 78. Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died of brain cancer following a brief illness. He was at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, including his four children and partner Denise Grayson.

Speaking in New Hampshire, former Vice President Joe Biden called for President Donald Trump to be impeached for the first time.

A neighborhood disturbance involving baseball bats, pipes and pepper spray led to the arrest of six people Monday afternoon in Rochester, New Hampshire, police said. Officers responded to the area of Heaton Street and Ricker Court at about 4:22 p.m. for the incident that involved up to 13 people.

A 29-year-old New Hampshire man accused of abusing an infant over the course of four months has been arrested.

A missing New Hampshire teenager was safely located in Somerset County in Pennsylvania.

A New Hampshire man is being held without bail in connection with a fatal weekend shooting outside a hookah lounge in Everett, Massachusetts. Charles Demos, 29, of Rochester, appeared in Malden District Court Wednesday on charges of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. Demos was arrested Sunday afternoon in connection with the shooting death of 42-year-old Jarrod Harris, of...

An arrest has been made after a man was shot and killed outside a hookah lounge and bar in Everett, Massachusetts, early Saturday morning. Charles Demos, 29, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was arrested Sunday afternoon in connection with the shooting death of Jarrod Harris, 42, of Everett, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Everett police confirm. Demos is facing charges...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was the first in New York to seek bankruptcy protection under the weight of new sexual misconduct lawsuits, but lawyers and church leaders say it may not be the last.

The smartphone is being considered for induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year in recognition of its impact on how people play and interact. The other finalists announced Wednesday are: Care Bears, the coloring book, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Jenga, Magic the Gathering, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox cars, My Little Pony, Nerf Blaster, Risk, and the top....

A New Hampshire mother will be allowed to keep her “PB4WEGO” vanity license plate thanks to Gov. Chris Sununu. The governor reached out to the Department of Motor Vehicles Wednesday and “strongly urged” them to let Gonic resident Wendy Auger keep the plate she’s had for 15 years.