Courts and Justice

A brick sign for the N.H. Department of Health and Human Services outside their Concord Campus.

NHPR

Lawsuit settled over NH's management of in-home care program

Olivia Richardson

In the settlement, the NH Department of Health and Human Services agreed to hire a third party to assess gaps in service.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell proposed several changes to the law that could benefit victims of sexual abuse.

GBH

Report on abuse in Mass. Catholic churches puts new focus on legal limits for survivors

Hannah Reale

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell proposed eliminating the charitable immunity cap; eliminating the statute of limitations for civil liability in cases of childhood sexual abuse; and create an indefinite "lookback" window.

Bobcat on a trail wildlife cam in New Hampshire.

NHPR

Three men plead guilty in scheme to poach, sell over 40 bobcats from NH

Nate Hegyi

The federal charges are the latest chapter in one of the biggest poaching cases in recent New Hampshire history.

Terry McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org, visits a cemetery in Douglas where Phil Saviano is buried. Saviano was a board member of BishopAccountability.org and a

CAI - Cape & Islands

Clergy abuse archivist says new Mass. AG report is 'helpful,' 'disappointing'

Gilda Geist

A report released this week from the Mass. Attorney General's Office says clergy sexually abused nearly 1,000 children in the Catholic Dioceses of Fall River, Worcester, and Springfield.

A group of people sit and stand in a circle. Two people, one dressed as a polar bear, hold a sign that says 'abolish ICE.'

Vermont Public

Feds charge protesters who blocked doors at ICE surveillance facility in Williston, VT

Liam Elder-Connors

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced on Wednesday it’s charging the individuals with obstructing access to a federal facility, which carries a sentence of up to 30 days in prison or a $5,000 fine.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell announces the release of the state's investigation into clergy sexual abuse in the Worcester, Fall River and Springfield dioceses on Sept. 30, 2026. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

WBUR

Massachusetts releases first-ever clergy sex abuse investigation for Worcester, Fall River and Springfield

Nancy Eve Cohen, Amy Gorel

Attorney General Andrea Campbell called the report “the first, full public accounting of the abuse, misconduct and institutional failures at the dioceses that allowed the abuse to happen.”

Vandals spray-painted white supremacist graffiti outside the Moka Pot coffee shop in Manchester early Wednesday.

NHPR

Police arrest man for white supremacist graffiti at Manchester, NH cafe

Todd Bookman

The Moka Pot coffee shop was defaced with swastikas and the phrase "white power" last week. Authorities arrested a 20-year-old man from Allenstown.

Six people stand in a line in front of a door with arms and hands entwined

Vermont Public

Vermont attorney general charges protesters for trespassing at ICE surveillance facility

Liam Elder-Connors

Attorney General Charity Clark filed charges against protesters who refused to leave a Williston office complex this summer that houses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement surveillance facility. 12 pleaded not guilty to unlawful trespassing on Thursday.

From left, Justice Bryan Gould, Patrick Donovan, and Melissa Countway, during oral arguments at the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Sept. 22, 2026.

NHPR

NH Supreme Court delays argument in case after attorney raises ethics concerns

Todd Bookman

Defense attorney Mark Sisti raised a last-minute appeal Tuesday, citing possible ongoing investigations into justices on the state’s top court.

Connecticut Public

Diamantis defends his decision to flee to Greece and avoid sentencing in CT corruption case

Frankie Graziano

Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis, a former state school construction official, fled to Greece ahead of his Sept. 17 sentencing for a conviction on 21 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and lying to federal investigators.