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The Republican said "most people had never heard of this issue" until recently. He also defended HB2, which requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that correspond with their sex at birth.

This May New Hampshire Public Radio in collaboration with New Hampshire PBS is hosting the By Degrees Climate Summit 2024 at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. This year’s summit brings together journalists and change makers from across the region to talk about opportunities for transformative action in the face of the climate change crisis.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Turkey on new government efforts to shift policy toward the Kurds. A 12-year-long battle with Kurdish insurgents has created millions of homeless refugees...most of them are pouring into Turkish cities. Although the new pro-Islamic government is trying to return these refugees to their homes, the Kurds are suspicious.

The ultimate goal is to fly a solar-powered plane around the globe. In the U.S., Solar Impulse is expected to finish its journey in New York City.

Gov. Pat McCrory said the suit he filed against the Justice Department, which defends a bill that regulates who uses what bathrooms and allows for discrimination against LGBT people, is too expensive.

The gap between housing stock and housing needs has significantly driven up housing prices in Vermont. Some think alternative methods of construction, including modular builds, could help.

White-haired hopefuls gathered in City Hall Park on Saturday for their chance to win a grand prize of $17, the senator’s proposed minimum wage.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed the bill March 26 by a vote of 208 to 125. The full Senate will consider the bill later this spring.

The committee would consider a proposed landfill’s impacts on public health and safety, traffic and more. The bill would require an applicant to note whether the proposed facility would have a preference for waste generated in New Hampshire.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Zaire, which is growing more catastrophic by the day. As the U-S and other nations debate how to mount an emergecy relief operation, reports say more and more wandering refugees are dying every day. More than a million Rwandan refugees--and an unknown number of Zairean citizens -- have been forced to flee fighting between the Zairean army and Rwandan-backed Zairean rebels.