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The 45th President of the United States Donald J Trump makes a stop in New Hampshire ahead of the February 13th primary. Oct. 23, 2023 at 12:30 PM ET

Masked loyalists are seen after hijacking and setting a car on fire at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Masked men threw petrol bombs and hijacked cars in the Loyalist area North of Belfast. Loyalists and unionists are angry about post-Brexit trading arrangements which they claim have created barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. (Peter Morrison/PA via AP) The disturbances followed unrest Friday and Saturday in unionist areas in and around Belfast and Londonderry, also known as Derry, that saw cars set on fire and projectiles and gasoline bombs hurled...

During a rally yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke to a crowd in Derry, N.H., a town that many miners call home. He acknowledged the economic setbacks and job insecurity that coal miners face these days, and gave them some advice: learn to code. According to Dave Weigel of the Washington Post, Biden said, “Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well... Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake!” According to Weigel, the comment was met with silence from...

A 91-year-old World War II veteran has finally received his high school diploma, eight decades after leaving school to support his family. Pete Sabedra walked across the stage at Derry Area Middle School, about 40 miles east of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, to accept his degree at a special awards ceremony on Wednesday. His daughter-in-law put in a request for him to receive an honorary diploma from the school after a lifetime of hard work. Speaking of his work on the railroads when he was a child, she said: 'The weight of the wheelbarrows loaded with the ballast and the moving...

Civil right leader Rev. Jesse Jackson paid enormous tribute to the late Martin McGuinness this week in a rousing speech to open the Museum of Free Derry. Comparing the Derryman, who died earlier this year after a short illness, to the likes of Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela, the activist laid a wreath at the Sinn Féin leader’s grave, meeting with other members of the political party to pay tribute. “It was a great honor to welcome the Rev. Jesse Jackson to Derry today, as he laid a wreath at the grave of Martin McGuinness, accompanied by Martin’s...

The New Hampshire state representative who confronted Hillary Clinton at a campaign stop over Bill Clinton's alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick said that she is getting threats on her safety and the safety of her children. But she refuses to back down. "I think that Hillary Clinton is an enabler," Republican Rep. Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien told Breitbart News in her first exclusive interview since the wide media controversy over the incident. "I'm angry and I've had enough and I don't want to put up with it anymore." Prudhomme-O'Brien represents Derry in the state's sixth legislative district. She stood up to Clinton...

-snip- I remember it as though it was yesterday. I only wish that it were yesterday and maybe there would still be time to do something about what your husband, Bill Clinton, did to me. There was a political rally for Mr. Clinton's bid for governor of Arkansas. I had obligated myself to be at this rally prior to my being assaulted by your husband in April, 1978. I had made up my mind to make an appearance and then leave as soon as the two of you arrived. This was a big mistake, but I was still in a...

Juanita Broaddrick is blunt. First, there was the accusation of a rape committed by then-Arkansas Attorney General Bill Clinton-the man Arkansan Broaddrick was supporting for governor. Broaddrick described the incident this way to Lisa Myers of NBC: "Then he tries to kiss me again. And the second time he tries to kiss me he starts biting my lip... He starts to, um, bite on my top lip and I tried to pull away from him. And then he forces me down on the bed. And I just was very frightened, and I tried to get away from him and I...

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faced a loud heckler in a New Hampshire town hall on Sunday who brought up Bill Clinton's controversial sex history. The confrontation came one day before the former president is scheduled to campaign for his wife in the state. The heckler was Republican State Rep. Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien, who brought up Juanita Broderick and Kathleen Wiley, two women who accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault. At the town hall in Derry, New Hampshire, Prudhomme-O'Brien interrupted Hillary Clinton three times before finally being addressed by the presidential candidate. "You are very rude and I'm not never ever...

Hillary Clinton to Heckler Mentioning Juanita Broaddrick: 'You Are Very Rude,' 'I'm Not Ever Gonna Call on You'. Hillary Clinton dismissed a heckler Sunday during a town hall in Derry, New Hampshire, calling the woman "very rude" and promising never to answer her questions-which concerned Juanita Broaddrick and her allegations of sexual assault from Clinton's husband Bill.

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Donald Trump last night was in Derry, New Hampshire, at a press conference. During the Q&A a reporter said, "Jeb Bush is in the state. He's right down the road from you here. We're in this state; we're in the town hall. Have you gotten under his skin?" TRUMP: Have I gotten under Jeb Bush's skin? I -- I don't know. I will tell you this. You mentioned the word "skin." He said the other day one of the dumber things I've heard ever in politics when talking about Iraq. That we, the United States, he said,...

Donald Trump held his first town hall meeting Wednesday night before a rowdy Derry, New Hampshire crowd that cheered, chimed in and booed when he mentioned his presidential rivals. "These are my people," a gleeful Trump said. Jeb Bush, the establishment favorite, was nine miles away holding a simultaneous town hall event, and Trump couldn't help but comment on the man who's crown he appears — at least for now — to have taken and whom he has described as an unenthusiastic candidate. "Right down the road we have Jeb. Very small crowd," Trump said. "We have 2,500. … There...

The Derry City and Strabane District Council have voted in favor of moving to officially changing the name of Londonderry to Derry. Unionists are describing the decision, voted upon on Thursday evening, as “sectarian” and “disgusting.” The vote passed with the full support of Sinn Féin, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and the Independent councillors, despite opposition from the minority unionist block. The council will now write to Environment Minister Mark H. Durkan of the SDLP, on how to go about the change. Durkan is himself a native of Derry. According to TheJournal.ie, 28 councillors voted to seek...

"Car bomb explodes in Derry" IRISH TIMES REPORTERS SNIPPET: "A car bomb has exploded outside a police station in the North. The blast occurred at about 3.20am in a taxi which had been parked outside Strand Road police station in Derry. Damage was caused to the station and the perimeter wall but no one was injured in the incident. The explosion follows a telephone warning that a device had been planted in front of the station. According to the PSNI, a taxi driver was approached by two men on Cook Street at about 3am, one of whom had a gun....

Protestors burn the Israeli flag outside Leinster House during the Ireland Palestine demonstration in Dublin today. Photo: Matt Kavanagh A man attempted to set himself alight at a protest today in Dublin over the continued bombing of Gaza. The man, who appeared visibly distraught, set his arms and shoulders alight before onlookers managed to extinguish the flames. He was not seriously injured. The incident happened at around 1.45pm this afternoon at the Central Bank in Dublin where around 600 people had gathered to protest at Israeli attacks in Gaza. The protest continued without incident to Leinster House and finished this...

HERSHEY — A wooden altar that graced the first Roman Catholic church in Derry Township has been discovered in the basement of a Hershey business. Hershey-area historian Millie Landis-Coyle has been on the trail of the altar, as well as other artifacts, from St. Lucy’s Chapel for several years.  Landis-Coyle, who is active in the Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society, has been researching the history of the township. It was through her work that she was able to locate the altar, which was found at 349 W. Chocolate Ave. “We also have traced the baptismal font and candlesticks from the church,”...

Councillors to hear proposal for nuclear plant in Derry 20/04/2006 - 11:19:56 Councillors in Derry are due to hear proposals today for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the city. The plan is being put forward by businessman Robert Andrew, who says a 2,000-megawatt plant could generate the same amount of power as 300,000 wind farms. Mr Andrew says the facility would meet all of the North's energy needs and would also create 500 stable jobs. However, local Green Party spokesman Peter Doran is urging councillors to reject the idea, saying it flies in the face of public...

The Catholic Church in Derry is to bring a whole new meaning to the saying "Be seen and not heard" after it revealed new glass fronted confessional boxes could replace the traditional booths under strict new guidelines aimed at dealing with the issue of child sex abuse. The surprising move is just one of a number of visible changes that could come out of the document "Our Children, Our Church", a new report launched by the Church earlier this week. The guidelines in the report aim to protect children in the Church and have been described as 'robust' by Fr....

Event: Ask President Bush Where: Derry, NH When: Event Begins: Sunday, September 19, 2004 3:05 pm EDT Event Ends: Sunday, September 19, 2004 Cost: Free