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If you live in the Manchester-Hooksett area, watch out for road workers

May 5—The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has announced several projects that will start this week in Manchester, Hooksett and Allenstown that could affect travel.

—Road work began Sunday on Interstate 93 in Hooksett. This work will require lane closures on the northbound and southbound sides of I-93 from mile marker 27 to mile marker 32.

Weather and temperature permitting, paving will begin at approximately 8 p.m. each night and end the following morning by 5 a.m., Sunday through Friday.

This project involves resurfacing existing roadways on Interstate 93 in Hooksett, the Hooksett Toll Plaza, and full width inlays of the Exit 11 ramps in Hooksett.

Pike Industries of Belmont is the contractor for the $4 million project, which has a final completion date of September 2024.

—A multi-bridge rehabilitation project on Interstate 93, in the northbound travel lanes between exits 6 and 8 in Manchester, starts Monday.

Construction operations will require nightly lane closures for the installation of permanent lane shifts required to facilitate phased bridge rehabilitation on the I-93 northbound bridges over Wellington Road and Stevens Pond.

This work is expected to be completed over a two-week period and will take place from approximately 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day.

E.D. Swett of Concord is the general contractor for this $10.1 million maintenance and preservation bridge project which is expected to finish in October 2025.

—Paving operations will begin Monday on the northbound and southbound lanes from the Manchester/Hooksett town line to Route 28 in Allenstown.

This work is scheduled to be done between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and will require the use of lane closures and alternating one-way traffic to perform the work. This work is expected to take six to eight weeks, however additional workdays may be required due to weather conditions.

Continental Paving Inc. of Londonderry is the contractor for the $5.9 million project, which has a final completion date of September 2024.

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A landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire's youth detention center resulted in a $38 million award to a former resident

CONCORD, N.H. -- Attorneys for a man who prevailed in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at New Hampshire's youth detention center asked a judge Tuesday to reconvene and question jurors, some of whom have expressed dismay that the $38 million award could be slashed by nearly 99%.

A jury on Friday awarded $38 million to David Meehan, who alleged that the state’s negligence allowed him to be repeatedly raped, beaten and held in solitary confinement as a teenager at the Youth Development Center. But the attorney general’s office is seeking to reduce the award under a state law that allows claimants against the state to recover a maximum of $475,000 per “incident.”

Three distraught jurors have since contacted Meehan’s attorneys, including the jury foreperson, who described feeling “devastated” and “duped,” and another who said the state is misinterpreting the verdict.

No hearing has been scheduled, but here are some things to know about how the dispute unfolded.

Meehan, 42, went to police in 2017 and sued the state three years later. Since then, 11 former state workers have been arrested and more than 1,100 other former residents of what is now called the Sununu Youth Services Center have filed lawsuits alleging physical, sexual and emotional abuse spanning six decades. Charges against one former worker, Frank Davis, were dropped Tuesday after the 82-year-old was found incompetent to stand trial.

Meehan’s lawsuit was the first to go to trial. Over four weeks, his attorneys contended that the state encouraged a culture of abuse marked by pervasive brutality, corruption and a code of silence.

The state portrayed Meehan as a violent child, troublemaking teenager and delusional adult lying to get money. Defense attorneys also said the state was not liable for the conduct of rogue employees and that Meehan waited too long to sue.

THE VERDICT

Jurors unanimously agreed that Meehan filed his lawsuit in a timely fashion, that he was injured at the facility and that the state’s negligence caused his injuries. They awarded him $18 million in compensatory damages and an additional $20 million in enhanced damages after finding the state acted with reckless indifference or abused its power.

Jurors were unaware of the state law that caps damages at $475,000 per incident. When asked on the verdict form how many incidents they found Meehan had proven, they wrote “one.”

WHAT COUNTS AS AN INCIDENT?

That’s where it gets tricky.

In pre-verdict discussions without the jury present, lawyers for the state argued that all of Meehan’s claims arose out of a single incident of alleged negligence. Meehan’s lawyers insisted that each act of physical or sexual abuse be counted as a separate incident, even those that happened simultaneously.

“Merely raping a kid is bad enough, but it’s even worse, and a separate incident, if it also involves hitting him in the head or kicking him in the ribs or other things to get him to comply,” Meehan's attorney David Vicinanzo said.

At one point, the judge considered including a list of the type of abuse alleged on each date on the verdict form and asking jurors to determine whether an injury occurred and whether the state was liable. But the state argued that providing such a list would be prejudicial to Meehan’s side.

Judge Andrew Schulman said he disagreed with both parties and if forced to define “incident,” he would consider all the acts that happened in a given “episode” to be one incident. That put him closer to the plaintiff’s view, but in the end, he said he would leave it up to the state Supreme Court to settle.

“Why go out and define something that there’s a 50% chance of being wrong if it doesn’t need to be defined in the first place?” he said. “They can deal with it, but I don't think I have to.”

Attorney Martha Gaythwaite, representing the state, did not address the issue in her closing statement to jurors. Vicinanzo told the jury that Meehan was raped an estimated 200 times, beaten 200 times and held in unjustified solitary confinement for roughly 100 days.

“I want to emphasize to you that the numbers are very important,” he said.

In his verbal instructions to the jury, Schulman said that rather than asking jurors to list “incident by incident” decisions, he asked for “just the number of incidents for which you find liability based on timely claims.” The verdict form itself defined incident as a “(a) single episode during which the plaintiff was injured; (b) for which injuries the jury has found DHHS liable in response to previous questions; (c) on claims the jury found to be timely claims in response to question 1.”

In response to that question, the jury wrote “one.”

BUT WHAT DID THEY MEAN?

One juror explained it like this:

“I can not state strongly enough that we the jury were in unanimous agreement that David suffers from ‘one’ incident/case of complex PTSD, as the result of 100+ episodes of abuse (physical, sexual, and emotional) that he sustained at the hands of the State's neglect and abuse of their own power,” the juror wrote to Meehan's attorneys on Sunday. “We wrote one incident, because the PTSD will last with David forever and could never be clearly defined by a date or a single episode.”

In an earlier message, the juror said the question's wording was “wrong” and criticized the state for its interpretation of the answer. In separate emails to the attorneys, the jury foreperson described a sleepless night of crying after learning about the cap.

“We had no idea,” the jury foreperson wrote. “Had we known that the settlement amount was to be on a per incident basis, I assure you, our outcome would have reflected it."

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

The state has not yet responded to the motion to reconvene the jury. But earlier Tuesday, it filed an objection to Meehan's initial request for a hearing, saying there was no legal basis for relief with respect to the jury's “unambiguous” finding of one incident. As for not being told of the cap, Assistant Attorney General Brandon Chase noted that the judge expressly ruled that the jury would not be informed of it, in keeping with judicial precedents. In criminal trials, for example, juries generally are not told of the penalties a defendant will face if convicted to avoid affecting the outcome, he noted.

Meehan's attorneys, however, insist the judge is obligated to poll the jury when it appears a jury has misconceived its duty.

“This is not a case in which the moving party is speculating about jury error in some way grasping at straws,” the wrote. "It is a case in which three of twelve jurors have taken their duty seriously enough to come forward and attempt to correct what they perceive to be a miscarriage of justice.

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In N.H., police arrest dozens at Palestinian solidarity protests at Dartmouth and UNH

• Olivia Richardson, NHPR

This is a developing story. We will update it as more details are confirmed.

Officers with the New Hampshire State Police and local police departments arrested more than 100 protesters at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire Wednesday night, after groups on both campuses tried to set up encampments protesting the war in Gaza.

The Hanover Police Department said in a release Thursday morning that 90 people were arrested at the Dartmouth protest for multiple offenses, including criminal trespass and resisting arrest. Police say people not affiliated with Dartmouth were among those they arrested.

Police also arrested 12 people — 10 students and two people "not affiliated with the university" — at UNH Wednesday, according to a statement from a university spokesperson.

The move comes six months after Dartmouth College administrators  arrested  two students for an earlier Palestinian solidarity protest, and as students across the country mount similar demonstrations, many of which have also been met with strong  police response .

In a statement provided to NHPR late Wednesday night, a New Hampshire State Police spokesperson said they "deployed personnel and various resources to the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College campuses in response to illegal activity and at the request of local law enforcement."

The Dartmouth encampment Wednesday evening followed a planned “ Labor for Liberation Celebration ” earlier in the day, coordinated by a mix of campus and community activists to highlight what they called “the interconnected liberation struggles of Palestinians and workers around the world, including those right here at Dartmouth and in the Upper Valley.” Shortly after that event wrapped up, a group of protesters started setting up tents on the main college lawn, in the center of Hanover. Some gave speeches, waved Palestinian flags and chanted “Divest Not Arrest.” A group of students also encircled the encampment, mirroring a move seen on other campuses meant to make it more difficult for police to reach the protesters in tents inside.

Ahead of Wednesday’s demonstration, Dartmouth officials warned that student protesters could face sanctions or arrest. In a message sent to the campus community Wednesday afternoon, Provost David F. Kotz said school policies “specifically prohibit the use of tents and encampments on the Green and other areas of campus.”

“Students, employees, and organizations in violation of Dartmouth policies or local laws will be immediately subject to Dartmouth’s disciplinary processes, which could include separation and expulsion,” Kotz wrote. “Students and employees violating local laws may also be subject to law enforcement action based on Hanover ordinances.”

Police, many wearing riot gear, were lined up on the perimeter from the start of Wednesday evening’s rally. As protesters began setting up tents, campus security officers passed out fliers notifying participants that they were violating school rules and ordering them to “cease the disruption immediately.” The fliers included a list of “allowable activities” (which included “speech,” “expressing viewpoints” and “holding signs in hands”) as well as “prohibited items and activities” (which included “amplified sound,” “tents of any kind,” “demonstrations inside buildings” and “sleeping”).

Around 8 p.m., after campus security and Hanover police unsuccessfully ordered the gathering to disband, a group of state police in riot gear appeared on the scene. By 8:20 p.m., state police told students they had 10 minutes to vacate. Around 8:30 p.m., police again offered students five more minutes to clear the area. Shortly before 8:40 p.m., police declared that students were engaged in an unlawful assembly and ordered protesters to disperse.

They moved closer to students, and as of 9:20 p.m. it appeared as though police were starting to arrest people, though it wasn’t immediately clear how many.

Shortly before 11 p.m.,  The Dartmouth  student newspaper  reported  that four of the five tents set up at the encampment had been removed and "at least 25 protesters have been detained on the Green, including two staff members from The Dartmouth and history professor."

As the demonstration progressed, protesters shifted into chants of “There’s no riot here, why are you in riot gear?” They also called out Dartmouth President Sian Beilock for the university’s decision to arrest students during the protests last fall, chanting, “Beilock, Beilock drop the case, you can’t even show your face.”

In a statement issued Wednesday evening, the ACLU of New Hampshire condemned the arrests, saying they were "highly concerned" by initial reports of the police response at Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire.

“Use of police force against protestors should never be a first resort," the organization said. “Freedom of speech and the right to demonstrate are foundational principles of democracy and core constitutional rights. We urge university and government leaders to create environments that safeguard constitutionally protected speech."

A spokesperson for the state police said Wednesday night that its officers are "committed to protecting the constitutional rights of Granite Staters while also ensuring those who violate the law are held accountable."

This story is a production of the New England News Collaborative. It was originally published by NHPR. 

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USC reopens campus to school community after closing due to protesters unaffiliated with university

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The University of Southern California reopened its campus to the school community Wednesday night after temporarily closing because "demonstrators unaffiliated with USC" were protesting next to the campus, the school said.

The protesters were gathered at the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street, the school said in a post at around 8 p.m. It was not clear what they were protesting. 

Shortly after 9 p.m., the school said the demonstrators had left the area and the campus was reopened to "students, staff, faculty, and registered guests."

UCLA police tell people to leave encampment over loudspeaker

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LAPD issues city-wide "tactical alert" putting officers on notice about UCLA protest

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The Los Angeles Police Department has issued a city-wide "tactical alert" related to the unlawful assembly declared at a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, a law enforcement source told CNN. 

The alert notifies all LAPD personnel that they could be called on tonight to assist with the ongoing situation on campus, if needed.

During a tactical alert, some lower-priority calls for police services may not be addressed.

Several law enforcement agencies coordinate their approach to UCLA encampment, source says

From CNN's Nick Watt

The large law enforcement presence on UCLA's campus is comprised of several agencies to perform specific tasks to clear the encampment, according to a source familiar with law enforcement plans:

• The Los Angeles Police Department will secure the perimeter.
• The California Highway Patrol will enter the encampment.
• The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department will be responsible for crowd control.

Law enforcement on site will be equipped with protective gear, including gas masks, according to the source. The UCLA hospital will also be on standby to receive anyone who may be injured, the source said.

State police deployed to University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College took people into custody

From CNN’s Joe Sutton

State police were deployed to the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College due to “illegal activity and at the request of local law enforcement,” the New Hampshire Department of Safety told CNN.

"All individuals who were taken into custody are being processed by the University of New Hampshire Police Department and the Hanover Police Department,” said Tyler Dumont, New Hampshire Department of Safety spokesman. “The members of the New Hampshire State Police are committed to protecting the constitutional rights of Granite Staters while also ensuring those who violate the law are held accountable."

The University of New Hampshire told CNN that students supporting Palestinians had peacefully protested on campus at least seven times over the past six months.

"Despite much communication with organizers regarding the University’s expectations for conduct when exercising their free speech rights, those guidelines were ignored today. Protesters erected tents in an attempt to create an encampment on UNH property."

The university said it will protect free speech on campus but "will not allow it to be co-opted by a small group of protesters, including outside agitators.”

CNN has reached out to Dartmouth College for comment. 

Multiple people were arrested during an ongoing pro-Palestinian protest at Dartmouth College on Wednesday night, according to CNN affiliate  WMUR .

Multiple people arrested at Dartmouth College in standoff between protesters and police

From CNN’s Jillian Sykes

Multiple people have been arrested during an ongoing pro-Palestinian protest at Dartmouth College on Wednesday night, according to CNN affiliate  WMUR .

Video from WMUR shows police pulling protesters one-by-one from the crowd gathered on the Dartmouth Green and detaining them with zip ties.

Protesters can be heard chanting “Free Palestine” while holding banners and flags.

The crowd appears to be a mix of students and members of the community, WMUR says.

About 16 arrested following protest at University at Buffalo, school says

Approximately 16 people were arrested Wednesday night after a pro-Palestine protest at the University at Buffalo's North Campus, including students and "other individuals not affiliated with the University at Buffalo," the school said in a release.

Those people were arrested after being "advised of, and failing to comply, with an order to disperse for a violation of UB’s  Picketing and Assembling Policy  that prohibits encampments and overnight assemblies," the release reads.

"While many protesters peacefully left the area after being advised multiple times by UB Police that those remaining at the protest would be arrested if they did not disperse at dusk, unfortunately some individuals elected to ignore the requests of UB Police and were arrested."

"A few individuals" attempted to resist arrest, and two officers were assaulted, the release reads.

In an earlier  release , the university said its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine originally organized a march at the North Campus on Wednesday. 

Around  50 people , including students and others not affiliated with the university, continued to protest into Wednesday evening, the university said.

Many left the area after warnings from university police to disperse at dusk, but others were arrested outside of Hochstetter Hall, the university said .

"While the decision to arrest individuals occurred after multiple discussions, communications and warnings to protesters, UB Police prioritized the safety and security of the university community by upholding and enforcing all applicable laws, SUNY rules and UB polices."

The university said it recognizes and respects the right to protest but emphasized that overnight assemblies and indoor and outdoor encampments are prohibited.

"The university recognizes and respects the right to protest afforded under the First Amendment," the release announcing the arrests reads. "However, those members of the university community and visitors who wish to express their viewpoints through picketing and other forms of demonstration are permitted to peacefully do so but must not violate the provisions of the  Rules for the Maintenance of Public Order of the SUNY Board of Trustees  and must adhere to UB’s  Picketing and Assembling Policy , including the prohibition of overnight assemblies, and indoor and outdoor encampments."

Five tents were previously placed on campus but were removed by protesters after they were advised by university staff and police.

Unlawful assembly declared at UCLA encampment, source says

From CNN's Josh Campbell and Nick Watt

Law enforcement has declared an unlawful assembly for a pro-Palestinian encampment at the university's quad, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN. 

Declaring a gathering unlawful is a step police typically take before ordering individuals to disperse or face arrest.

CNN witnessed more than 100 law enforcement officers from various agencies entering the campus Wednesday, including a stream of officers wearing riot helmets and carrying zip ties.

Aerial video from CNN affiliate KABC shows dozens of police vehicles and a law enforcement mobile command post gathered at the FBI's Los Angeles field office parking lot, which is approximately one mile from the UCLA encampment. 

Hundreds of people had gathered outside the encampment Wednesday evening, most appearing to be seated on the ground across from the entrance to the camp, the aerial footage shows. Inside the encampment, more than 80 tents lined the grass as people busily wove through the area.

By around 8:30 p.m., a growing line of LAPD officers had formed between the encampment and the outside group of protesters, according to a CNN crew on the scene.

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Second juror in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial explains verdict, says state misinterpreted

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A second juror who awarded a New Hampshire man $38 million in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the state’s youth detention center has contacted attorneys with concerns about the outcome. Jurors sided with David Meehan on Friday in finding the state’s negligence allowed him to be beaten and raped at the Youth Development Center in the 1990s. But the state says the award would be reduced because claimants against the state can only recover $475,000 “per incident.” On Sunday, the juror said the jury believed Meehan suffered more than 100 injuries but that the panel wrote he had proven only one incident at trial — his post-traumatic stress disorder. The jury foreperson also emailed Meehan’s attorneys to complain.

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Biden speaks to Netanyahu amid cease-fire talks and evacuation of Rafah

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning as a potential ground assault in Rafah looms and as negotiations over a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel moved closer to an agreement.

A little while after their call, Hamas announced that it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal. Israel has not yet commented on the plan.

A White House readout of the call said Biden updated Netanyahu "on efforts to secure a hostage deal" including through talks happening Monday in the Qatari capital, Doha.

"The Prime Minister agreed to ensure the Kerem Shalom crossing is open for humanitarian assistance for those in need. The President reiterated his clear position on Rafah," the White House said.

The two leaders discussed Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, which takes place Monday, the readout said.

Biden and Netanyahu “discussed the shared commitment of Israel and the United States to remember the six million Jews who were systematically targeted and murdered in the Holocaust, one of the darkest chapters in human history, and to forcefully act against antisemitism and all forms of hate-fueled violence,” the readout said.

Before the call, a National Security Council spokesperson said it would touch on possible military action in Rafah.

“We can’t speak for IDF operations," the spokesperson said. "We have made our views clear on a major ground invasion of Rafah to the Israeli government, and the President will speak with the Prime Minister today. We continue to believe that a hostage deal is the best way to preserve the lives of the hostages, and avoid an invasion of Rafah, where more than a million people are sheltering. Those talks are ongoing now.”

Cease-fire talks over the weekend appeared not to have yielded any breakthroughs. CIA Director William Burns was expected to travel to Israel on Monday for additional negotiations after having participated in discussions Sunday in Doha, a source with knowledge of the matter told NBC News.

Burns traveled to Doha for an emergency meeting with Qatar’s prime minister to explore avenues to see if the talks could be brought back on track after negotiations stalled in Cairo. The Israeli prime minister’s office blamed Hamas for "not moving a millimeter from its extreme demands that no government in Israel can accept."

Pressure has been mounting for a long-term cease-fire as Israel has made moves that signal a ground assault in Rafah could be imminent. Overnight, flyers were dropped on eastern Rafah calling on people thereto move to humanitarian areas, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The IDF estimated Sunday that 100,000 people from that area were told to evacuate.

Biden and his administration have warned Israel against launching a military offensive in Rafah. Last week, the White House halted a large shipment of offensive weapons to Israel, as the IDF is ramping up that possible ground invasion, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the decision.

The shipment included 2,000-pound bombs and other ammunition that would most likely be used in Rafah, the officials said. Israel already has a large arsenal, so while this shipment is not likely to stop an offensive, it could have been very helpful to it in one.  

While the officials said this does not indicate a larger change in policy about providing weapons to Israel, it has been very rare for the U.S. to withhold weapons and equipment from Israel because of concerns over how they can be used. 

The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Axios was first to report the shipment’s being halted.

A statement from a group representing families of the hostages held in Gaza urged Netanyahu to ignore any political pressure from far-right members of his government not to make a deal with Hamas.

“Today, on the eve of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, we want to remind you, as you have promised every year — ‘Never Again.’ You must disregard all political pressure," said a statement from the Hostage Families Forum headquarters.

"This is the time to lead, show courage, and bring about the return of all 132 being held by the terrorist monsters of Hamas — the living for rehabilitation and the murdered for burial," it said. "Mr. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, history will not forgive you if you miss this opportunity, as the return of the hostages is a necessary condition for national healing, redemption, and revival.”

Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.