Todd Kohlhepp is charged with kidnapping the woman. Authorities say more charges are coming.

WOODRUFF, S.C. -- A South Carolina man killed at least seven people in a hidden crime spree that lasted more than a decade and only was uncovered when police rescued a woman locked in a storage container, authorities said Saturday.

Todd Kohlhepp accepted responsibility for an unsolved 13-year-old massacre one day before the 13th anniversary of the deaths that stumped authorities, said Sheriff Chuck Wright.

Kohlhepp confessed to the deaths of the owner, service manager, mechanic and bookkeeper of Superbike Motorsports, a motorcycle shop in Chesnee, in Spartanburg County.

"He's been very cooperative," said Wright, first elected sheriff in 2004. He's confident Kohlhepp's confession solved the case. "He told us some stuff nobody else ought to know."

Wright said Kohlhepp also showed law enforcement officers Saturday the gravesites of two of his other victims buried on his 95-acre property near Woodruff. Kohlhepp, in handcuffs and wearing an orange jumpsuit, was at the site for less than an hour.

Those are in addition to the body found Friday at the site. Wright and Coroner Rusty Clevenger identified that victim as 32-year-old Charles Carver, the boyfriend of the woman found in a locked metal container Thursday.

"God answered our prayers. If it wasn't for him answering our prayers and Todd talking to us, I don't know that we'd ever solve that case," Wright said. The sheriff says it's possible more bodies will be uncovered.

Woman found 'chained up like a dog' inside container

When he was 15 and facing charges he raped a neighbor after forcing her into his home at gunpoint and tying her up, Todd Christopher Kohlhepp's father told court officials the only emotion the teen was capable of showing was anger, and a neighbor called him a "devil on a chain."

Fifteen years after he was released from prison for that crime, Spartanburg County deputies were brought to his property by the last known cellphone signals of two missing people. On Thursday, they found a woman chained in a container for two months. She told investigators that Kohlhepp shot and killed her boyfriend in front of her.

"They're obviously heartbroken," he said after talking to Carver's family. "It's terrible. I do think this helps with a little bit of closure. .. We prayed for God to show us, and He did."

Carver died of multiple gunshot wounds. An anthropologist is helping determine how long Carver was buried, said Coroner Rusty Clevenger. He declined to say how many times Carver had been shot.

Kohlhepp is charged with kidnapping the woman. Authorities say more charges are coming.

It was an abrupt, but perhaps not unexpected turn for a man who spent his 20s in prison but after his release managed to get a private pilot license, build a real estate firm with more than a dozen agents and buy nearly 100 acres of land and erect a fence around it said to have cost $80,000. On that land, dozens of officers continued to search Saturday for any additional bodies after the woman told investigators Kohlhepp claimed to have killed at least four others.

As a teen, Kohlhepp was cold and callous. He went to his 14-year-old rape victim's house after talking to her parents and making sure they wouldn't be home. He was smart, angry and felt the world owed him something, his chief probation officer wrote in court papers in Arizona in 1987.

"It is this type of individual, one with little or no conscience, who presents the greatest risk to the community," the officer wrote in the papers obtained by WHNS-TV.

Kohlhepp remains behind bars. The 45-year-old had to register as a sex offender after his release from prison in Arizona.

But that didn't stop him from becoming an apparently successful real estate agent. Kohlhepp followed the rules and admitted he had a felony conviction when he applied for his real estate license in 2006. But his letter explaining the charge was full of lies. He said he argued with his girlfriend, police were called, he had a gun and was caught up in a crackdown on gun violence.

Police said Kohlhepp had a crush on the 14-year-old girl, who was friendly, but not romantic toward him. After raping her, he said he would kill her 6-year-old and 3-year-old siblings that she was babysitting if she called the police. His first question to officers when he was arrested was how long he was going to have to spend in prison, according to court papers.

In the South Carolina case, the couple disappeared about Aug. 31 when the woman went to do some cleaning on the suspect's nearly 100-acre property near Woodruff. Her boyfriend accompanied her, said Daniel Herren, a friend who sat with the woman in her hospital room after she was rescued Thursday.

Investigators with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office and Spartanburg Coroner's Office work the crime scene on property owned by Todd Kohlhepp, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in Woodruff, S.C., where a missing woman was found chained up in a large storage container.  Tim Kimzey/The Spartanburg Herald-Journal via AP 

The Associated Press is not naming the woman because the suspect is a sex offender, though authorities have not said whether she was sexually assaulted.

Kohlhepp has a house about 9 miles away in Moore, where neighbor Ron Owen said Kohlhepp was very private, but when they did talk across the fence, he was a "big bragger."

Kohlhepp liked to talk about the money he made day trading online, for example, and about his two BMWs. He recently told Owen, 76, that he'd paid $80,000 to put the chain-link fence around his property where the woman was found.

"We didn't see any signs whatsoever that this was going on," Owen said. "My first reaction's a baseball bat, but I know I'm not to take that in my own hands. God will deal with him."

But even as his father felt he couldn't be helped, and as the neighbor recounted how Kohlhepp laughed when her son cried as he rolled him down the street locked in a dog carrier, court records show Kohlhepp's still had one supporter in 1987 -- his mother.

She wrote a letter asking the judge to send Kohlhepp to his grandparents instead of prison.

"He even walked the girl home," she wrote. "Does that sound like a dangerous criminal?"

A former New England La Cosa Nostra mobster pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to making false statements to authorities and obstructing the investigation into the murder of a Boston nightclub owner in the 1990s.

BOSTON -- A former New England La Cosa Nostra mobster pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to making false statements to authorities and obstructing the investigation into the murder of a Boston nightclub owner in the 1990s.

Robert P. DeLuca, 70, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice and two counts of making false statements in U.S. District Court. A judge scheduled sentencing for Feb. 1, 2017.

DeLuca was questioned in the 1993 disappearance of Steven DiSarro, the man who ran The Channel, a South Boston nightclub. DiSarro's remains were found behind a mill in Providence in March 2016.

"According to court documents, DiSarro disappeared in May 1993 after then LCN boss Frank Salemme and Frank Salemme, Jr.'s involvement with The Channel became the focus of a federal grand jury investigation," according to a news release.

DeLuca also pleaded guilty to lying about his knowledge of other organized crime murders.

"He made false statements in connection with his cooperation deal with federal authorities in Rhode Island after his 2011 racketeering arrest and indictment," the U.S. Attorney's Office said. "Despite a cooperation agreement with federal authorities, DeLuca lied about his knowledge of DiSarro's disappearance and other LCN-perpetrated murders."

Authorities said DeLuca has agreed to plead guilty a in Rhode Island court to conspiracy to commit the 1992 murder of Kevin Hanrahan.

A second Harvard University men's athletic team is now accused of creating spreadsheets containing "sexually explicit" comments about female athletes. The Harvard Crimson is reporting the men's cross country team created lists dating back to 2012.

A second Harvard University men's athletic team is now accused of creating spreadsheets containing "sexually explicit" comments about female athletes. The Harvard Crimson is reporting the men's cross country team created lists dating back to 2012.

The news broke days after the men's soccer team had their season ended early over the creation of a "scouting report" detailing the attractiveness of members of the women's soccer team. 

The student newspaper reported Saturday the men's cross country team created a yearly spreadsheet and sometimes wrote "sexually explicit" comments about the members of the women's team.

The Crimson reports it obtained a team correspondence.

"The team created the spreadsheets each year ahead of an annual dance with the women's team," the student newspaper wrote. "In the documents, the men guessed which women would invite certain men to the event. In certain spreadsheets, the men added comments about the women's physical appearance."

The captain of the men's cross country team, Brandon E. Price, told The Crimson he was ashamed of the 2014 spreadsheet. He said the 2016 spreadsheet does not contain "lewd comments" about the female athletes.

Price also sent an email to team members this weekend and told them to "come clean" with anything typed down in the past, the newspaper reported. The document containing the explicit comments was given to the team coach to make him aware.

Harvard suspended the men's soccer team for the remainder of the season because of sexual comments made about the women's soccer team. The university had investigated the 2012 team and found a document called the "scouting report" and it contained comments rating the attractiveness of female athletes.

The soccer team offered a public apology on Friday. It was posted online by The Harvard Crimson. 

A New Bedford woman died and five other people were injured during a Sunday morning rollover crash on Interstate 195 in Westport.

WESTPORT -- A New Bedford woman died and five other people were injured during a Sunday morning rollover crash on Interstate 195 in Westport.

Troopers from the Massachusetts State Police were called to the highway around 3:15 a.m. for a report of a crash just east of exit 10 in Westport. They found a 2006 Honda Civic in the breakdown lane on its roof, according to the State Police.

The driver of the Honda, identified as Cassandra M. Camacho, 25, of New Bedford, was ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Preliminary investigation revealed that the Honda Civic, for reasons still under investigation, was traveling on I-195 Eastbound, when it appears to have left the roadway, on the median side, striking a jersey barrier, then rolling over a single time as it crossed all travel lanes, coming to rest on its roof in the breakdown lane on the right side of the roadway," State Police said.

Three men, ages 19, 26, and 30, and two women, ages 18 and 23, were injured in the crash. All five passengers are from New Bedford. They were all taken to Rhode Island Hospital with what State Police described as non-life threatening injuries.

The right lane of the highway was closed for roughly two hours. State Police and investigators from the Bristol County District Attorney's Office are investigating the crash.

Cesar David Martinez was supposed to begin his trial on Tuesday.

BRIDGEPORT - Connecticut State Police are searching for a man accused of manslaughter after he failed to show up for the first day of his trial.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Cesar David Martinez, 31, who is also known as Cesar D. Martinez-Nolasko. He is described as being about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds. He has a vertical scar from the left side of his scalp to his jaw. His last known address was 117 Shelton St., Bridgeport, Connecticut State Police said.

Martinez was released on $750,000 bond after being charged with first degree manslaughter and unlawful restraint. He is accused of accidentally strangling his girlfriend, Brenda Hernandez, 23, of Bridgeport, while the two were arguing in a car in April 2013. She allegedly attempted to jump out of the vehicle and was strangled, police said.

Martinez was supposed to appear in Fairfield County Judicial District Court on Tuesday but never appeared. Officers have been searching for him ever since, police said.
The Connecticut State Police said the arrest warrant has unlimited extradition.

People with any information about Martinez are asked to contact Connecticut State Police Troop G at 203-696-2568 or anonymously text "TIP711 and the information to 274637. Martinez is considered dangerous and people are warned not to try to confront or attempt to detain him.

A Dorchester man accused of striking another man over the head with a baseball bat Saturday morning in Bourne is now facing an attempted murder charge in court.

BOURNE -- A Dorchester man accused of striking another man over the head with a baseball bat Saturday morning in Bourne is now facing an attempted murder charge in court.

Officers were called to Quail Hill Road around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after police received a report about an assault. Police were told the suspect, 28-year-old Mark Dudas of Dorchester, had left the area in a small gray sedan owned by the victim, according to police.

Dudas, police said, was a friend of the victim.

"Upon further investigation, it was determined Dudas struck the victim with the bat after an argument over disparaging remarks made by the victim regarding Dudas and his family," police said.

Officers saw the sedan heading south on Quail Hill Road and got out of their cruisers. They ordered Dudas to stop to vehicle.

"He complied with stopping the vehicle, but he failed to put it in park," police said. "Dudas, who was later determined to be under the influence of alcohol, was ordered to place the vehicle in park and exit the vehicle. He refused to follow officers' commands."

Dudas was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, driving under the influence of alcohol and other motor vehicle violations.

The 39-year-old male victim was taken to a local hospital with serious injures.

Some Springfield City Councilors continue to support discipline from Police Commissioner John Barbieri. Watch video

SPRINGFIELD -- City Councilor Bud L. Williams was upset when he believed discipline meted out against a police officer accused of threatening two teenagers who stole a police car was not strong enough. Now Williams said he is horrified.

On Sunday, The Republican and Masslive published the video. It was the first time many people, including Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, said they had seen it.

Sarno refused to comment on the video upon legal advice.

"The City Solicitor has advised me that because this is investigated material from an ongoing criminal investigation, I should refrain from commenting on the contents of the video. The city will continue its efforts to cooperate with state and federal law enforcement authorities. My administration will continue its ongoing efforts to assure that our public and police officers are kept safe," he said.

But Williams said seeing the video made him sure his call for a review of the incident and the discipline of Detective Gregg Bigda -- a member of the Police Department's narcotics unit -- is correct.

"They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, while this is worth 10,000 words. It is deplorable. I could barely go through the whole thing," Williams said. "It is deplorable, disgusting."

City officials have given different opinions about the 60-suspension Police Commissioner John R. Barbieri imposed against Bigda. Some said it was too weak and others said they supported the commissoner.

Bigda is being accused of making threats against the teenagers, who were arrested after stealing the running vehicle when a narcotics officer stopped to pick up a food order on Worthington Street on Feb. 26.

A Wilbraham police officer spotted and chased the vehicle into Palmer, where it was stopped and three teens were arrested. After the arrest a Wilbraham officer filed an abuse complaint saying at least one Springfield officer kicked one of the suspects in the face. The officer did not know the identity of the Springfield officer.

Later that night, now-suspended Bigdawas recorded on video threatening the suspects while interrogating them in the Palmer Police Department. The footage shows Bigda and his partner, Luke Cournoyer, veering between cajoling, prodding, coercing and outright threatening two boys with death, beatings and fictitious criminal charges.

Williams is one of several city councilors and others who have come out to question Barbieri's decision to suspend Bigda for 60 days, saying the discipline is too weak.

"It was so much worse than you thought," Williams said about the video. "I'm lost for words."

Williams, called the actions of Bigda "polarizing" said he will continue to fight to see that the public and the community gets the justice deserved.

City Councilor Kateri Walsh said she has not watched the video but continues to support Barbieri, who she said is very open to meeting with the community.

"I think he was following advice on how to handle it and that is what you expect him to do," she said.

But Walsh said she does support returning hiring, firing and discipline powers to the Springfield Police Commission. The Commission was disbanded in 2005 when the state-appointed Finance Control Board took over oversight of the city and hired a police commissioner. Later the commission was restored but only as a recommending body.

"I was always disappointed when the police and fire commissions were disbanded," she said. "There were always good people that came forward ... and they were very visible."

City Councilor Thomas Ashe said he continues to support Barbieri's decision after viewing the video.

"The vast majority of police officers do a good job in very difficult and dangerous situations, however any time our officers step over that line they need to be dealt with by correct measures and I think that will happen," he said.

The police commissioner is the proper person to be administering discipline to officers, Ashe said, adding that he knows Barbieri did a lot of research before he decided to administer the 60-day suspension.

This is a continuing story. Updates will be posted after further reporting.

During the chase, Cartagena swerved from lane to lane, narrowly missing cars and tractor-trailers; attempted to ram a police cruiser and snorted cocaine from a plastic bag, among other misdeeds, Assistant District Attorney Cary Szafranski said.

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The FBI stands by its original findings against recommending charges.

Updated at 8:25 p.m.: NBC News and Newsweek reported the emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop were either duplicates of emails previously reviewed by the FBI or of a personal nature. 
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FBI Director James B. Comey notified key members of Congress on Sunday afternoon that after reviewing all of the newly discovered Hillary Clinton emails the agency stands by its original findings against recommending charges.

Comey wrote that investigators had worked "around the clock" to review all the emails found on a device used by former congressman Anthony Weiner that had been sent to or from Clinton and that "we have not changed our conclusions expressed in July."

The new review has roiled the presidential campaign in its final days, shattering what had appeared to be Clinton's solid grip on the race and emboldening Republican Donald Trump. During a campaign stop earlier Sunday, Trump warned that Clinton would be under investigation as president, prompting an "unprecedented constitutional crisis."

The full text of Comey's letter:

I write to supplement my October 28. 2016 letter that notified you the FBI would be taking additional investigative steps with respect to former Secretary of State Clinton's use of a personal email server. Since my letter, the FBI investigative team has been working around the clock to process and review a large volume of emails from a device obtained in connection with an unrelated criminal investigation. During that process. we reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State.

Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton.

I am very grateful to the professionals at the FBI for doing an extraordinary amount of high-quality work in a short period of time.

(Materials from The Washington Post and Associated Press were used in this report.)

Most were cheering the extra hour of sleep instead of mourning the loss of an hour of daylight in the evening.

While many were cheering the extra hour of sleep they got on Sunday as the clocks were turned back, others grumbled that the end of Daylight Saving Time just confused their schedule.

Clocks were officially turned back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, giving everyone an extra hour to sleep - everyone except for those working the overnight shift, they get an extra hour of work.

Also there are a handful of states and territories which do not observe Daylight SavingTime including Hawaii, Arizona, Puerto Rico and Guam.

Daylight Saving Time means sunset is at 4:38 p.m. on Sunday and that will be earlier and earlier until late December.

The reaction to turning the clocks back is far more positive than the day people lose sleep and turn the clocks ahead in the spring but many still do not like it.

This year people will turn the clocks ahead again on March 12 when everyone loses sleep but gains daylight in the evening.

Here are some of the things people have been Tweeting about Daylight Saving Time.

Last year the motorcycle riders donated enough toys to give to 237 families.

CHICOPEE - An estimated 1,500 motorcycle riders filled a portion of the Walmart parking lot as part of the 30th Brightside's Hope for the Holidays Toy Run and Toy Drive Sunday.

This year saw the addition of a memory board to honor those who have died was attached to one of the three vehicles donated by Red's Towing, Transport & Recovery, in West Springfield.

To qualify in Sunday's run each rider was asked to bring a new unwrapped toy or a gift card in place of an entrance fee.

Bruce Rivest, one of the event coordinators, said he was adopted through Brightside as a child, and wants people to know about Brightside for Families and Children. Rivest along with organizers Melvyn Hook and Pete Silvano, meet with representatives of Brightside several times a year to keep them (Brightside) up to date on the annual toy collection.

Last year the toy run drive provided 237 families with toys, said Rivest. Hook noted that one art company donated art supplies, while some individuals donated PlayStations and bicycles. Older children usually receive gift cards so they can buy what they want, he added

Riders left the Walmart parking lot at 11a.m. and proceeded to Providence Hospital, in Holyoke, where the toys were to be unloaded. The riders were served chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate during the 30-minute stopover. Riders then continued to an after ride party at the Moose Family Center on Fuller Road in Chicopee.

Sponsors for the ride included Indian Motorcycle of Springfield, Red's Exxon, Rock 102 and Lazer 99.3, and Walmart, while Chicopee, Springfield, and South Hadley Police provided escort service for the riders.

Brightside for Families and Children is part of the Mercy Medical Center and the Sisters of Providence Health System. For more information on Brightside log into http://www.mercycares.com/brightside

This autumnal Sunday afternoon, Court Square in downtown Springfield was a bit more reminiscent of what it might have been 200 years ago.

SPRINGFIELD - This autumnal Sunday afternoon, Court Square in downtown Springfield was a bit more reminiscent of what it might have been 200 years ago.

The Springfield Central Cultural District presented three local organists, playing pieces in Old First Church with a free concert.

The organizers hoped to both show how beautiful and versatile the Old First Church space is, as well as provide income to local artists through the program. Morgan Drewniany, director of the Cultural District, said "we aren't just putting on an event - we're showing the potential in this historic building and hoping to encourage future activity in not just Old First Church, but throughout unexpected spaces in the Cultural District."

This musical event featured local organists Lad Pfeiffer, organist and director of music at St. Michael's Cathedral on State Street; Will Lucardi, a local high school student; and Larry Picard, organist and director of music at South Congregational Church on Maple Street. They will play the full size 1958 Aeolian-Skinner organ with 56 ranks and 3,241 pipes, which was renovated in 1997.

Old First Church has been maintained by the Springfield Parks Department for eight years, since its purchase in 2008 when the previous congregation housed there closed its doors.

The last public use of the organ was at Police Chief John Barbieri's installation in 2014.

This event was organized by the Springfield Central Cultural District, with the help of the Springfield Parks Department and Robert McCarroll, a long-time Downtown supporter of culture and historic preservation and SCCD board member.

For more program information, visit the Cultural District's website here.

The City Council voted against adopting the energy-efficient Stretch building codes in 2012.

CHICOPEE - City officials are proposing to become a Green Energy Community so it can apply for state grants to improve energy efficiency, but one part of the plan is making City Councilors wary of the idea.

The Council's Ordinance Subcommittee will hold a public meeting on the proposal, which includes adopting the controversial Stretch Energy Building codes, at 6:30 p.m., Monday in City Hall.

To become a Green Energy Community, the City Council must adopt three different proposals, one would pledge to reduce energy use among all city buildings by 20 percent over a five-year period. The second would have the Council agree to purchase fuel-efficient vehicles.

The city can use any improvements made since July 2015 to qualify for the reimbursement. Since then at least three school roofs were replaced and Chicopee Electric Light has replaced a lot of street lights with more efficient ones which will help the city reach that goal, said Michael Vedovelli, Community Development director.

He said the requirement to purchase fuel efficient vehicles exempts police cruisers and larger vehicles mainly used by the Department of Public Works. It does not obligate the city to purchase the more-expensive hybrid vehicles or electric cars to meet the standards, he said.

If the city becomes a Green Community, it will be eligible in the first year for a grant of nearly $300,000. Officials can also apply for annual grants of up to $250,000 to make specific energy-related improvements after that, Vedovelli said.

Already 186 communities in the state, including West Springfield, Holyoke, Springfield, Agawam and Northampton have voted to become a green community, he said.

But City Councilors said they are wary of the Stretch Code that will require builders of private homes of a specific size to meet energy efficient requirements. The code must be adopted along with the pledge to reduce energy usage and to purchase energy-efficient vehicles for the city to be eligible for the grants.

"I'm cautious with going with the state rules over our own," City Councilor Frank N. Laflamme said.

In 2012 the City Council considered adopting the Stretch Code and many contractors protested the regulations and said they will put extra costs and requirements on homeowners. The Council eventually rejected the proposal.

"I have a problem with the state shoving this down our throats," City Councilor Timothy McLellan said. "I'm going to be looking at this very closely."

Carl Dietz said regulations in the Stretch Code are not that more stringent than the new state building codes which will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2017. They also give the developer a variety of ways to meet the energy efficiency requirements.

State estimates show the regulations add between $400 and $1,200 to the construction of a home, but smaller homes are exempt. That also does not count for the money the homeowner will save in the cost of heat and electricity, he said.

Mayor Richard J. Kos said the city can also opt out of the program at any time if the regulations become too onerous.

Vedovelli also spoke to the School Committee about the program, since the city will try to reduce energy use in schools as well.

"This is a great idea," said Mary-Elizabeth Pniak-Costello, adding money saved on heat and electricity can be put towards education.

The School Committee several years ago hired an energy manager who focused on changing behavior to reduce costs. That position did save money but eventually the job was eliminated due to budget cuts.

Despite a tight race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, supporters of the former first lady said Sunday that they are optimistic about her chances in Tuesday's presidential election.

MANCHESTER, N.H. ‒ Despite a tight race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, supporters of the former first lady said Sunday that they are optimistic about her chances in Tuesday's presidential election.

Massachusetts backers of the Democratic nominee, who turned out for a last minute campaign rally at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, said they were hopeful Clinton would claim victory on Election Day, expressing concerns about the prospect of a Trump presidency.

Steven Levine, a Worcester-based Clinton campaign volunteer who traveled to New Hampshire for the rally, predicted that the Democrat will win the election by a small margin.

He, however, stressed that the outcome on Tuesday will depend on voters actually showing up at the polls.

"We need the turnout, without the turnout we're done," he said.

Levine stressed that he doesn't want to see the 2016 election slip through the Democrat's hands and go to Trump -- someone who he argued has exhibited dictator-like qualities.

"The first thing dictators do is they imprison their opponents, second thing they do is they take away the rights of the media -- this man has threatened to do both," he said. "If you're not frightened by that, then close your eyes and check the box."

Shelly Duarte, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, said she's so afraid of the idea of a Trump presidency that she has largely avoided watching television in the final days before the election.

"I cannot watch TV, I get a lot of my stuff online from somebody I follow because it was giving me a lot of anxiety," she said. "I'm very worried. I'm very scared."

Duarte, who lined up 12 hours before the start of the Manchester campaign rally to ensure a front-row spot, said the 2016 election, in her opinion, doesn't come down to Democrat versus Republican, but rather "love versus hate."

Duarte stressed that as a woman with a multicultural family, she doesn't want her son "to grow up having somebody as president of the United States being a racist, calling out Mexicans, saying things about Muslims or peoples' religion."

She said she supports everything Clinton stands for, particularly the Affordable Care Act -- an issue which Duarte said is personally important to her as a breast cancer survivor.

"I had cancer for six years and I am so for the Affordable Care Act, it's very important to me -- it's my passion to get her elected because if not (for the ACA) I would've died," she said.

James Graham, a Rochester, New Hampshire Air Force veteran, said while he had historically supported Republican candidates, he switched to become a Democrat because he didn't like the direction in which the GOP was headed.

"I'm for Hillary because I think she's dow- to-Earth and the reason I'm against Trump is actually because of what he said about Sen. (John) McCain and then what he said about Mr. (Khizr) Khan's son," he said.

Graham, who argued that Trump would look out for himself and not the American people if elected president, expressed optimism about Clinton's chances on Tuesday.

"It's a tight race -- everything I heard, she's up three or four points -- I really hope she wins," he said. "I really do."

Katriel Prince, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, meanwhile, said although she is too young to vote in the 2016 election, she turned out to support Clinton because she doesn't want to see someone like Trump take over the Oval Office.

"A lot of the things that he says on media, on live sources, what you hear him say about different people, like immigrants should go out of our country, I don't think it's right," she said. "I think when Hillary speaks the truth, she speaks strong, she's an independent woman."

Holly Clarke, of Needham, Massachusetts, also condemned Trump's campaign trail behavior and comments, which she called "un-American."

"His rhetoric is awful: his speaking about women, about minorities, about the disabled, about veterans, about the army about our allies, about spreading nuclear weapons, about climate change, about the basic functioning of our government...it's a visceral threat," she said.

Clarke said although she believes the GOP nominee has played on Americans' fears, she is confident voters will come together behind Clinton on Tuesday.

"We're ready and we're going to do it," she said, stressing that she's committed to doing whatever it takes to put the Democrat in office. "I have a niece in North Carolina who told me it's going blue, so I believe her."

Although RealClearPolitics polling averages gave Trump a 2-point edge over Clinton in New Hampshire as of Sunday night, they had the Democratic nominee up 2-points nationally.

Clinton's Manchester stop came as part of a final campaign blitz across several key battleground states.

President Barack Obama will travel to New Hampshire Monday to rally support for the Democratic nominee's White House bid.

Trump and running mate Mike Pence will also be in the Granite State Monday for an election eve rally with supporters.

Grammy Award-winning singer James Taylor joined Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire Sunday, as the Democratic presidential nominee made a final blitz across key swing states ahead of the general election. Watch video

MANCHESTER - Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor joined Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire Sunday, as the Democratic presidential nominee made a final blitz across key swing states ahead of the general election.

Taylor, who resides in Western Massachusetts, played a series of songs while making the case for Clinton to supporters who gathered for an evening rally at the Radisson hotel in Manchester.

Dedicating his rendition of "You've Got a Friend" to the Democratic nominee, Taylor urged supporters to "keep your eyes on the prize" in the final run-up to Tuesday's election.

"They threw everything at her that they could think of, but they can't keep her bent," he said. "The fact is, I don't need to be terrified at the specter of a (Donald) Trump presidency to be completely enthusiastic about Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Noting that he has traveled across the country to campaign for the Democratic nominee, Taylor added that he's optimistic about his "other native state" North Carolina going for Clinton on Tuesday.

"I have big hopes that this Democratic reawakening can turn North Carolina back to a blue state again," he said.

Taylor's wife, Kim, who joined him on stage, said she hopes Americans can "tune out the noise and negativity and divisiveness from here on in and just go forward in the next two days with faith in our heart that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be our next president."

"We've had men for 200 years, let's try something different," she added.

Clinton backers predict a tight win, say they fear Trump presidency at New Hampshire rally

Although RealClearPolitics polling averages gave Trump a 2-point edge over Clinton in New Hampshire as of Sunday night, they had the Democratic nominee up 2-points nationally.

President Barack Obama will travel to New Hampshire Monday to rally support for the Clinton's White House bid.

Trump and running mate Mike Pence will also be in the Granite State Monday for an election eve rally with supporters.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton contrasted her vision for American with that of Republican rival Donald Trump Sunday, contending that more than just the election is at stake on Nov. 8.

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton contrasted her vision for American with that of Republican rival Donald Trump Sunday, contending that more than just the election is at stake on Nov. 8.

Joined by Gold Star father Khizr Khan and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor, Clinton made her final pitch to thousands of supporters who gathered at the Radisson hotel in Manchester.

Calling Tuesday's election "a moment of reckoning," Clinton argued that it represents more than a choice between a Democrat and a Republican.

"It is a choice between division and unity, between strong, steady leadership and a loose cannon who could put everything at risk," she said. "So, my friends...it is really a crossroads election in our country."

The Democratic nominee, who appealed to voters to "begin listening to one another and respecting one another," touted her plans to invest in good-paying jobs, promote small businesses, raise the national minimum wage, make child care more affordable and provide paid family leave, among other things.

"We believe in a hopeful, inclusive, big-hearted, united America," she said. "Where everyone has a place, where everyone is included, where people who are willing to work hard can get ahead and stay ahead, where we recognize the importance of the American dream and we believe and will ensure it is big enough for everyone."

Clinton backers predict a tight win, say they fear Trump presidency at New Hampshire rally

Taking aim at Trump, Clinton said the GOP nominee "has a very dark and divisive view of our country."

"Sometimes when I hear him speak, I honestly don't recognize the country that he's talking about, sometimes I'm not sure he recognizes it," she said.

Khan, who publicly sparred with the GOP nominee after delivering a high-profile speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, also questioned Trump's vision for America.

"Would my son have a place in your America? Would Muslims have a place in your America? Would African-Americans have a place in your America, Donald Trump? Would anyone who isn't like you have a place in your America, Donald Trump?" he asked. "Well, thankfully, Donald Trump, this isn't your America."

Urging support for Clinton, Khan argued that on Tuesday voters "are going to prove that America belongs to all of us." He called the former secretary of state "the strongest, most qualified representative of the fundamental values which have made this country a symbol of hope and liberty for all throughout the world."

"Our choice is clear: are we for the values which have made America great? Or, for those who oppose them and want to take us back to darker days?" he said. "We need a leader who will lead all of us toward a better future."

Clinton, who called for support from Democrats, Republicans and independents alike, said she wants to be the president for all Americans.

"When your kids, when your grandkids ask you what you did in 2016 when everything was on the line, I'm hoping you say you voted for a stronger future," she said.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor also made the case for Clinton, saying he doesn't "need to be terrified at the specter of a (Donald) Trump presidency to be completely enthusiastic about Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Watch: James Taylor campaigns for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire

RealClearPolitics' polling averages gave Trump a 2-point edge over Clinton in the Granite State as of Sunday night -- a lead the Democratic nominee had held over the businessman in late-October.

Polls, however, gave Clinton a 2-point advantage over her Republican rival nationally, according to RCP data.

Despite the closeness of the 2016 presidential race, supporters who attended Clinton's Manchester rally said they're optimistic the former secretary of state will claim victory on Tuesday.

In addition to the Democratic nominee's Sunday evening campaign event, President Barack Obama will travel to New Hampshire Monday in a last ditch effort to rally voters for Clinton in the final hours before the general election.

Trump and vice presidential running mate Mike Pence, who have also campaigned hard in New Hampshire in recent weeks, will also be in the important battleground state Monday to encourage supporters to turn out to vote during an election eve rally.

The videos allow the public to see, for the first time, Springfield narcotics detective Gregg Bigda questioning two teen suspects in Palmer.

Though the ruling pointed out gaps in the need for a 20-day waiting period for voting, it did not call it unconstitutional.

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BOSTON - A Suffolk County judge decided to allow three state residents who missed the state's voter registration deadline to be able to cast provisional ballots on Tuesday, but declined to declare the existing 20-day waiting period to be unconstitutional.

"The Court stresses that it is not reaching a final determination on the constitutionality of any statute," Associate Superior Justice Douglas H. Wilkins wrote in his ruling.

By granting the emergency injunction, Wilkins will allow the three plaintiffs, Edma Ortiz of Chelsea, Raphael Sanchez of Somerville and Wilyeliz Leon of Revere, to vote in Tuesday's election.

The three were listed as plaintiffs in a suit filed last week by the Massachusetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The suit named Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin and the election commissioners for the cities of Revere, Chelsea and Somerville as defendants.

The suit sought to have the courts grant the three permission to vote Tuesday. All three are registered to vote in Massachusetts but each registered after the state's Oct. 19 deadline.

The larger point behind the ACLU of Massachusetts filing the suit was to have the 20-day deadline declared both arbitrary and unconstitutional. Each election, the deadline prevents hundreds if not thousands of people from voting.

ACLU officials have pointed out that 14 states and the District of Columbia offer same-day voter registration. Among them are Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Rahsaan Hall, director of Racial Justice for the ACLU - Massachusetts, said the organization believes the deadline period be shortened significantly without disrupting elections. Same day registration, he said, "would be the ideal scenario."

Massachusetts officials in making their case to the court "did not present sufficient information that justified a wait for 20 days."

Wilkin's ruling noted the legislature has not revisited the registration deadline issue in nearly 20 years "despite obvious advances in information technology."

State officials have offered "only theoretical justification for some deadline - but no actual evidence why a 20-day deadline continues to be rational in the 2010s, let alone why there are no less restrictive alternatives."

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey submitted a statement to the court on behalf of Galvin that opposed the granting of an injunction. They argued a deadline is necessary and reasonable to insure orderly elections.

Afterward, Healey issued a statement that said while she believes a registration deadline is constitution, she would be in favor of changing it through legislative action.

"While I believe the statutory voter registration deadline is constitutional, I fully support same day voter registration and am willing to work with the Legislature and Secretary Galvin's office to change the rules for upcoming elections. We need to make the political process and participation in democracy as accessible as possible for all eligible voters," her statement read.

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President Barack Obama urged New Hampshire voters to get "fired up" and turn out for Hillary Clinton Monday, as he made his final pitch for the Democratic presidential nominee.

DURHAM, N.H. ‒ President Barack Obama urged New Hampshire voters to get "fired up" and turn out to support Hillary Clinton, as he made his final pitch for the Democratic presidential nominee on Monday.

Addressing about 8,000 voters who gathered at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center Arena, the outgoing president highlighted the pivotal role the battleground state could play in Tuesday's election.

Contending that only one candidate running for president is qualified for the position, Obama touted Clinton's experience and policy proposals, while raising concerns about those of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

"New Hampshire is a small state, but an important state," he said. "In some scenarios, Hillary doesn't win if she doesn't win New Hampshire. I want you to focus, because the choice you face when you step into that voting booth could not be clearer: Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president of the United States."

Obama, who has been an outspoken critic of Trump throughout the 2016 campaign, argued that Republicans share his concerns about Trump's fitness to take over the Oval Office. He pointed to the Trump campaign's control of the GOP nominee's Twitter account as an example of such concerns.

"Over the weekend, his campaign took his Twitter account away from him," the president said. "If your closest advisors don't trust you to tweet, how can you trust him with the nuclear codes? He is uniquely unqualified to be America's chief executive."

Arguing that the presidency doesn't change a candidate, but rather magnifies them, Obama cautioned that Trump would continue his divisive rhetoric if sent to the White House. While such behavior may be tolerated in other countries, the president said, that is not the case in the United States.

New Hampshire voters, he added, are "uniquely qualified" to keep Trump from reaching the Oval Office.

Making the case for Clinton, the president called the Democratic nominee "smart, tested and probably the most qualified person to ever run for this office."

"I know Hillary, I ran against Hillary, she worked for me: This is somebody who has dedicated her life to making this country better," he said. "This is somebody who cares about working families because she comes from one."

Obama, in an effort to spur excitement among voters in the final hours before the election, further stressed that every voice matters and can impact the world.

The president shared the story of how one supporter helped change his outlook early into his 2008 campaign -- a lesson, which he said showed him that "one voice can change a room."

"And if it can change a room, it can change a city. And if it can change a city, it can change a state. And if it can change a state, it can change a nation. And if it can change a nation, it can change the world," he said. "I have one question: are you fired up? Are you ready to go?"

Mick Studer, a 67-year-old Seabrook, New Hampshire resident, said he was unsure of whether the president's speech would sway any voters to get behind Clinton in the final hours of the campaign.

"I don't know how much this kind of thing has an impact, I think it's really playing to the base," he said. "I think the fact that (FBI Director James) Comey came out with this letter again to Congress and the fact that Obama is in New Hampshire, which is a really big swing state, it could be 5,000-10,000 votes. I think those two things they might have some impact - and even if it's only a few people, I think that's important."

Studer said although he's not an enthusiastic Clinton supporter, he plans to vote for her Tuesday and has even signed up to drive other voters to the polls - largely due to his fear of a Trump presidency.

"I'm really petrified. I mean, this is the first time in my life that I'm afraid of the other person getting into office," he said. "Every other single presidential election I might have political differences or whatever with the candidate, but I was never afraid for the future of the country because of a single individual."

Anna Stewart, a 15-year-old Durham, New Hampshire resident, meanwhile, said she thought it was cool to see the sitting president come out in support of Clinton's campaign.

"He leads our country now and if people think that the leader now wants Hillary, then maybe she'll have a better chance of winning," she said.

Stewart, a self-described Clinton supporter who attended the rally for a class assignment, added that it's been tough to watch the 2016 election without being able to weigh in on Nov. 8.

"It's been pretty hard not to vote because I feel like every vote counts in this election because it's so neck-and-neck," she said. "I think if Trump wins, it will change the world and I wish we had a chance to vote."

Obama's New Hampshire visit came just one day after Clinton rallied Granite State supporters with Gold Star father Khizr Khan and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor in Manchester.

Trump and vice presidential running mate Mike Pence will also be in the important battleground state Monday for an election eve campaign rally at the SNHU Arena in downtown Manchester.

Although Trump held a 2-point edge over Clinton in the important battleground state as of Sunday night, polls gave the Democrat a less than 1-point lead on Monday afternoon, according to RealClearPolitics' data averages.

Clinton, meanwhile, lead the GOP nominee by 3 points nationally just one day before the presidential election, RCP poll averages found.

When police arrested Campbell for disturbing the peace, they discovered the "flattened" body of a small kitten, about three to four months old, in the driveway.

WEYMOUTH - A 35-year-old woman is accused of stomping a kitten to death in what police describe as an alcohol-induced "fit of rage," according to multiple media reports.

Eleanor M. Campbell, of 5 Saunders St., was released on personal recognizance at her arraignment in Quincy District Court on Monday, The Patriot Ledger reports. She is charged with animal cruelty and disturbing the peace.

A neighbor called police at around 9 p.m. to report a possible domestic disturbance. An officer met Campbell in the driveway, where she assured him there was no problem. The officer asked how much she had to drink, and she reportedly said about one-and-a-half beers.

The officer left, but returned less than 10 minutes later when Campbell, wearing only a T-shirt and socks, allegedly started throwing objects at a neighbor's car and shouting obscenities.

When police arrested Campbell for disturbing the peace, they discovered the "flattened" body of a small kitten, about three to four months old, in the driveway. Campbell allegedly had blood all over her socks, according to The Weymouth News.

If Campbell is convicted on the animal cruelty charge, she could face up to seven years in prison. She's due back in court on Jan. 20.