Bannon will be tried on contempt charges despite telling the House Jan. 6 committee late Saturday that he is now prepared to testify, which he has refused to do for months.
Carol Semple
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
State lotteries transfer wealth out of needy communities
Lottery retailers in nearly every state are clustered in lower-income neighborhoods, driving a wealth transfer from less affluent and educated Americans to the multinational corporations that are managing the games.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Thief makes off with pots, pans, silverware from Daniel Webster birthplace
New Hampshire police say they’ve reached out to pawn shops and are using police dogs to try to track down the items.
Posted inNation & World
Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine
The Russian passport move appears to be part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy, which could also involve annexation of territory into the Russian Federation.
Posted inNation & World
Famed Ukrainian medic describes ‘hell’ of Russian captivity
Yuliia Paievska, who was able to get video from Mariupol to journalists before she was captured, says she constantly thinks about the prisoners she left behind when she was traded.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Canadian rocker Randy Bachman reunited with guitar stolen 45 years ago
The Gretsch guitar on which he wrote ‘American Woman’ and other hits was handed to him by a Japanese musician who had bought it at a Tokyo store in 2014 without knowing its history.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Mother and son who ran New England drug ring get lengthy prison terms
It is estimated the Massachusetts pair generated millions of dollars that were then laundered by conducting cash transactions through sports bets at a New Hampshire casino.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden brainstorms abortion response with Democratic governors
The president has repeatedly stressed there’s little his administration can do unless more lawmakers who support abortion rights are elected to Congress.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
New listeria outbreak tied to 23 illnesses, 1 death, CDC says
The origin is unknown, but nearly all the people known to have been infected in the outbreak either live in, or traveled to, Florida about a month before they got sick.
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Germany begins to return Benin Bronzes taken from Africa 120 years ago
The artifacts, many dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, were mostly looted and ended up spread far and wide.