The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is no more, and Republicans have no plans to revive it, vowing instead to take a closer look at the actions of law enforcement.
Carol Semple
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Police dig through trash for clues in Massachusetts woman’s disappearance
Police combed through trash at Peabody processing facility on Monday looking for clues in the disappearance of Ana Walshe, 39.
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Trump executive Weisselberg gets 5-month jail sentence for dodging taxes
Allen Weisselberg is expected to be locked up at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.
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How do forest lizards survive life in the city? They morph.
U.S. scientists in Puerto Rico say one species has sprouted special scales to better cling to smooth surfaces like walls and windows and grown larger limbs to sprint across open areas.
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As Starbucks unionizing slows, some strike, others skeptical
Labor organizers say Starbucks has chilled the effort with hard-nosed tactics, including firing pro-union workers and closing unionized stores.
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California, already deluged with water and mud, braces for more rain
Thousands of residents are ordered to evacuate, and parts of U.S. and state highways were closed because of flooding, mud or rockslides, heavy snow or car spinouts and truck crashes.
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Having elected House speaker, Republicans approve a rules package
With sky-high ambitions for a hard-right conservative agenda but only a narrow hold on the majority, Republicans are rushing headlong into an uncertain, volatile start of the new session.
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Justice Department reviewing potentially classified documents at Biden institute
Attorneys for Biden notified the White House, which alerted the National Archives, when a small number of papers with classified markings were found locked at the president’s former institute.
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Maine’s Wyman Station helped ease Christmas power shortfall
The power grid operator had to dip into reserves as an Arctic blast swept across a large swath of the U.S. and Canada, necessitating controlled power outages elsewhere.
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Husband bought $450 in cleaning supplies day after Massachusetts woman was last seen
Brian Walshe did not tell police he had been to the home improvement store, where he bought mops, buckets, tarps, tape and other items.