The request for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to cooperate voluntarily comes as the Jan. 6 committee has been quietly continuing its investigation and preparing for a new set of hearings next month.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Local roundup: Skowhegan field hockey rolls over Bangor
The River Hawks use balanced scoring to get opening victory.
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Posted inNation & World
Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’
U.S. law enforcement agencies have been using a cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people’s movements months back in time.
Posted inNation & World, News
Jackson water crisis deepens as Mississippi deploys National Guard
Officials began distributing water to city residents who for days have struggled as the state capital’s water facility foundered.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
August rains eased drought, but parched areas remain
Less than half of the state was experiencing drought conditions as of Aug. 30, down from 72 percent just over a month ago.
Posted inNation & World
To China’s fury, UN accuses Beijing of Uyghur rights abuses
The U.N. accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Two teens charged in arson, burglary, theft case in Farmington
A 13-year-old and a 14-year-old are accused in the Aug. 1 incidents on Town Farm Road.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Labor board rebuffs Amazon’s attempt to scrap union victory
‘Today is a great day for Labor,’ Chris Smalls, a fired Amazon worker who now heads the union, wrote in a Tweet celebrating the decision.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. agents search properties linked to Russian oligarch
FBI agents and Homeland Security Investigations personnel searched properties, linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. advisers endorse updated COVID-19 shots for fall boosters
The original vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, especially among younger and healthier people, but those vaccines were designed to target the virus strain that circulated in early 2020.