In the House, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was re-elected as speaker.
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Boston Marathon bomber sues federal government over treatment in prison
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sued the federal government for $250,000, citing the confiscation of a white baseball cap and bandana that he bought at the prison commissary and a limit of three showers per week.
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Biden to pick Rhode Island governor for Commerce secretary, Boston mayor for Labor
Sources tell the Associated Press of the choices.
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Mainer charged with setting fires at predominantly Black Massachusetts church
Dushko Vanelinov Vulchev of Houlton pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 6 criminal charges and is being held on $25,000 bail.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston
The optics of the statue that showed Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the Senate passed the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act, to monitor and combat anti-Semitism globally.
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Record number of stranded sea turtles rescued on Cape Cod
The New England Aquarium says it has aided over 700 turtles stunned by cold water this fall.
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Massachusetts vaccine signup site crashes amid demand from health workers
Health care workers for the state’s largest hospital system were temporarily blocked from using the system to schedule their vaccinations.
Posted inMaine, New England
Man sentenced in Maine for scheme to defraud New England banks
The Boston man was part of a conspiracy to obtain the personal information of people with good credit scores so he and others could apply for unsecured loans in the names of their victims, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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N.H. House members consider meeting in cars in January
Following the death of its speaker from COVID-19, the 400-member House of Representatives may convene drive-in style.