Officials in Troy, N.H. close Town Hall and defend their police chief, who says he left before the riot at the Capitol.
New England
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden’s parents were slain is listed for sale
The gruesome killings were never officially solved after Borden was tried and acquitted.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
In the House, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was re-elected as speaker.
Posted inNew England
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.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Biden to pick Rhode Island governor for Commerce secretary, Boston mayor for Labor
Sources tell the Associated Press of the choices.
Posted inMaine, New England
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.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
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.
Posted inNew England
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.