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Gov. Ned Lamont directed state agencies Friday to waive credit and debit card transaction fees for the fiscal year that begins July 1, a move that would save residents and businesses $6 million over the coming 12 months.

Racial justice protesters and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, under the 1968 Civil Obedience Act. Some argue that the law is unconstitutional.

Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan and Dr. Jim Gordon of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., talked jointly about a new Capitol Police initiative focused on healing trauma.

Suzanne Ianni, 59, of Natick, and Mark Sahady, 46, of Malden, were both charged with disorderly conduct and knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, federal authorities said. Sahady was held pending a detention hearing later this week. Ianni was released on her own recognizance under several conditions.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to film composer Justin Hurwitz, 29, about his first major movie score, for the movie Whiplash. Hurwitz talks about using music to heighten tension.

Historians say the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol flowed in part from the refusal by some elected officials to openly condemn a particular strain of far-right extremism going back to the 1990s.

Kevin Anderson needed more than six and a half hours to beat his American opponent, John Isner. It was easily the longest match that late in a major tournament in men's tennis history.

Major stock indexes dropped sharply Friday; the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 2.6 percent amid signs that wage growth is picking up. It was the Dow's worst weekly performance in two years.

Officials said Saturday there were no survivors after a tour helicopter crashed on Thursday.

The former president also doubled down on his support of participants in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, saying that the "real insurrection" happened on Election Day.