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Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 30. A transcript of her testimony to House investigators in the impeachment inquiry was released on Monday.

READ: Defense Department Official's Impeachment Inquiry Testimony

House investigators spoke with Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense, in October. Cooper is responsible for policy toward Russia and Eastern Europe.

'Right To Repair,' Abortion Funding Among 12 Certified Mass. Ballot Initiative Petitions

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey certified 12 proposed initiative petitions on Wednesday, and rejected four others on legal grounds.The…

Louis Hayes Celebrates His 80th Birthday In A Packed Jazz Club

Jazz Night in America takes you to Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, where the hard-bop drummer celebrated his debut as a band leader and talked about fond memories and favorite sessions.

In November 2016, Damien Johnson was one of several people who painted a solvent on rocks atop Mount Tom to get rid of racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic messages.

ADL Finds A Steep Jump In Anti-Semitic Incidents in Mass.

Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased by more than a third in 2016 over the year before, according to an annual audit from the…

A poster produced by the Vermont Department of Labor.

New England's Minimum Wage Gap Narrows Among Most States In 2018

For the most part, the minimum wage gap among New England states will narrow in 2018.The state in the region with the highest minimum wage, Massachusetts,…

A map of the U.S. shows the percentage of people fully vaccinated by state as of May 6, 2021. Most New England states are in the top 10.

Most New England States Ahead Of The Curve On Vaccination Rates

A public health expert says several factors may explain why many New England states are near the top of the list for getting their residents vaccinated…

Naomi Osaka celebrates against Marie Bouzkova during their Women's Singles first round match on Day 1 of the 2021 U.S. Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., on Monday.

U.S. Open Kicks Off With Naomi Osaka's Fresh Start

The stadium is filled with vaccinated fans, even with key players missing. Osaka is back and promising to celebrate her own accomplishments more (and says you should, too).

U.S. gymnast Sunisa Lee competes in the women's uneven bars final on Sunday at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Sunisa Lee Takes Bronze In The Olympic Uneven Bars Final

Lee flipped and twisted from bar to bar in a sparkly blue leotard. She smiled and looked confident as she walked off the mat, and seemed a little surprised at her score.

USA's Xander Schauffele watches his drive from the 5th tee in the final round of the men's golf tournament during the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.

U.S. Golfer Xander Schauffele Wins Gold At Tokyo Olympics

Schauffele won the men's golf competition by one stroke over Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini. Schauffele said he would deliver the gold medal to his father who once dreamed of being an Olympic decathlete.

Wanda Sykes surprised herself by coming out publicly as a lesbian at a 2008 LGBTQ rally in Las Vegas. "I didn't even know that I was going to do it," she says. "It wasn't planned at all."

Fresh Air Weekend: Comic Wanda Sykes; Crime Novelist Laura Lippman

Sykes takes on the president in her Emmy-nominated Netflix special Not Normal. Lippman's latest novel, Lady in the Lake, was inspired by two real-life Baltimore disappearances in the 1960s.

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