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As expected, Bannon was a no-show for his deposition with the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Thomas, a Republican activist, was in touch with an attorney pushing to overturn the 2020 election results. Her lawyer says Thomas testified on Thursday that she played no role in that effort.

Rescue crews in West Virginia continue efforts to save 13 coal miners trapped since Monday. Workers are now more than 10,000 feet into the mine. But there's been no signal from the miners, and air-quality tests show very high levels of carbon monoxide.

Following arguments in two cases that challenge a University of Michigan policy that considers race in admissions, the Supreme Court appears evenly split on the issue. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who signals she believes race can be one of many factors used in choosing among many qualified applicants, is viewed as the decisive swing vote. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

A new study shows female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when talking to their calves. All of the 19 mom's whistled a unique signal — higher and greater than their usually tone.

The color for the upcoming year is Very Peri, a periwinkle hue. Kamala Harris and Lady Gaga have both been seen wearing it. Apparently it signals "a spritely, joyous attitude."

Scientists have at last found the protein that transforms sound waves into nerve impulses. Researchers are learning that hearing is the "fastest" of the senses, faster even than vision in the way input becomes nerve signals. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

The woman first won $100,000. To celebrate, she bought more tickets and won a $300,000 prize. With some more winning ticket, she could buy Twitter.

Kenneth Kamler, Md is a surgeon who also climbs mountains. He was team doctor on three expeditions to the top of Mount Everest, including the disastrous 1996 trip during which 6 people died. Kamler is both storyteller and advisor in his book, Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account including the 1996 Disaster. (The Lyons Press) Blackened limbs due to severe frostbite were the least of his troubles. I-V fluids are frozen solid, and abrasions cannot heal at such high altitudes. Kamler's day job is Director of the Hand Treatment Center in Hyde Park, New York, where he is a microsurgeon. He's done research on telemedicine for NASA and Yale Medical School.

A federal jury has convicted Stewart Rhodes, founder of the militia group Oath Keepers, of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.