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President Trump will now appoint a successor at the FBI, which has been investigating his campaign since late July.
Schumer wants Sessions, Rosenstein to appear before Senate Chuck Schumer is calling for the attorney general and his deputy to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding Trump?s decision to fire James Comey.
Sergey Lavrov is reacted sarcastically to questions about President Donald Trump?s firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
Analysis
After Trump fired Comey, his staff scrambled to explain why Tuesday evening, reporters were told that Sean Spicer would answer some questions, as long as he was not recorded doing so.
Ground Game
Three ways Comey?s firing echoes Watergate (and two ways it doesn?t) One word seemed to circulate on Washington?s lips and among the political class around the country Tuesday: Watergate.
AP/Ray Lussier
Bobby Orr?s famous ?flying goal? to win the Stanley Cup happened 47 years ago today.
Police commissioner, DA say there?s no rift William Evans and Dan Conley gave different information during separate news conferences about the deaths of two people in South Boston.
South Shore auctioneer gets 4 years in prison for fraud Dan Flynn was sentenced for defrauding more than 90 people of as much as $21 million.
Wynton Marsalis shocks retiring music director The jazz great took the stage at the Foxborough High School Pops concert last weekend ? much to the surprise of retiring music director Stephen Massey.
?I?m not going to talk about that,? Rosenstein says of Comey letter Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein declined to discuss the memo that he authored in an exclusive interview with the Globe: ?Are you surprised by that??
Here are the options for an independent Russia inquiry Can a ?special prosecutor? or an ?independent counsel? be appointed?
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
Maybe Trump was right to fire Comey Here?s the thing about President Donald J. Trump?s stated reason for firing FBI director James Comey: it?s actually perfectly sensible.
Michael A. Cohen
This is the worst abuse of presidential power since Watergate Will Republicans stand up or stand aside as Trump?s daily assaults on the rule of law and once sacrosanct political norms further erode our democracy?
Boston man charged with fatal hit-and-run crash held on $25,000 bail Malone Kidanemariam, 25, turned himself into Boston police Tuesday and is currently charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing death.
W. Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary a question Dan Heyman ??was causing a disturbance by yelling questions at Ms. Conway and Secretary Price,?? the complaint stated.
Wife of ESPN?s Chris Berman killed in car crash Katherine Berman died following a two-car accident in Connecticut.
Is Julian Edelman the cause of Matt Harvey?s suspension? Word from the Big Apple is that Harvey was an ?emotional wreck? after seeing pictures of his girlfriend Adriana Lima out and about with Edelman, her ex.
Love Letters
My boyfriend used to be good at gifts, but now he?s not Does it mean he doesn't care anymore?
love letters
What if Ray Allen asked for relationship advice from Love Letters? The drama between Ray Allen and the rest of the 2008 NBA champion Celtics sounded an awful lot like a bad breakup ? and that?s a problem for Love Letters.
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Trump Today: Comey firing distracts from Flynn questions The firing of James Comey distracted from troubling questions that were being raised over why Trump waited 18 days to fire Michael Flynn.
JEFF JACOBY
A back-of-the-bus human rights policy Rex Tillerson?s equivocations on human rights are as dismaying as the Obama administration?s.
Summer of ?67
The summer that changed Boston The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.
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Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.
Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.
Opinion: Gender gap in Alzheimer?s rates, caregiving needs more attention Women make up nearly two-thirds of Americans with the disease, and shoulder the majority of caregiving.
Drew Pomeranz allowed five runs in the first inning, and the Sox were never quite able to catch up.
A federal judge ordered the elite exam school to turn over internal communications related to Harvard?s use of race in its admissions process.
You can expect to see some new faces on the 39th season of This Old House, which airs this fall.
A growing number of Republicans are pushing for deep tax cuts even if they add to the government?s $20 trillion debt.
As Trump appears to be warming to China, a bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives took aim Wednesday at one of Beijing?s sore spots: Tibet.
A longstanding poor record on flight cancellations and a simmering standoff with pilots came to a head Monday, and left passengers brawling.
The former ?Daily Show? correspondent played host to his old colleagues, including Jon Stewart.
Angela Atenco Lopez prepares the mole of her native Puebla the way she was taught ? slowly.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight? ?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The Big Picture
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed for the last time in New England. After 146 years, ?The Greatest Show on Earth? ends it historic run.
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