Comey?s firing unleashes uncertainty in Washington

Calls for a special investigation were repeated Wednesday as the White House faced questions about the dismissal of FBI director James Comey.

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was a central player in the firing of James Comey.

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Democrats are pressing for a special investigation into the Trump campaign?s ties to Russia.

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Just 36 percent of respondents approved of President Trump?s job performance in a poll released Wednesday.

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The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for Russia-related documents.

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Price, the health and human services secretary, defended police after they arrested a journalist for ?aggressively? asking him questions.

United States Secretary of Education Besty DeVos delivers a commencement speech to graduates at Bethune-Cookman University, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Protesters boo DeVos at historically black university

When university President Edison Jackson introduced Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, students started booing loudly.

Opinion

yvonne Abraham

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This president?s repeated and blatant attacks on democracy are intolerable.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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Here?s the thing about President Donald J. Trump?s stated reason for firing FBI director James Comey: it?s actually perfectly sensible.

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Boston, MA May 10, 2017: The Celtics Amir Johnson brings the crowd out of their seats after he slammed home a feed from Avery Bradley to put Boston ahead 75-57 in the third quarter. The Boston Celtics hosted the Washington Wizards in Game Five of their NBA Eastern Conference semi final playoff series at the TD Garden. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis)

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CELTICS 123, WIZARDS 101

Celtics dominate Wizards in Game 5

Avery Bradley scored a career-playoff-high 29 points for Boston.

TY BURR | critic?s notebook

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The podcast ?Crimetown? offers crime and not punishment in Rhode Island?s capital.

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As the company takes steps to deal with the biggest crisis it?s faced in years, three trustees have resigned, including the chairman of the board.

Fewer people may be dying from opioid overdoses in Massachusetts

The number of drug deaths in the state during the first three months of 2017 showed a slight decline.

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Authorities said a person who was injured in last week?s crash has died, bringing the death toll to four.

Then-Boston Globe editor Robert Phelps in January 1975.

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Robert H. Phelps, 97, who oversaw the Globe?s busing coverage

Mr. Phelps was a longtime editor at The Boston Globe and New York Times who oversaw the Globe?s coverage of school desegregation.

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Facing a $16 million budget shortfall, the Brockton School Department says it may cut 344 jobs, including those of 189 teachers.

A pastrami sandwich served with a side of pickles at Katz's Delicatessen in New York.

Is Katz?s Delicatessen opening in Boston?

Pastrami-scented rumors are swirling about the famous Jewish deli from New York.

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The clip of the 20-year-old future president was made during a public speaking course in 1937.

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They are six students from towns 23 miles apart. They met as freshman and discovered they?d been in a triplets play group as children.

Trump Today

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The firing of James Comey distracted from troubling questions that were being raised over why Trump waited 18 days to fire Michael Flynn.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

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Thanks to Trump?s honesty via social media, the world knows what the president?s really thinking.

Special reports

Summer of ?67

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The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

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Women make up nearly two-thirds of Americans with the disease, and shoulder the majority of caregiving.