President Trump said the appointment of a special counsel ??shows we?re a divided, mixed-up, not unified country.?
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There?s anger. There?s agitation. But most of all there is impatience.
Ground Game
These are the real ?greatest witch hunts? in political history Consider also these past political witch hunts, and judge for yourself if they are greater than the investigation into President Trump?s ties to Russia.
KEVIN CULLEN
Special Counsel Bob Mueller won?t leak but Trump should still be worried Mueller survived 13 years as FBI director in a town that floats on leaks, but he was never a leaker.
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Athletics 8, Red Sox 3
Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis hit first-inning homers to spoil Hector Velazquez?s major league debut.
TV Critic?s Corner
Bluths are reconnecting for a fifth season of ?Arrested Development? The disappointing fourth season kept the ensemble fractured. Not so in season five, Netflix says.
COMMENTARY | DON AUCOIN
Like him or loathe him, Roger Ailes transformed the news The pugnacious founder of Fox News Channel gave the news an explicitly ideological edge, and in the process he played a crucial role in the rise of President Trump.
THINGS TO DO
The Weekender: ?Alien? invaders, resurgent Pixies, Agent Cooper The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
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To some, the mayor?s comments about pedestrian and bicycle safety seemed mundane. To others, they were a call to arms.
To beach or not to beach on a May day There?s something about going to the beach when you?re supposed to be somewhere else.
Franklin police continue search for missing 20-year-old Franklin police said they would be looking in harder-to-reach areas.
For former gang members, making education pay This fall, 40 former gang members are being paid to resume their education as part of an initiative called Boston Uncornered.
On the former Medieval Manor site, a bookstore with a mission In a part of the South End giving over to gentrification, a landlord is renting the former Medieval Manor to a nonprofit bookstore.
A Reebok romper for men? It?s happening. After a crowdfunding campaign for the garment concept went viral, Reebok is getting in on the trend.
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A neurosurgeon zeroes in on the problem of overconsumption and why our brains don?t signal when enough is enough.
Magazine | Perspective
A lesson from Harvard: Learn to pick your battles By 21st-century standards, the university?s alma mater is problematic. And fixable.
Boston Calling?s big move While the switch from City Hall Plaza to a 16-acre site in Allston may take some getting used to, a diverse roster of artists remains a constant.
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell dies at 52 Cornell?s death, ruled a suicide, stunned his family and his fans, for whom Cornell just performed hours earlier at a show in Detroit.
Following silence, a Twitter eruption President Trump erupted on Twitter Thursday morning, calling himself the victim of a ?witch hunt.?
EDITORIAL
Visa hassles may hit seasonal business hard A faltering visa program for foreign guest workers could hit businesses on the Cape & Islands hard this summer.
Finding Lisa: A story of murders, mysteries, loss, and, incredibly, new life Her father was not who he said he was. He had secrets, secrets that Lisa would uncover, years later, when she set out to answer the question that burned in her: Who am I?
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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.
Tom Brady had a concussion. So what? Here?s what science has to say Amid reports that Tom Brady had a concussion last year, here?s the latest science on such head injuries and their long-term impact.
Hector Velazquez will make his Major League debut against Sonny Gray as the Red Sox open up a four-game series.
Five firefighters were also injured in the fire at 41 Evelyn St., officials said.
Single-families in Wellesley and Weston and a Cambridge condo also topped our list.
Susan Collins is the most senior female senator in the Republican caucus.
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The total cargo space in the hatchback grows to 46.2 cubic feet when the back seats are folded.
Two men accused of having sex with each other were each sentenced to 85 lashes in public.
Investors have remained mostly calm amid the president?s political problems.
I have mixed feelings about the much-revered series. Yes, I?m that guy.
A recast Greg Heffley and family aren?t the only things that are different about the latest adaptation of Jeff Kinney?s kid-lit phenomenon.
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
The surge of more than half a million South Sudanese refugees into Uganda since July 2016 has created Africa?s largest refugee crisis.
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