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Why Trump has struggled to assemble a legal team

Being turned down time and again led President Trump to pick former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani this week for his team. — Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press/File 2016

Twelve partners from a total of seven firms have said no to President Trump?s entreaties to help him navigate the special counsel?s probe.

Trump says he doesn?t think his personal lawyer will ?flip?

Michael Cohen, President Trump?s longtime personal lawyer, is under investigation, but Trump on Saturday said he doesn?t think Cohen will ?flip.?

Woman refuses medical help after Brockton car crash, and then dies later

A 54-year-old woman who initially declined medical treatment after a Thursday morning crash in Brockton died of injuries Thursday afternoon.

Harvard grad students vote to unionize

Nearly 5,000 teaching and research assistants join the United Auto Workers, a union with blue-collar roots that has become a bastion of academic organizing

10/22/2015 Plymouth, MA â?? Director of Regulatory & Performance Improvement David Noyes , <cq>, talks about Dry Cask Storage during a tour of the Entergy Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, MA on October 22, 2015. Each of the 3 casks contains 68 fuel assemblies, they rest on a 4 foot thick pad made of reinforced concrete and steel. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station started operation in 1972 and will close no later than June 2019. The the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently designated Pilgrim one of the nationâ??s three least-safe reactors. () — Craig F. Walker / Globe Staff

As seas rise, Pilgrim officials consider moving nuclear waste to higher ground

Environmental advocates are calling on the state to require the waste be moved.

Jeb Bush to eulogize mother, Barbara, in private service

Some 1,500 guests are expected Saturday at a private funeral for Barbara Bush at an Episcopal church in Houston.

N. Korea, setting stage for talks, halts nuclear, ICBM tests

North Korea said it would suspend nuclear tests, but stopped short of suggesting it has any intention of giving up its nuclear arsenal.

Walsh to endorse Capuano in primary

Mayor Martin J. Walsh is set to formally endorse Capuano on Sunday in Dorchester, where he is expected to emphasize the Somerville Democrat?s experience.

President Trump wanted faster response to Putin call

The episode is yet the latest reflection of the regard with which Trump holds the Russian leader.

Boston Red Sox's Mitch Moreland, right, celebrates with Mookie Betts after hitting a grand slam off Oakland Athletics' Emilio Pagan during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 20, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) — Ben Margot/Associated press

Red Sox 7, A?s 3

Bradley, Moreland have a blast as Sox win eighth straight

The Red Sox have outscored their opponents, 34-6, in the first four games of their road trip

NBA playoffs: Bucks 116, Celtics 92

Energized Bucks shut down Celtics in Game 3

Milwaukee ended the first quarter on a 23-7 run and never looked back to cut the series to 2-1.

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The worry about ?deepfake? videos, and the silver lining

Jordan Peele?s viral video of President Obama highlights the threat of videos that use sophisticated technology to seamlessly swap out one face for another. And it?s a reminder again that we need to question everything.

Adam Himmelsbach

Jayson Tatum is at the door. ?He has a passion to be great?

The Celtics rookie once had to knock on a neighbor?s door to ask for food. Now he?s on the threshold of NBA stardom.

Talking with Chris Evans about Captain America

The Sudbury native is back as the shield-wielding superhero in ?Avengers: Infinity War.?

How to watch the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend

If you time it right, escape the city, and get a little bit lucky, astronomers say you?ll be able to watch a meteor shower light up the sky early Sunday.

Orange County tests Democrats? hope for a suburban blue wave

Democrats running in 2018 House elections, including an Elizabeth Warren protege, look to capture a stronghold in affluent Republican communities.

Lexington, MA -- 3/27/2018 - Vito LaMura makes a Meals on Wheels delivery to Sally Neale in Lexington. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: xxmealwheel Reporter: — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

For those who receive ? and deliver ? Meals on Wheels, more than nutrition is on the menu

For hundreds of thousands of people in Massachusetts, many of whom are hungry and isolated, Meals on Wheels is a daily human connection to the outside world.

Facebook temporarily removes Black Market Dudley?s page

A company spokeswoman said Facebook ?mistakenly took down the page? for a reason unrelated to the ?White Lives Matter? graffiti found outside the shop.

EDM star Avicii has died at age 28

The Swedish-born producer and DJ known as Avicii has been found dead in Muscat, Oman.

LA Fitness employees called 911 on two black men they said didn?t pay. They had.

Two black men were wrongly accused of not paying to use a gym in New Jersey and subsequently had the police called on them.

?Smallville? actress Allison Mack accused of recruiting women for sex-cult leader

According to the Associated Press, prosecutors said Mack told recruits that they were joining a female mentorship group.

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Opinion | Richard North Patterson

The irreplaceable Barbara Bush

What set the former First Lady apart was how completely she epitomized, yet transcended, her role.

A new chapter in the story of a terrier who found adventure in Milton

One day, in the friendly little town of Milton, a mysterious visitor arrived out of the blue. No one could say where, exactly, the little dog had come from. But before long, they began spotting it all over town . . .

Sean Gannon?s funeral service was held at Saint Pius X Church on Thursday. — John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

A man determined to choose violence. A cop determined to live a good life

Only three years apart in age, the police officer and the career criminal accused of killing him could not have been more different.

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Cambridge, MA- April 20, 2018: The Valium Room at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, ME on April 20, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter: (viewed from outside the conference room the graphics are reflected the glass wall of another conference room.)

Heard in the halls of biotech: I?ll meet you in the Valium room

HOLD FOR BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL PROJECT Boston, MA--2/22/2016--BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang (cq) talks about the investigation at Boston Latin School. Scenes at Boston Latin School, which is in the news because of a racial controversy, are photographed, on Monday, February 22, 2016. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 06bls Reporter: Meghan Irons

Dorchester Academy scheduled to close

Boston, MA - 4/18/2018 - An Embr Wave, a device that straps to your wrist like a watch to help change the feel of your body's temperature, is displayed in Boston, MA, Apr. 18, 2018. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Climate control on your wrist from Somerville?s Embr Labs

1,400 basking sharks convened off Mass. coast in 2013

Former New England Patriots broadcaster Gil Santos is congratulated by fans as he walks the red carpet in Foxborough, Mass., Monday, July 29, 2013. Santos and former linebacker Tedy Bruschi were inducted into the Patriots 2013 Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Who was Gil Santos? Let the guys who worked with him tell you

Newton, Ma., 04/16/18, Eighty-five year old Katherine Beiers,cq, running her 14the marathon is one of the last runners through Newton. The 2018 Boston Marathon has miserable weather conditions. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Woman, 85, was the oldest runner in 2018 Boston Marathon

Police responding to a 911 call on April 10 reported that the girl was found unresponsive at her home on Stoneybrook Road.

Fund accepting donations for 6-year-old Fitchburg girl?s burial

With seven months until the 2020 presidential primary season kicks off in earnest, the top-tier Democratic potential candidates are nowhere to be found in New Hampshire.

Ground Game

In N.H., a burning political question: Where are all the big-deal Democratic presidential candidates?

The engine on a Southwest Airlines plane is inspected as it sits on the runway at the Philadelphia International Airport after it made an emergency landing in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Amanda Bourman via AP)

Southwest Airlines gives $5,000 to passengers on fatal flight

Takeda again sweetens its offer for Shire

Jonathan Richman performed at Jonathan Swift's in Harvard Square in 1984.

That proposal to make ?Roadrunner? the official song of Mass.? It?s back

DNC sues Russia, Trump campaign, and Wikileaks

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Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Celtics were too darn nice in Game 3, and they paid for it

For the first time in weeks, the Celtics looked ill-prepared for the environment, as if they didn?t expect the Bucks to make the first punch or the second.