FBI Director James Comey fired

Trump says AG Sessions backed firing

The president said he fired James Comey, who is investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, based on advice from the Justice Department.

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President Trump greeted James Comey on Jan. 22 in the Oval Office. Trump fired Comey on Tuesday.



Opinion

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SCOT LEHIGH

Trump pulls a Nixon

This president clearly doesn?t want a man like James Comey in charge of an investigation that could have serious repercussions for his administration.

Then-FBI Director James Comey spoke March 7 at a ribbon-cutting for the agency?s new offices in Chelsea.

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EDITORIAL

Will Congress step up after Comey firing?

After President Trump?s bombshell announcement, the nation is at a crossroads.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/af600e8d095a455c90e258d9119da69d-af600e8d095a455c90e258d9119da69d-0.jpg Here?s why the Trump administration says Comey was fired

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is the man who laid the groundwork for Comey?s firing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/statement-4070.jpg Read White House memos on James Comey?s firing

?The FBI is one of our nation?s most cherished and respected institutions and today will make a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,? Trump said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/681134086.jpg Schumer to Trump: ?You are making a big mistake?

The top Democrat in the Senate says he warned Donald Trump when the president called to inform him that he was firing FBI Director James Comey.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/05952946.jpg Warren: ?It?s time for Congress to get their heads out of the sand?

The US senator tweeted that President Trump should not be allowed to ?pick the person to continue this critical investigation? into Russia.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/toobin150-4076.jpg Jeffrey Toobin slams a ?grotesque abuse of power?

The CNN legal analyst went off as word of FBI Director James Comey?s firing broke, at one point asking, ?What kind of country is this??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/32077174-192f-41a3-99b7-de7ba19cc353.jpg James Comey learned of his firing while speaking to FBI employees in LA

While the FBI director was speaking in Los Angeles, TV screens in the background began flashing the news.

02/2017 Boston Police investigator's look at a vehicle , in the Boston Common underground garage ,that may have been involved in a hit and run accident that killed a bicycle rider. Globe Staff\Photograph Jonathan Wiggs Reporter:Topic

Man is arrested in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist in Back Bay

Malone Kidanemariam turned himself in to police Tuesday night and was arrested.

South Boston killings

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_doctors_victims.jpg ?We want to remember Richard and Lina for who they were, not how they died?

Family and colleagues of Richard Field and Lina Bolaños grieved for the couple after they were killed over the weekend.

Suffolk DA Daniel F. Conley (left) says there?s no tension between his office and Boston police, led by commissioner William B. Evans (right).

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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.

Metro

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A letter from a Jesuit leader says O?Malley ?strongly opposed? the idea because it would threaten all-girls high schools in the area.

Search for mental health care for children is often fruitless

Harvard researchers found out what many parents already know: Getting mental health care for a child can be especially difficult.

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Naloxone would be located in places accessible to the public under a plan the city is considering.

Spirit Airlines? longstanding poor record on flight cancellations and a simmering standoff with pilots came to a head Monday, and left passengers brawling.

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Melee by stranded Spirit passengers is no surprise

A longstanding poor record on flight cancellations and a simmering standoff with pilots came to a head Monday, and left passengers brawling.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_27BLS-1_metro.jpg Boston Latin School is pulled into Harvard race-bias suit

A federal judge ordered the elite exam school to turn over internal communications related to Harvard?s use of race in its admissions process.

dining out

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Healey_10dining_12.jpg Is this New England?s best barbecue?

It?s quite possible ? likely, even ? that the finest smoked meats in the region are coming out of a tiny, homespun corner lot next to a gas station.

Sports

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-13552.jpg Here?s a reality check for Celtics before Game 5

There are two schools of thought on this series: Either you believe or you are deceived.

BREWERS 11, RED SOX 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/71c7a8a090bf4d3baca065b7103dbd38-71c7a8a090bf4d3baca065b7103dbd38-0.jpg Drew Pomeranz, Red Sox get pounded by Brewers

Milwaukee scored five runs in the first inning, overshadowing a 4 for 4 night for Mookie Betts.

Trump Today

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_O87CK.jpg When is a travel ban just a Muslim ban?

Judges are determining if they should look beyond the executive order to statements made by Trump on the campaign trail.

Opinion & Ideas

Dan Wasserman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/051017RYANMEDICAID.jpeg Editorial cartoon: Medicaid under the AHCA

Dan Wasserman takes on Paul Ryan?s health care plan.

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Summer of ?67

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jim.jpg The summer that changed Boston

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.

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After losing both parents to cancer, a photographer found herself connecting with strangers who shared similar grief.

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