The Trump presidency

Comey had ?broad support? in FBI, acting chief says

Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press

Just two days after FBI director James Comey was fired, his former deputy is testifying before a Senate committee.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, May 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

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yvonne Abraham

The America I swore allegiance to seems to have disappeared

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

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

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The president?s behavior reeks of guilt and instability.

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The White House will launch a commission to investigate voter fraud and suppression, according to AP sources.

Metro

Dave Epstein

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The weather the next couple of days will be similar to what we have seen the past several days, before shifting into stormy conditions Saturday.

Water levels at the Cambridge Reservoir in Waltham today (left) were much higher than in September.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Drought in Massachusetts has ended, officials say

For the first time in months, there are no parts of Massachusetts that are drier than normal.

Drs. Richard Field (left) and Lina Bolanos were killed last week in their South Boston home.

Funeral services set for South Boston murder victims

A service will be held Friday at the Gate of Heaven Church in the South Boston neighborhood where the couple lived.

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The extortion trial of two top aides to Mayor Walsh has been scheduled for January, two months after the election.

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christopher Muther

A hotel toiletries thief comes clean about his dirty habit

When I started counting what I had ? nearly 300 bottles and bars of pilfered toiletries ? I realized I had a problem.

NBA playoffs: Celtics 123, Wizards 101

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper1-13606.jpg The Celtics couldn?t have drawn this one up any better

They defied the narrative that they are dependent on Isaiah Thomas for points.

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Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick, and Julian Edelman were at TD Garden to see the Celtics take a 3-2 series lead.

Book Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Papi_Fig.31.jpg This is David Ortiz?s [expletive] memoir

This as-told-to account, done with radio personality Michael Holley, offers little of Papi?s personal life but a good bit of inside detail about the career of the Red Sox great.

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Yet another video of sprawling violence in the tiny space between two aisle seats has gone forth into the world.

Columnists

DANTE RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dante_ramos-3658.jpg Saving for retirement just got a lot harder, thanks to Trump

Trump and his allies in Congress would rather cozy up to the financial sector than deal with the economic anxiety that helped get Trump elected.

Arts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/RussianBearReading-NaturalBackground.jpg Want to know how US-Russia relations reached this point? Read a book

A suggested reading list about the history, economics, and geopolitics of US-Russia ties, Putin, and how we got here.

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?The board wants him back as artistic director. We?re going to move forward.??

TY BURR | critic?s notebook

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

Red Sox

MILWAUKEE, WI - MAY 10: Kyle Kendrick #25 of the Boston Red Sox pitches in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on May 10, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

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Alex Speier

Red Sox starting pitching depth will be tested

The team will need someone in Pawtucket to step up for the occasional spot starts this season.

Globe Magazine

Perspective | Magazine

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The state?s reforms were made with good intent, but bad execution. And now there?s a chance to fix all that.

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Trump Today

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Trump?s Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was strangely timed to say the least.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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As the Trump administration considers escalating the war, Americans should look hard at the costs.

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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The story behind ?Spotlight?

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The Circus leaves town

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.