?Cloud? over Trump is now a full-blown thunderstorm

Washington, a staid city known as a place of suits, statues, and steakhouses, is hosting a political spectacle of historic proportions.

?I need loyalty,? Comey to testify Trump said

Former FBI director James Comey will testify President Trump pressured him for loyalty and to drop investigations into Michael Flynn.

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Donald Trump?s lawyer says the president feels ?completely and totally vindicated? by former FBI director James Comey?s testimony.

Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Spotlight follow-up

Whistle-blower files suit over alleged double-booked surgeries

A former MGH anesthesiologist charges in a lawsuit that orthopedic surgeons at the hospital put patients at risk and defrauded the government.

?I was on the phone talking to him when he killed himself?

?I heard him dying,? Michelle Carter allegedly texted a woman after Conrad Roy III committed suicide.

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Police found the bodies of 38-year-old Dr. Lina Bolanos and 49-year-old Dr. Richard Field in May while responding to a report of a man with a gun.

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Greg Gianforte formally apologized to the reporter Wednesday and said he would donate $50,000 to a journalism nonprofit as part of a settlement.

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General Electric?s plant in Pittsfield dumped large amounts of toxic chemicals known as PCBs into the Housatonic River from the 1930s to the 1970s. PCBs, once ubiquitous as coolants and insulating fluids, were banned in 1979.

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EPA wants to reopen talks on GE cleanup

General Electric was ordered to clean up the Housatonic River, but now the plan may be scuttled by those who drafted it: the EPA.

Asa Sevelius is the principal of the Heath School in Chestnut Hill.

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Brookline principal Asa Sevelius is finally becoming himself

At noon on Wednesday, Asa Sevelius hit send on the e-mail that would change everything. ?I am transgender,? he wrote.

Prime Minister Theresa May is facing off against Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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Expect the unexpected in Thursday?s UK election

Surprises are the norm in British elections, whether it?s last summer?s unexpected Brexit victory or the toss-up 2015 election that turned out to be a conservative rout.

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A submarine researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and an emergency room resident at Massachusetts General Hospital are among those with Bay State ties.

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A look at how regional businesses fared in the latest Fortune 500 rankings.

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Remembering the bands, the songs, the scene when fans packed Boston?s gritty clubs and basements to hear rock history in the making.

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The creative sector plays a larger role in New England?s economy than in other parts of the country, employing more than 300,000 people who earn roughly $17 billion.

?Paloma and Her Doll on Black Background,? 1952.

Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Art Review

A small but choice Picasso show at the Clark

?Picasso: Encounters? shows the artist working well with others.

TV Critic?s Corner

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Asia Kate Dillon of Showtime?s ?Billions? had to choose which supporting category to be nominated in.

YANKEES 8, RED SOX 0

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New York scored four runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by Chris Carter?s three-run homer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/RinaldiRemy01.jpg Jerry Remy apologizes for comments about interpreters in baseball

During Tuesday?s broadcast, Remy said he thinks players should learn ?baseball language.??

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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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An FDA system that was touted as a revolutionary way to detect dangerous drugs has had little measurable impact.

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Peter Karoff, 79, taught poetry, changed philanthropies

?He was a poet and he loved to write, and he loved to philosophize and think about what the world really could look like,? said Leslie Pine, managing partner of The Philanthropic Initiative.

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This bear?s bullish on life

When Boston IVF decided to hold its second ?fertility soiree? for the gay, lesbian, and transgender community, the clinic wanted to keep the event casual. What better way than hiring a man dressed in a bear suit who plays dance tunes on a keyboard slung around his neck?