Obstruction, or not?

Comey testimony makes plain that Trump wounded his presidency

EDITORIAL

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Investigations have their place ? but so does action.

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Overall, members of both political parties had reason to walk away happy from the hearing with the former FBI director.

Michael A. Cohen

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It?s not every day the former head of the FBI brands the president of the United States a liar.

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Senator McCain joked that maybe he shouldn?t stay up late watching the Arizona Diamondbacks after his puzzling line of questioning Thursday.

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn left a polling station after casting his vote in north London on June 8.

May?s UK election gamble backfires as Tories lose majority

The shock result throws British politics into chaos and could send Britain?s negotiations to leave the European Union ? due to start June 19 ? into disarray.

The documentary ?Etched in Glass The Legacy of Steve Ross? shows Ross (third from left), a Holocaust survivor, at Dachau, one of the Nazis? concentration camps. Above, Ross (at right) shared a moment with another survivor, Israel Arbeiter, at the film?s screening.

?ETCHED IN GLASS: THE LEGACY OF STEVE ROSS?

For decades, he never knew the name of the soldier who hugged him at Dachau

It was a brief encounter ? the soldier gave Stephan Ross of his food and a handkerchief decorated as an American flag. The two parted, never to meet again.

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Heath School parents and teachers wore ribbons Thursday in support of principal Asa Sevelius, who announced this week that he is transgender.

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Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association rejected a final contract offer from Tufts Medical Center, setting up a showdown that could lead to a strike.

analysis

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Rachelle Bond?s testimony in the ongoing trial of her former boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, may not be enough to convict him, experts say.

Nestor Ramos

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A California case suggests that water might have washed away Bella Bond?s best chance at justice.

During her hearing, defendant Michelle Carter watched as her legal team approached the bench for a discussion with the judge Thursday.

?Hang yourself, jump off a building, stab yourself. I don?t know. There?s lots of ways?

On the third day of Michelle Carter?s trial, prosecutors zeroed in on a series of disturbing text messages exchanged in the days before Roy?s death.

KEVIN CULLEN

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Michelle Carter did more than encourage Conrad Roy to kill himself. She pressured him.

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The Spartans, a Nashua, N.H.-based drum and bugle corps, gear up for the big competition this summer, the Drum Corps International in Indianapolis.

Attracting more locals has long been a goal and a challenge for Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market. The most important thing is getting the right mix of tenants, said Joe O?Malley, who runs the marketplace.

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Faneuil Hall Marketplace aims to draw more locals

Joe O?Malley runs Faneuil Hall Marketplace. And he?s trying to change the perception of it as a Boston landmark where Bostonians don?t go.

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A much-celebrated compromise that fast-tracked a state bill aimed at protecting pregnant women in the workplace has been stopped in its tracks.

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No worries. Our guy took good notes at the self-help conference in Boston.

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Christopher Muther

Welcome to the most picturesque lake in Europe

Lake Como is a must-visit jewel in the Italian Alps.

Boston Red Sox's David Price, right, walks near the mound as New York Yankees' Gary Sanchez runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 8, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

YANKEES 9, RED SOX 1

Red Sox drop finale to Yankees

Gary Sanchez hit a pair of home runs for New York.

tv critic?s corner

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Fox is talking with the show?s producers about finding yet another way to keep milking the brand.

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Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

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How hard is it to apologize ? and mean it?

Special reports

Spotlight follow-up

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

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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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The renowned biologist has come to realize that his narcolepsy has contributed to his prodigious list of scientific achievements.

Globe must-reads

NASA?s newest astronauts have roots in Massachusetts

?When are you doing it?? Read the latest texts in the Michelle Carter case
The 2014 case centered on comments Deval Patrick made at the end of his second term as governor.

High court dismisses defamation case against Deval Patrick
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 08: David Price #24 of the Boston Red Sox reacts in the third inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 8, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

For David Price, it?s going from bad to worse
Massachusetts General Hospital.

Spotlight follow-up

MGH surgeons left patients under anesthesia to do second surgeries, lawsuit charges
Cleveland, OH May 21, 2017: The Celtics Marcus Smart (36) defends against the Cavaliers Kyrie Irving. The Boston Celtics visited the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game Three of their NBA Eastern Conference Finals playoff series at the Quicken Loans Arena. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis)

Julian Benbow

Kyrie Irving?s moves defy even the laws of video-game making
Sofia Boutella has the title role in ?The Mummy.?

Movie Review

The makers of ?The Mummy? would greatly prefer you leave your brain at home
The grandfather clock behind former Vice President Joe Biden.

How grandfather clock from Boston landed in the Oval Office ? and Comey?s memo
In March, Sean Cooper (left) and Bob Farrell hung works for a Matisse exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.

New report gives snapshot of region?s creative economy
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C.,, joined at left by Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, rear, orders Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., to suspend her inquiry of top national security chiefs testifying on the gathering intelligence on foreign agents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The nation's intelligence chiefs, facing questions from Congress one day before former FBI Director James Comey provides his first public account of the events leading up to his firing, declined to describe conversations with President Donald Trump but said they had not been directed to do anything they considered illegal or felt pressured to do so.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate intel chair admonishes Democrat for questions
Former Maine Health and Human Commissioner Mary Mayhew arrives at Dingley Press to announce she's running for governor, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Lisbon, Maine. She vowed to fight a defeatist attitude in state government and to continue changes she helped implement in the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Portland Press Herald issues cease-and-desist to candidate
Prior to the trial starting, Urbelis pleaded guilty to one count of furnishing alcohol to minors and Judge Linda Giles ordered the case continued without a finding for one year.

Boston lawyer acquitted in boating accident

Sports

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Julian Edelman agrees to contract extension

Edelman, 31, is coming off a season in which he caught 98 passes for a career-high 1,106 yards and three touchdowns.

Metro

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Robert P. Moncreiff ?was somebody who believed that making a difference mattered and doing the right thing mattered,? his daughter Jane said.

Robert P. Moncreiff, 87; lawyer, public servant and writer

Mr. Moncreiff ?was somebody who believed that making a difference mattered and doing the right thing mattered,? his daughter Jane said.

Real Estate

My First Home: Princely rental deal was courting disaster

I suspected the guy might run off with my deposit check.

Politics

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GREAT FALLS, MT - MAY 23: Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte looks on during a campaign meet and greet at Lions Park on May 23, 2017 in Great Falls, Montana. Greg Gianforte is campaigning throughout Montana ahead of a May 25 special election to fill Montana's single congressional seat. Gianforte is in a tight race against Democrat Rob Quist. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Gianforte wants to enter plea in assault case, lawyer says

A no contest plea would allow US Representative Greg Gianforte of Montana to concede to the offense without entering a guilty plea.

Cars

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Massachusetts House advances bill to limit cellphone use by drivers

A bill that would prohibit all use of hand-held cellphones by motorists in Massachusetts has moved a step forward on Beacon Hill

Columnists

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

Yvonne Abraham

Brookline principal Asa Sevelius is finally becoming himself
Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy in the booth on Tuesday during the game between the Yankees and the Red Sox.

Nestor Ramos

Jerry Remy, fluent in ?baseball language,? swings and misses

BALTIMORE, MD - JUNE 03: David Price #24 of the Boston Red Sox pitches in the seventh inning during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 3, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Red Sox won 5-2. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Piling on David Price makes no sense
Courts have set a low standard for obtaining cellphones? ?metadata?? information on who you?re calling, what time you?re calling, or the physical locations of those on the line.

Tech Lab

You got a warrant? For cops tracking cellphones, the answer should be yes
Kevin Durant is two wins away from proving his move to the Warriors was the right one.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Don?t listen to the K.D. hate
Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts, right, celebrates with Andrew Benintendi after Benintendi hit a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

There?s a lot to hate about Red Sox-Yankees rivalry

Adrian Walker

Dispensing food, health care, compassion in Eastie
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SCOT LEHIGH

Trump is dragging America down
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Renée Graham

LeBron James, a superstar off the court, too

Israeli soldiers hold torches during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War at the Latrun Armoured Corps Memorial Site and Museum, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, on June 5 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images

JEFF JACOBY

Israel?s victory in 6-Day War astonished the world

JOAN VENNOCHI

Harvard draws the line on free speech

Nestor Ramos

At Harvard, a stiff price for some very bad jokes

Nation & World

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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas listens to reporters ask questions while meeting with U.S. Secretary of State? Rex Tillerson at the Mandarin Hotel, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Abbas will ease up on settlements to spur talks, aide says

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will temporarily shelve his long-standing demand for Israel to freeze West Bank settlement construction in order to revive peace talks.

Business

Verizon wants to become a strong third choice for advertisers by adding Yahoo?s popular sites and billion users worldwide to its own media business.

How Verizon hopes to grab digital ad dollars with Yahoo

Verizon has a simple goal in buying Yahoo: It wants to challenge Google and Facebook in the huge and lucrative field of digital advertising.

Arts

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book review

Selfish Sendak-like author?s death spawns meditation on art and costs it exacts

Julia Glass crafts a thoughtful, warm-hearted tale about the choices each of us makes.

Movies

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Sebastian Junger

Star searching at the Provincetown International Film Festival

PIFF Executive Director Christine Walker says it?s easy to hobnob at the festival, whether you?re a filmmaker or simply a fan of cinema.

Lifestyle

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Add a workout to your day of relaxing outdoors.

hot ticket

Sweat . . . and then shop

Hingham?s Derby Street Shoppes launches an outdoor summer fitness series.

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

Globe staff photos of the month, May 2017

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in May.

Magazine

The cover for the June 4 2017 issue

How to handle a teenage tag-along

The cover for the May 28 2017 issue

Friends and even strangers have taught me a lesson about my limp

The cover for the May 21 2017 issue

Lebanese recipes, including the dip that will make you forget about hummus

The cover for the May 14 2017 issue

How do you make a life and death decision for a stranger?