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White House churn reaches new heights in a chaotic week

Even by the standards of a Washington accustomed to President Trump?s governance by chaos, this has been an extraordinary week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/26/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_XR3DP.jpg Mueller subpoenas Trump Organization

The order is the first known time the special counsel demanded documents directly related to President Trump?s businesses.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/8a3a822359ab46dda11075bb33419a92-83cc0b98938849278762cb9118202d3e-1.jpg Desperate to stop Trump, Flake eyes 2020 primary challenge

Flake, a Republican senator from Arizona, may stand up against the Republican president in 2020 ? either as a Republican or an independent ? if no one else does.

BOSTON, MA - 7/8/2016: Robert DeLeo, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, speaks during a news conference opposing a ballot question on the legalization of recreational marijuana at William J. Ostiguy Recovery High School. DeLeo, Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh and others announced their opposition to legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. (Timothy Tai for The Boston Globe)

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State representative takes on powerful speaker over non-disclosure agreements

Two state representatives accused Speaker Robert A. DeLeo on Thursday of cloaking years of impropriety in the House.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-14915.jpg New details emerge in 1986 slaying of 15-year-old Kingston girl

Suspect Michael Hand reportedly hosted a gathering the night Tracy Gilpin was last seen alive in 1986.

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St. Patrick?s Day parade organizers not giving up on longer route

But a spokeswoman for Mayor Martin J. Walsh said he stands by his decision for Sunday?s parade to follow a ?snow route? from the Broadway T station to Farragut Road.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_StPatsDaywreathlaying_metro060.jpg St. Patrick?s parade in Boston won?t let anti-war vets march

Boston?s popular St. Patrick?s Day parade is all about veterans ? but not all who?ve served in uniform will be allowed to march this weekend.

Toys R Us is declaring bankruptcy and closing all its stores, including this one in Kingston.

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How Toys ?R? Us became the island of misfit toys

The chain?s announcement that it would close stores sends ripples throughout the industry.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/leung-7178.jpg Toys ?R? Us is shutting down. It?s my fault

I have two kids, 5 and 7, in prime toy-buying age. But I can probably count the number of times I have stepped into a Toys ?R? Us on one hand.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Crews_04.jpg Trio of storms means long hours for workers

Major utilities in eastern Massachusetts had some crews working 16-hour days during the month of March, which has included three nor?easters.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2%20Martin%20Ferris-269756.jpg So much for the luck of the Irish

Martin Ferris was supposed to arrive in Boston on Thursday, but the US government has not given him permission to enter the United States.

Boston, MA -- 3/06/2018 - A therapy dog named Tucker visits with cardiac ICU patient Jim Cawley, of Seabrook, NH at MGH in Boston. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 09icudogs Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

In ICUs, a furry friend to comfort patients

Mass. General finds that therapy dogs humanize and soften tremendous suffering, loneliness, and stress.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/0a1ca2c6db514c8288b7aee295b88637-235d2d39516940aea0548c448c00aa0d-2.jpg ICE arrests at courthouses disrupt justice, lawsuits claim

?It?s basically saying to immigrants: ?Stay away from the courthouse,?? said Rachel Rosenbloom, co-director of the Northeastern University School of Law Immigrant Justice Clinic.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_merge1_met-9582.jpg BU-Wheelock merger brings more than 110 layoffs

Boston University will lay off a majority of Wheelock College?s staff and faculty in its merger with the small Fenway school.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/e08597f8a99e47aa9cc6cfb1ccd9840f-e08597f8a99e47aa9cc6cfb1ccd9840f-0.jpg Holy Cross drops knight image, keeps ?Crusaders? name

The College of the Holy Cross will stop using the image of a knight, though trustees decided to keep the nickname Crusaders for athletic teams.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/82f1d1b4-5df7-4dcf-863f-e5d8dc31c0cc.jpg Nike executive resigns; CEO addresses workplace behavior complaints

Trevor Edwards, a top Nike executive who was seen as a potential successor to the chief executive, is stepping down, the company said Thursday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AFP_ZL0WY.jpg Vanessa Trump files for divorce from Donald Trump Jr.

The couple married in 2005 and have five children.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/PeterSimon_names_01_art.jpg Robert F. Kennedy St. Patrick?s Day parade photo found ? 50 years later

A local lawyer recently uncovered, with some help, a photograph of his chance encounter with the Kennedy in 1968.

Munch Madness 2018: The top restaurants in Boston

A la March Madness, local restaurants are pitted against each other. Vote now to make sure your favorite place wins.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/love_letters_teze.jpg A breakup: Is it an end, or is it a beginning?

In Season One, Meredith Goldstein explores this question through intimate stories of love and heartbreak and confessions from her own life.

Follow:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Modeling?s glamour hides web of abuse

The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/IV%20hanger.jpg Hospitals confront new opioid crisis: an alarming shortage of pain meds

The shortage is forecast to last for more than a year.