The FBI seized the recording during a raid on Cohen?s office amid an investigation into Cohen?s involvement in paying women to tamp down embarrassing news stories about President Trump before the 2016 election.
TECH LAB
The director of national intelligence is warning that weaknesses in US cybersecurity could be setting us up for a high-tech replay of Sept. 11, 2001.
Republicans bow to White House on Chinese telecom firm GOP lawmakers backed away from a plan to reinstate stiff penalties on Chinese telecom firm ZTE, handing a win to President Trump.
Federal judge denies gay Ugandan woman?s plea for release, stay of removal Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV said that by law, the decision of whether to stay the removal of the woman rests with immigration authorities, not the federal district court.
Lobster prices plummet after tariffs take effect Shore prices ? what dealers pay lobstermen for their catch ? have dropped to about $3.75 a pound, compared with $5 about two weeks ago.
Editorial
Beacon Hill hits the home stretch, but work remains Some good proposals could fall by the wayside before the end of the legislative session, July 31.
Ground Game
The hottest race on the ballot? In Trump?s America, that may be secretary of state Contests for secretary of state haven?t gotten this much attention in over a century.
Thousands of mourners gathered in Hanover Friday morning to pay their final respects to a fallen Weymouth police sergeant who was killed in the line of duty earlier this week.
A New York dog breeder was convicted Friday of animal cruelty after a week-and-a-half-long bench trial in Essex County Superior Court.
At least 17 people, including children, died after a boat carrying tourists on a Missouri lake capsized and sank Thursday night, officials said.
State Police trooper admits getting free guns, is cooperating in criminal probe The criminal probe focuses on whether former troopers violated the law by receiving complimentary guns after negotiating a deal with a firearms dealer.
Bryon Hefner fighting AG?s request for records from Senate probe In a court filing, Hefner argued that a state Senate probe into his husband, Stanley Rosenberg, has ?no relevance? to his criminal case.
JEFF JACOBY
Why Democrats should hope Roe v. Wade is overruled Reversing Roe would throw Republicans into put-up-or-shut-up territory that many of them would be unable to navigate.
Paul Heroux, the mayor of Attleboro, appears regularly as a ?Middle East expert? on Russia?s government-funded television network.
Trouble ahead: Commonwealth Avenue bridge replacement project to begin next week This summer?s replacement of the westbound side of the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge will force some travelers to change their routes.
SHIRLEY LEUNG
Not everything on the Boston waterfront is fraught with friction. Here?s a roundup of what?s progressing along.
Director James Gunn fired from ?Guardians 3? over old tweets James Gunn was fired Friday because of old tweets that recently emerged in which he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape.
Marcus Smart ?ecstatic? to be back with Celtics Smart took part in a media conference call Friday, where he said he wants to take on a leadership role with the Celtics.
NAMES
The Celtics family keeps on growing Marcus Morris is just the latest Celtic to announce a new addition to his family.
Scott Zolak, Bob Socci move to TV for Patriots preseason games The play-by-play voice and color analyst on 98.5 The Sports Hub will be joined by Rob Ninkovich as a sideline-based third voice.
Don?t bother with cheap luggage that falls apart ? check out your best carry-on options Here are some of our travel-tested favorites.
One of the city?s oldest byways, frozen in time Brian Schweizer has worked in Pi Alley for 12 years, but how the downtown shortcut got its name is a mystery to him. ?I have no idea,? Schweizer said. He?s not alone.
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Electric scooters pop up in Somerville and Cambridge, unbeknownst to city officials The appearance of Bird scooters was apparently a surprise for officials, who said they were unaware of the launch.
Is stoner food evolving? We don?t talk about cannabis when we talk about cuisine, but the stoned appetite has helped shape restaurant menus.
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Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert
?GLOW? and ?Pose? share some similarities, but only one goes deep.
Ty Burr
You want bad movies? We?ll give you some really bad movies An ode to the pleasures of panning a bad movie.
Connections | Magazine
As we age, daily check-ins just feel natural. After all, that?s what Mom would want.
NAMES
On Gisele?s birthday, Tom Brady wants her to know he loves her a lot. Awww The Patriots quarterback celebrated the supermodel?s 38th with a photo of a kiss on the beach.
Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ?We joked that we only have going out in common? He insists on using coasters; she?s the messy type. Can they coexist?
Opinion | Gina Scaramella
Kavanaugh nomination spotlights #MeToo refugee issues A case Brett Kavanaugh ruled on is exemplary of the prevasive sexual abuse of faced by refugees.
For refugees in Kenya, an education in hope The Kakuma Refugee Camp is a holding center for thousands dispossessed by war and conflict. A New Hampshire university has made it the focus of its global plans.
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Atul Gawande?s first task as health CEO: a listening tour He?ll travel across the country to meet employees he will serve through an Amazon-backed health care venture.
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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Winning 105-plus games is not out of the question if Jackie Bradley Jr., Rafael Devers, David Price, Joe Kelly, and Eduardo Nunez improve.
Two key state lawmakers are urging a crackdown on municipalities demanding excessive payments from marijuana companies seeking to sell locally.
Rob Robillard offers tips on home maintenance and energy conservation.
Health care industry groups warn that proposals by state lawmakers to raise millions of dollars for struggling community hospitals would send costs soaring.
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Ford is recalling about 550,000 cars and SUVs in North America to fix a gearshift problem that could cause the vehicles to roll away unexpectedly
Summer is the high season for non-alcoholic drinks. Let the battle begin over who makes the best raspberry lime rickey.
Nineteen people drowned when a boat loaded with as many as 150 people who were thought to be migrants capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus, a Turkish Cypriot official said Wednesday.
General Electric reported a sharp drop in second-quarter profit as the industrial giant continues its transformation into a slimmer company.
Irving, 76, the author of ?The World According to Garp,? ?The Cider House Rules,? and ?In One Person,?? among others, has won the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
If you?re a food lover, the Wells, Maine, destination feels an awful lot like a carnival.
Address
Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town? As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
Keith Bedford/Globe Staff
The Big picture
Established in 1992 following the arrival the ?Lost Boys of Sudan? and with a population of nearly 190,000, the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, now resembles a sprawling shanty town.
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