'Those were lies, plain and simple'

Live updates:

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/comey-6348.jpg Comey says he orchestrated leak of memos to prompt special counsel appointment

Former FBI director James Comey is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_PD6SQ-6374.jpg Everything you need to know about what?s happened so far

Former FBI director James Comey?s testimony could be a once-in-a-generation event.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/92977e6526ad4b16a4b5e4c973dccd6b-92977e6526ad4b16a4b5e4c973dccd6b-2145.jpg Donald Trump isn?t tweeting the Comey hearing, but his son is

Donald Trump Jr. is posting repeatedly during the closely watched testimony Thursday.

FOOD

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/9cbb310a3afc4b13a22736bb8e897502-9cbb310a3afc4b13a22736bb8e897502-0[1].jpg What to drink while watching the Comey hearing

Don?t mistake this cocktail for a Moscow mule ? it includes a few special ingredients.

The casualties after an officer ?sprang into action? when alerted to the robbery, ?so quickly and with such abandon, in fact, that he dropped the coffee on the ground,? police said.

Boston Police Department

Crime doesn?t run on Dunkin?

When a suspect allegedly tried to rob a Dunkin? Donuts that had just served a Boston police officer, the officer responded ?with such abandon? that he dropped his order.

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

Yvonne Abraham

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.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/05/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Nirvana0611retro.JPG The rock radio wars: BCN vs. FNX

When upstart WFNX launched in 1983, the battle was on to win listeners and uncover the city?s next stars.

Michelle Carter, center, with her defense attorneys viewed the scene at a former KMart store in Fairhaven where the body of Conrad Roy III was found in a pickup truck.

Texting suicide case continues today

Michelle Carter is accused of pressuring Roy, who was 18, into suicide.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/redtube1-10494-U83495639162NUC--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.gif Brookline soccer club teams up with porn site for sponsorship

Washington Square FC, founded in 2013, has been sponsored by RedTube since August, according to the team founder.

//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.??

A pride flag hung from the Berkeley Building in Boston.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

A sunny morning, but storm will graze region later, bringing some rain

A coastal storm will pass southeast of Nantucket, bringing showers and rain to some areas.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/powerball_06-9738-10542.jpg Powerball jackpot soars to an estimated $435m

The winners can receive their money in annual installments or in an estimated $273 million lump sum.

Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff/File

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.

TV Critic?s Corner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/BILLIONS_210_2268.R.jpg The Emmys and the nonbinary actor

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

People walk around parliament square on election day in London.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/629844334[1].jpg Sign up for Talking Points

An afternoon recap of the day?s most important business news, delivered Monday through Friday.

Address: Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/realestate.jpg Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer

In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/George%20Church.jpg Havard?s George Church ascribes his visionary ideas to narcolepsy

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