FBI looked into whether Trump was working on behalf of Russia

President Trump fired then-FBI director James Comey in May 2017.

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An investigation began after President Trump fired James Comey in 2017. Agents sought to determine whether Trump was knowingly working for Russia or had unwittingly fallen under Moscow?s influence.

COMMENTARY | JENEE OSTERHELDT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1BZ2VM.jpg ?New party, who dis?? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has everybody shook

The congresswoman is not afraid of the facts or scared to speak her mind. And that frightens people across party lines.

OPINION | WILL GILSON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-6252.jpg Confessions of a Boston-area restaurant owner

As more restaurants close, here?s one New Year?s resolution: Go out and eat at your favorite places. If you don?t, then you can?t be shocked when they close.

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EDITORIAL

Gaming commission must see all of its own report on Steve Wynn

Massachusetts gaming regulators have a right to see its own report ? and all of it ? on Steve Wynn and what his former company knew about his sexual misconduct.

Letters

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Jeff Jacoby?s suggestion that bike-lane fever is breaking stirred much response from readers.

IDEAS | A.J.B. LANE

Putting the ?he? in ?heroes?

Saving lives and fighting fires, it?s all heroics until you get back to the firehouse.

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The former Fox News star?s attempt to become a network morning television star as part of the ?Today? show floundered.

New Orleans, LA: September 17, 2017: Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (left) throws a short pass to a wide open running back James White (28). The New England Patriots visited the New Orleans Saints in a regular season NFL football game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff).

Chargers unlikely to play 7 defensive backs against Patriots

The Patriots have the personnel to force the Chargers to play their linebackers, a weakness on their team.

Boston, MA - 10/23/2018 - Mookie Betts waves to Andrew Benintendi after being driven home crossing the plate in the first inning. Manny Machado can't make the tag. The Boston Red Sox host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Red Sox settle with all arbitration players; Mookie Betts gets $20m

The Sox started out with 12 possible cases but none will go to hearings, including Betts, whose deal set a record.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Boghosian_12offseason5_ART.jpg During the winter doldrums, Boston venues get creative to bring in guests

Restaurants and hotels are creating new immersive experiences to keep patrons coming year-round.

NAMES

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When the ?Sex and the City? actress posted a photo of herself at South Station, fans couldn?t help but wonder . . . why was she visiting Boston?

Dinner With Cupid

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Will this analytical dater be forced to revise his first impression?

ON THE JOB

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Susan Ho reentered the workforce to start her one-woman concierge company, with a little inspiration from Mr. Rogers.

Calvin Adams served a customer on Friday at Haley House Bakery Café in Roxbury. Saturday will be the last day.

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Haley House cafe?s closing is a blow to Dudley Square

Haley House says the closure is temporary. It marks another chapter in the on-again, off-again efforts to revitalize the neighborhood.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryanboatfire1met.jpg Some Charlestown marina residents look at rebuilding

Three boats went up in flames Tuesday night. The investigation into how the fire started is ongoing, officials said Friday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_06lawrence_20190105_001.jpg Governor Baker vetoes ban on flame retardants

Governor Charlie Baker told lawmakers Friday that he would not sign the controversial bill passed by the Legislature last week.

Chesto Means Business

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_suffolkdowns4_biz.jpg Suffolk Downs?s thoroughbreds could be headed west

The track?s operator could move racing to the Great Barrington Fairgrounds. First, Suffolk needs help from state lawmakers to pull it off.

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It?s just the latest change for an agency that?s weathered a string of controversies and administrative turnover over the past 14 months.

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The university intends to continue to look into the allegation after the semester begins Jan. 21, but through a different office.

Jake Thomas Patterson of Gordon, Wis.

Man, 21, arrested in disappearance of Wis. 13-year-old and the murder of her parents

Jake Thomas Patterson is jailed in the deaths of a Wisconsin couple he killed because he wanted to kidnap their daughter, investigators said, a day after the girl was found.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/e8bde9907494489c8231d6ec5d5ce514-c653f6aa40f94b04af2c9c7c985985fa-0.jpg New Fla. governor suspends sheriff over Parkland shooting

The governor?s office said Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel ?has repeatedly failed and has demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/3068920_ME_0108_joshua_tree_7_GMF.jpg With US parks understaffed, people are destroying Calif.?s protected Joshua trees

Viral pictures of these protected trees show a vastly different scene unfolding at Joshua Tree National Park, about 130 miles east of Los Angeles.

Special reports

Boston, MA - 1/16/1919: Looking across North End Park on Jan. 16, 1919, the day after a giant tank at the Purity Distilling Co. on Commercial Street collapsed, sending a wave of an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets of Boston. The great molasses tank was located in the center of this picture. Sections of the metal may be seen at the extreme left and right in the picture. Twenty-one people perished, including two 10-year-olds, Pasquale Iantosca and Maria Distasio, who were collecting firewood near the molasses tank while home from school for lunch. (Boston Globe Archive/) --- BGPA Reference: 150115_MJ_001

Boston Globe Archive

Globe Magazine

The day Boston was swamped by a deadly wave of molasses

One hundred years ago this month an enormous steel tank ruptured, sending a torrent of brown syrup on a deadly path through the North End.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The year 2018 in pictures: Part II

Here are the photos from July to December that summed up the year.

Podcasts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gladiator%20pic5.jpg Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.

Newsletters

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Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.

STAT

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A whole slate of Democratic hopefuls are suddenly fixating on the same policy target: high prescription drug prices.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Love Letters: Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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