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SLAIN DOCTORS Richard Field sent a friend a chilling text message, saying a gunman had entered his South Boston penthouse and asking that police be notified. "A plea for help, if you will," Suffolk Chief Trial Counsel John Pappas said. Later Friday night, police discovered the bodies of Field, 49, and his 38-year-old fiancée Lina Bolanos, both well-known anesthesiologists at Boston-area practices, at the luxury highrise where they lived. A suspect in their deaths, Bampumim Teixeira, 30, was arraigned on two counts of murder in his hospital bed on Monday, tubes crisscrossing his body. He was shot numerous times Friday after officers responded to 911 calls about a person with a gun at a condo building on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston, police said. In the days since the bodies were discovered, the case has raised more questions than answers. Field and Bolanos had their hands bound and their throats slit, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation to...

 fighter from the SDF carrying weapons as he looks toward the northern town of Tabqa, Syria. U.S.-backed opposition fighters led by Syrian Kurdish forces captured ... President Trump has given the Pentagon the green light to directly provide arms and heavy weapons to Kurdish militias battling the Islamic State in Syria, defying strident opposition from Turkey who categorizes some of those militias as terrorist groups. The issue is guaranteed to be front and center during a scheduled visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Washington next week. Mr. Erdogan has routinely lambasted the White House for its battlefield support of Kurdish groups such as Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG. The YPG, the armed faction of the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK which Turkey has labelled as a terrorist organization, is part of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF — the consortium of Syrian Kurdish and Arab militias battling the Islamic State, also known as ISI...

JAMES COMEY Days after his inauguration, President Trump met FBI Director James Comey at a White House reception and made a point to shake hands, with the president joking Mr. Comey had “become more famous than me” thanks to his involvement in the 2016 election. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump fired Mr. Comey, with administration officials saying the handling of the election and subsequent probes had cost the longtime lawman the confidence of the president. The firing was the denouement of a saga that played out over the last two years. As the Republican nominee, Mr. Trump expressed bitter disappointment that Mr. Comey decided against prosecuting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her private email server. He said Mrs. Clinton was being “protected” by powerful forces. “Well, you have to understand it’s a rigged system and she’s protected,” Mr. Trump said. Days before the election, Mr. Trump blasted the FBI’s decision without mentioning Mr. Comey directly. He cal...

President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, the White House said, moving to oust the man leading an investigation into his campaign operatives’ ties to Russia. Mr. Trump insisted he’s not part of the probe, but said he felt compelled to fire the director anyway. “While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau,” Mr. Trump said in a letter to Mr. Comey. The president said a new director is needed at the Federal Bureau of Investigation who “restores public trust and confidence” in the agency. He said he was following the advice of his attorney general and deputy attorney general. The White House said the search for a replacement will begin immediately. Democrats said the firing raises troubling questions about the current investigation into Russia and demanded Mr. Trump take steps to m...

PHOTO OF CAR ACCIDENT SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A driver suspected of driving drunk and causing a crash that caused a South Bay boy to have head injuries was deported to Mexico 15 times in the past, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Constantino Banda-Acosta was arrested Saturday night for the suspected DUI crash at Dairy Mart Road and Camino de la Plaza in San Ysidro. A passenger who was with him was also arrested. Benjamin Lake, his wife Ingrid and their 6-year-old son Lennox were on their way home from Disneyland, and Lake says Banda drove his truck through a stop sign and hit their car. Lennox is currently at Rady Children’s Hospital with severe injuries, including brain trauma. ICE Public Affairs Officer Lauren Mack released a statement Tuesday about Banda-Acosta: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer against Mr. Banda seeking to take him into custody if and when he is released by local authorities to pursue additional immi...

ATLANTA — The alarming video on Facebook Live of a Georgia teenager livestreaming her own suicide attempt stayed up long enough to help sheriff's deputies save her. It underscores Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's assertion that keeping such videos online can allow friends and others to intervene in real time - and save lives. The 15-year-old girl took pills and put a plastic bag over her head during her suicide attempt May 2, officials from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office said. A sheriff's sergeant found the girl unresponsive - but with a pulse - and she's expected to recover. In April, Facebook was alerted to another possible suicide and made the decision to keep the video up, Zuckerberg said in a conference call Wednesday. That allowed law enforcement "to use that live video to communicate with that person and help save their life. ... So a lot of what we're trying to do is not just about taking the content down but also about helping people when ...