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A BU professor has been accused of sexually harassing 2 female researchers on Antarctic expeditions

Boston, MA - December 14, 2016: Dan Koh, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s chief of staff pose for a portrait at City Hall in Boston, MA on December 14, 2016. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe) Section: Metro reporter: smithst

Marty Walsh's former chief of staff has a lot of high-profile donors from the sports and business worlds

Mass. business owner faces backlash for attending Trump signing

Officials: Police investigating sexual assault at Weymouth High School October 17, 2017 | 7:30 PM

BC investigates after Black Lives Matter posters defaced October 17, 2017 | 7:24 PM

Mass. state senators unwrap sweeping health care reform package October 17, 2017 | 7:20 PM

This undated booking photo released Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 by the New Hampshire Sate Police shows Michael Ricci arrested at his Burlington, Mass., home Tuesday afternoon on a probation violation. New Hampshire police said a car Ricci was driving Sunday morning struck a motorcycle operated by off-duty Somerville, Mass., Police Officer Louis Remigio on Interstate 95 in North Hampton, N.H. Remigio died at the hospital late Monday night. (New Hampshire State Police via AP)

18-year-old charged with negligent homicide in Somerville officer's death October 17, 2017 | 7:08 PM

Somerville teen indicted in fatal shooting of 16-year-old student October 17, 2017 | 6:32 PM

Trial set for bus driver charged in 3rd-grader's death October 17, 2017 | 6:28 PM

Hospital in RI to close after proposed sale falls through October 17, 2017 | 6:20 PM

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RI lawmaker: Higher-up told me sexual favors would help bills progress October 17, 2017 | 6:10 PM

Maine man awarded $300,000 in dental malpractice suit October 17, 2017 | 6:00 PM

FILE - In this May 7, 2015 file photo, Pamela Geller speaks during an interview at The Associated Press in New York. Attorneys are set to make their final pitches to jurors in the case of a man accused of participating in a plot to behead conservative blogger Geller. Closing arguments in David Wright’s trial are expected Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, in Boston’s federal courthouse. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Terror scheme or fantasy? Jurors weigh beheading plot case October 17, 2017 | 5:54 PM

Pittsfield man sentenced in crash that killed 74-year-old pedestrian October 17, 2017 | 5:50 PM

People gather beneath a new state historic marker on the State House lawn in Montpelier, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Vermont is commemorating its first-in-the-nation civil union law and subsequent marriage equality legislation with the historic site marker on its State House lawn. Vermont became the first state to grant legal recognition to same-sex couples with its civil union legislation in 2000. (Stefan Hard/The Times Argus via AP)

Vermont commemorates civil unions with historic-site marker October 17, 2017 | 5:40 PM

Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans at a press conference earlier this year.

Bill Evans explains why Boston police purchased drones October 17, 2017 | 5:34 PM

Dave Ratner of Dave's Soda and Pet City on his store's Facebook page promoting dog food.

'I was duped, I am an idiot': Owner of Dave's Soda and Pet City apologizes for appearing with Donald Trump October 17, 2017 | 2:46 PM

Giseal Bundchen.

Boston, meet Giseal Bundchen October 17, 2017 | 12:48 PM

Trump issues warning to McCain after senator's tough speech October 17, 2017 | 11:41 AM

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Photo of Maine roofers stopping work to stand for national anthem goes viral October 17, 2017 | 10:39 AM

Traffic backed up before the Bourne Bridge heading for Cape Cod for the Labor Day weekend.

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Ramon Torres uses an improvised pulley system to transport supplies over the river where a bridge had been washed out, near Charco Abajo, Puerto Rico, Oct. 13, 2017. Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria, more than 100 bridges are damaged and 18 have been closed indefinitely, leaving entire communities stranded.

Stranded by Maria, Puerto Ricans get creative to survive October 17, 2017 | 8:53 AM

Hotel homicide victim ‘was targeted in that room,’ police say October 17, 2017 | 8:49 AM

Investigators: Maine bakery fire caused by doughnut machine October 17, 2017 | 8:47 AM

Turkey breaks into Pezza Orthodontics in Rhode Island

Wild turkey flies into orthodontics office's waiting room in Rhode Island October 17, 2017 | 8:35 AM

FILE Ñ The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, where eight residents died during an air conditioning failure in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in Hollywood, Fla., Sept. 14, 2017. The police released 911 calls from a nursing home under investigation after some of its residents died in the post-hurricane heat.

911 calls from Florida nursing home where residents died: ‘Oh my God, this is crazy’ October 17, 2017 | 8:34 AM

FILE- In this May 10, 2017, file photo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage pauses during a meeting to discuss the state's efforts to fight the opioid epidemic at the State House in Augusta, Maine. LePage urged lawmakers on Sunday, July 2, to put aside “petty egos” and send him a budget as a legislative panel sought common ground on a proposal promoted by House Republicans who torpedoed the previous spending bill. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Documents shed light on LePage refusal of federal funds October 17, 2017 | 8:29 AM

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Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield, Mass.

Credit: Mark Murray

Dr. Seuss' stepdaughter calls for mural to stay in museum October 17, 2017 | 8:27 AM

FILE Ñ President Barack Obama honors soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan at Dover Air Force Base, in Delaware, on Dec. 27, 2009. President Trump falsely asserted that Obama and other former presidents did not contact the families of American soldiers killed in duty, drawing a swift, angry rebuke from several of ObamaÕs former aides.

Trump falsely claims Obama didn’t contact families of fallen troops October 17, 2017 | 7:50 AM

Spurs' Gregg Popovich labels Trump 'a soulless coward' October 17, 2017 | 7:02 AM

Trump getting more open to chatting in public October 17, 2017 | 4:00 AM

John McCain condemns 'half-baked, spurious nationalism' in speech October 17, 2017 | 12:45 AM

FILE - In this April 11, 2017, file photo, defendant Aaron Hernandez listens as Judge Jeffrey Locke addresses the jury's question during his double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. A wrongful death lawsuit filed against the estate of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez is headed back to court. A status hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 11, in Suffolk County Superior Court.

Helmet maker vows fight against Aaron Hernandez concussion lawsuit October 16, 2017 | 10:58 PM