Dave of Dave?s Soda and Pet City posed with President Trump. Now he?s under fire

Dave Ratner (second from left) behind President Trump has come back to haunt Ratner, big time.

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There?s trouble at Dave?s Soda and Pet City, where owner Dave Ratner has learned a tough political lesson. Will his Western Mass. customers give him a second chance?

The ?Me too? movement apparently gained momentum after Alyssa Milano (top left) sent a call to action on Twitter. Those who responded included Anna Paquin, Debra Messing, Lady Gaga, Anika Noni Rose, Monica Lewinsky, Rosario Dawson, and Lea Thompson.

People are posting ?me too? on social media to show how widespread sexual harassment is

The movement, which caused #MeToo to trend on Twitter, gained momentum after actress Alyssa Milano sent a call to action.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/apology2-4792.jpg Al Michaels, James Corden apologize for joking about Harvey Weinstein

Both the NBC Sports broadcaster and the CBS talk show host apologized for making jokes about the sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 11, 2016, file photo, director Woody Allen poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Cafe Society, at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Allenâ??s first small-screen series, â??Crisis in Sex Scenes,â?? will debut Sept. 30, 2016. The comedy, set during the upheaval of the 1960s, focuses on a suburban family dealing with the chaos brought by a visitor. The cast includes Allen, Miley Cyrus and Elaine May. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Woody Allen warns of ?witch hunt? after allegations against Harvey Weinstein

In an interview with the BBC, the director addressed the ongoing controversy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AFP_SI9ZJ-4798.jpg John Oliver has some thoughts about Hollywood in the wake of Weinstein

On ?Last Week Tonight? Sunday, the HBO host skewered those who knew about Harvey Weinstein?s alleged assaults for decades.

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Junior workers once had a fairly predictable set of tasks. Now, many young professionals have a new mandate.

Fourth-grader Juan Taylor wound up for the throw during recess for students from Eliot School in the North End.

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Advocates call recess a crucial part of education

A bill on Beacon Hill could mandate at least 20 minutes of daily recess for students in kindergarten through grade five.

Patriots 24, Jets 17

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Patriots won, but it wasn?t satisfying

The Patriots are in first place, but they haven?t lived up to their own expectations or anyone else?s.

BEN VOLIN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/15/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/LEE_patriotsjets4_spts.jpg Let?s be honest ? the Patriots got a little lucky

A questionable pass interference penalty and a highly suspect instant replay decision allowed for a 14-point swing.

East Ruthford NJ 10/15/17 New England Patriots Dion Lewis puitting a move on New York Jets Marcus Maye during first quarter action at MetLife Stadium. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) Topic: Reporter:

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Chad Finn

These Patriots sure like to make things difficult

However, there were a lot of good signs as well ? namely Rob Gronkowski, Dion Lewis, and Brandin Cooks.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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Brady set the all-time wins mark Sunday, but that wasn?t his focus after a tight victory.

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The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry was leaving a seafood festival Sunday evening when it lost power after becoming entangled in a dock line and began to drift in Newport Harbor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding04121713judge3met.jpg Report says staff undermined Suffolk probate chief

A retired judge hired to review Felix D. Arroyo?s performance found he was inexperienced, but also subject to a mismanaged office.

An artist's impression of two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode as a kilonova.

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Stars collide, and scientists ? for the first time ? could see and ?hear? it

The discovery was made possible by the massive, laser-based gravitational wave detectors first envisioned by MIT physicist Rainer Weiss.

Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo giving the oath of office last week at a swearing in ceremony for Melissa A. Long (not pictured) as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

Governor Raimondo begs for a stronger media

Wouldn?t it be great if Gina Raimondo has awakened a sleeping tiger?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/c366fc572abb4947b3b93b10e400bbf8-dc3ce5d534ed45bd9aab0a861904aca2-0-4592.jpg New Jersey man convicted in New York bombing that hurt 30

The verdict in Manhattan came after the two-week trial of 29-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahimi, an Afghanistan-born man living in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

A judge said Yahoo! could not use a federal law to withhold a dead man?s e-mails from his family.

Yahoo! can?t withhold dead man?s e-mails from family, SJC rules

The family of John Ajemian, who died in a bike crash in Medfield in 2006, has been engaged in an eight-year legal battle with the company over the e-mails.

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Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together

An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

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Only once in our history have those closest to a president judged him, in effect, incapacitated.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/9b2aed15757a4e25b73d02c2ec3ffebd-7be053c2198f464aaa230e7e74db5ba5-1927-U833541109187Q0H--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Californians wonder why Trump isn?t tweeting about the fatal wildfires

??Where?s the president??? asks the editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle, as California burns.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/21766325_1630675046984173_6875630853239642655_n.jpg ?He didn?t deserve it? ? Family, friends mourn slain Somerville man

Friends of Kevin Raymond, 20, continued to grapple Sunday with the shooting death of the popular football player.

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At least two people died as a result of the storm, which caused widespread power outages as it headed for Britain.

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Mr. Dotrice was known for his role as Leopold Mozart in ?Amadeus? and more recently as the narrator for audiobook editions of George R.R. Martin?s ?A Song of Ice and Fire? series.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20Tease%20Place%20Holder.png The Season Ticket podcast

New Boston College Athletic Director Martin Jarmond joins Chris Gasper to talk about creating a winning culture.

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A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

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Experts can?t say with great certainty that this winter will result in clogged doctors? offices. But they can explain why they?re worried it might.

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