Four men allege sexual misconduct by Senate president?s husband

Stanley Rosenberg (right) Bryon Hefner (Left)

Four men told the Globe that Bryon Hefner, who is married to Senate President Stan Rosenberg, sexually assaulted and harassed them over the past few years.

Ty Burr

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When we place trust in a public figure, we?re projecting it onto a façade.

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A New York Times report cited an array of accusations from nine women, dating from the 1980s to last year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/7ecd4b8c84da49fabdbe53f46fb64137-7ecd4b8c84da49fabdbe53f46fb64137-0.jpg Bette Midler to Geraldo Rivera: Apologize for alleged sexual assault

Bette Midler renewed an allegation of sexual misconduct against Geraldo Rivera, one day after Rivera called the news business ?flirty? amid Matt Lauer?s dismissal by NBC.

Boston, MA - 11/30/2017 - (4th quarter) Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving (11) drives and puts up a high floater good for two and a 99-87 lead on this drive during the fourth quarter. The Boston Celtics host the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Adam Himmelsbach, Topic: 01Celtics-76ers, LOID: 8.4.190246640

CELTICS 108, 76ERS 97

Kyrie Irving powers Celtics while 76ers rest big man Joel Embiid

The dynamic guard scored 36 points in 32 minutes for Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/sox%20yanks%206-756499.jpg Red Sox to induct five into team Hall of Fame

Kevin Youkilis, Derek Lowe, and Mike Lowell are among the Class of 2018 inductees who will be honored in May.

Dr. Roger Kligler, a Falmouth physician suffering from metastatic prostate cancer and a long-time advocate for physician aid in dying, plans to speak in favor of ending the opposition to physician-assisted suicide.

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Mass. Medical Society to weigh whether doctors should help the dying end their lives

Doctors will vote Saturday on whether to end their opposition to physician-assisted suicide, possibly clearing the way for legislation to allow it.

Starts & Stops

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Boston is considering making the popular street near TD Garden and North Station more pedestrian-friendly.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner110917METROfeature19.jpg The Arctic?s frigid air may be uncorked and coming our way soon

Since a brief record-breaking cold outbreak in early November, there hasn?t been any truly cold air that?s lasted. That may be about to change.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Erebia_23squirrel04_met.jpg A squirrel. A doctor. Who saved who?

After 25 years in medicine, Federico Erebia never imagined that a snap decision to treat a squirrel would change his life.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Eversource_bucket_boomA.jpg Mass. approves Eversource rate hike

Eversource Energy will be allowed to charge its Massachusetts customers tens of millions of dollars more per year.

Gund Hall is a singular building on the Harvard campus. built in 1972 in an era when concrete reigned supreme.

Boston developer Ron Druker donates $15m to expand Harvard?s Gund Hall

Ron Druker is giving $15 million to Harvard University?s Graduate School of Design to expand its primary building and to kickstart a new fund-raising campaign for the school.

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The Massachusetts Nurses Association sued the Brigham in September over the policy, which requires all workers be vaccinated annually, with exceptions for medical or religious reasons.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/globesanta-10609.jpeg A grandmother who once gave to Globe Santa now needs help

?It humbles me to ask for assistance, but I am in dire financial straits.?

Baker, Healey call for investigation into sexual misconduct allegations

Governor Charlie Baker and Attorney General Maura Healey, expressing shock and dismay, called Thursday for a swift investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the husband of Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg.

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President Trump over the summer repeatedly urged senior Senate Republicans, including the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to end the panel?s investigation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/32dbf5643327442eab350bd87ff57242-c9c3731173184b6f9dc46db44d10075f-0.jpg Trump to campaign near Alabama border days before election

President Trump will appear at a campaign-style rally in Pensacola, Florida, next week, a move that brings the president less than 20 miles from the Alabama border.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/882980250.jpg Shaking off distractions from the White House, Senate GOP edges closer to a tax vote

President Trump has brought his penchant for high drama to Capitol Hill once again, as another high pressure vote looms over the US Senate Thursday ? this time on the sweeping Republican tax overhaul.

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has been working with fellow Republicans to pass tax relief.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

The full promise and peril of GOP tax cuts

Step by hasty step, Republicans are turning their tax plans into reality. With great ambition, however, comes great risk.

Boston, MA: 11-30-17: Steven McNeil (center, behind the Boston sign) the Premier of Nova Scotia is pictured as confetti mimics snowflakes after the tree behind the stage, a gift from the people of Nova Scotia was lit. The annual Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony was held on Boston Common tonight. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Boston, Halifax celebrate 100 years of friendship at tree lighting ceremony

On Thursday, Boston and Nova Scotia marked 100 years of their special bond with the tree lighting and the unveiling of a new monument on the Common.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-10607.jpg By mocking Warren, Trump dishonored the heroes he was supposed to be honoring

Trump?s name-calling overshadowed the people he was ostensibly trying to honor: Native American Code Talkers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/f2646dbd-6a2d-4360-9170-7fb4719041ca.jpg Nazi sympathizer in NY Times profile says he lost job, had to move

Tony Hovater, a white nationalist and Nazi sympathizer, was featured in a controversial New York Times story last weekend.

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The dismissals follow years of litigation over crimes committed by a former state chemist.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AP6404011410.jpg Jim Nabors, TV?s ?Gomer Pyle,? dead at 87, husband says

Nabors?s husband said the star of TV?s ?The Andy Griffith Show,? and ?Gomer Pyle: USMC? died at his Hawaii home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/02786f5ea2a04918bb2969d5fe49e65a-02786f5ea2a04918bb2969d5fe49e65a-0.jpg Jury finds Mexican man not guilty in Calif. pier killing

A jury on Thursday found the man not guilty of murder in the killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier that touched off a national immigration debate two years ago.

//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

Tony Massarotti of joins Chris Gasper to discuss Red Sox trade rumors and debate whether the Celtics or 76ers have a brighter future.

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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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It?s hard to imagine someone I know in the State House.

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Holiday Arts Preview

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?Tis the season for music, shows, and productions of all kinds, just in time for the holidays.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Loan.jpg This engineer uses clay, saws ? and doughnuts ? to create patient models

Gregory Loan, who used to do movie special effects, now works for Boston Children?s making mannequins for clinician practice.

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