Rosenberg cited for ?failures of judgment?

Former Senate President Stan Rosenberg (left) and Bryon Hefner.

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In disturbing detail, an 80-plus-page report from the Senate Committee on Ethics describes how the former Senate president?s husband repeatedly injected himself into Senate business.

Nine quotes from the ethics report on Stanley Rosenberg

?I want to roofie [a senator] and make a sex tape,? Bryon Hefner wrote in a May 2016 text to his husband, then-state Senate president Stanley C. Rosenberg.

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The report portrays a Senate president who appears to have been both worried about the damage his erratic partner could do and willfully blind to it at critical moments.

FILE-- Stephanie Clifford, the porn star better known as Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters outside a federal courthouse after a hearing involving Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, in New York, April 16, 2018. Lawyers for Clifford filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump on April 30, based on statements he made on Twitter two weeks ago that questioned her credibility. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)

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Trump repaid Cohen $130,000 for payment to porn star, Giuliani says

President Trump?s new lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the president repaid attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

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Top State Police brass will be able to more closely keep tabs on troopers, and members of the problem-plagued Troop E were officially disbanded.

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Here?s a rundown of some of the reforms being made at the State Police amid a wave of recent scandals.

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A report to be issued Thursday found that slightly fewer than half of the approximately 55,000 students in Boston public schools are eating breakfast in class.

Man is wounded in shooting near Boston Common

The shooter pulled out a small-caliber handgun in front of the Forever 21 clothing store before fleeing on foot, and possibly onto the T.

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UMass Boston has gleaming new buildings and dorms ? as well as hefty debts.

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Should Boston run UMass Boston? Walsh thinks it?s an idea worth discussing

Mayor Marty Walsh is making a big statement: Nobody has more to lose or gain than the city when it comes to UMass Boston.

Boston- 05/02/18- Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning- Game 3- Lightning's Andrej Palat scores a 1st period goal getting the shot over Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask's shoulder. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

LIGHTNING 4, BRUINS 1

Bruins lose again to Lightning, fall behind in series

For the second straight game Boston started slow and couldn?t find a way to catch up as the Lightning outplayed the Bruins at TD Garden.

Boston, MA: 5-2-18: The Red Sox Mookie Betts (50) rounds first base as he watches his bottom of the 7th inning home run,his third round tripper of hte game leave the yard. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Kansas City Royals in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

RED SOX 5, ROYALS 4

Mookie Betts?s big day was as easy as 1-2-3 in Red Sox? win

Betts belted three solo homers as the Sox took the homestand finale from the Royals.

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Two firefighters were injured in the raging fire that broke out on John Street at 3:45 p.m., Chelsea Fire Chief Leonard Albanese said.

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An Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane that was more than 60 years old crashed near an airport in Savannah, Georgia, killing all nine people on board, authorities said.

This image provided by Williams & Connolly LLP shows attorney Emmet Flood in Washington on Dec. 8, 2015. President Donald Trump has hired Flood, a veteran attorney who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment process. The White House announced the hiring not long after announcing the retirement of lawyer Ty Cobb, who has been the administration's point person dealing with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.(Marissa Rauch/Williams & Connolly LLP via AP)

Trump may change tactics with new attorney in Mueller probe

President Trump?s growing desire for his lawyers to more forcefully counter the ongoing special counsel investigation drove yet another shake-up of his legal team.

Boston traffic in the Leverett Circle area.

When it comes to states with most aggressive drivers, Mass. doesn?t crack top 10

Residents of Massachusetts could be forgiven for being shocked by data compiled by Boston?s GasBuddy.

The heat is on: Boston surpasses Miami?s heat on warmest day of 2018 yet

Boston was one of the warmest cities in the country on Wednesday afternoon, with the temperature rising higher than in Houston, LA, Atlanta, and even Miami.

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The unusual arrangement with a private retailer probably will result in lower rent for the giant company.

Provincetown, MA- August 24, 2017: Mark Shepard of Boylston and his daughter Mackenzie, 8, fish on off the shore of the oversand beach driving corridor at Race Point Beach in Provincetown, MA on August 24, 2017. Mark said he's been coming to the beach all his life. (CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF) section: magazine reporter:

Summer Travel

The 20 best beaches to visit in New England

Love paddleboarding and fishing? Want to build a campfire? Need snacks and family entertainment? There?s a beach for that.

Love Letters

Time to send the breakup emoji?

Her boyfriend?s flirty social media behavior crosses lines.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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It?s tempting to think you can undo a breakup. And maybe you can, but odds are you?ll need time, distance, and lots of life in between.

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Brokaw?s real problem is that #MeToo continues to toss all misconduct allegations into one salacious pot.

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