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The feud between City Councilor Brian Gomes and businessman Michael Panagakos looks to some like an October Surprise calculated to impact the election.

The head of the Traffic Commission for the City of New Bedford remains on the City's payroll amidst allegations of sexual harassment by one of his employees.

The attorney for Brian Gomes says a newly publicized complaint only serves to clear his client's name.

The Massachusetts Senate plans a special session to discuss sexual misconduct allegations lodged against the husband of Senate President Stan Rosenberg.

BOSTON (AP) _ The Democratic leader of the Massachusetts House has ordered a review of sexual harassment policies in the Legislature. House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Friday described himself as ``infuriated and deeply disturbed'' to learn of allegations from at least a dozen women who said they were sexually harassed at the Statehouse...

New Bedford School Committee member Chris Cotter continued to push his issue with Superintendent Pia Durkin Monday night. Cotter claims the superintendent sent letters to Mayor Jon Mitchell and Cotter's supervisors at the New Bedford Police Department, accusing him of using his position as a detective to gain information on a situation involving a student and a teacher at Keith Middle School... Re

An elite Rhode Island boarding school embroiled in a sexual-abuse scandal says an administrator has been placed on leave over allegations concerning his conduct as a dorm parent in the 1990s.

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has cut ties with alumnus Bill Cosby amid allegations by women accusing the comedian of sexual assault.