The story behind a Mass. woman?s online comment that is sweeping across the Web

Christine McMorrow was using voice-to-text to comment on a New York Times story this week, icing her knee and boiling some eggs, when she was suddenly interrupted.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/beaconhilldome.jpg The stories of sexual harassment on Beacon Hill are overwhelming

A dozen women who have worked in and around the State House over the past two decades described a climate of harassment and sexual misconduct.

House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.

DeLeo proposes review of sexual harassment policies

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo?s move came after a Globe columnist reported a series of incidents of sexual harassment in and around the State House.

Former president George H.W. Bush.

Former Maine state Senate candidate accuses George H.W. Bush of groping

Amanda Staples is the fourth woman who has come forward to accuse the former president of inappropriate touching.

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CNN is reporting that four more women are leveling allegations of sexual harassment against journalist Mark Halperin.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/bfbf5da7aa374772b9748f38309f1e3a-bfbf5da7aa374772b9748f38309f1e3a-0.jpg The Atlantic removes an editor over harassment claims

The Atlantic magazine is removing contributing editor Leon Wieseltier from its masthead after allegations emerged this week that Wieseltier harassed numerous women during his years with The New Republic.

Janice (left) and Elizabeth Hale have given more than 100 years between them to the scouts.

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Sisters showed Lawrence girls how to live by the Girl Scout Law

Sisters Janice and Elizabeth Hale are retiring from Girl Scouts after decades of leading troops in Lawrence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/MORGENSON_COLUMN_ADV23_1.jpg Ground Game?s first ranking of the 2020 Democratic presidential field

Who is the most likely to be the Democratic nominee? We took a look and handicapped the potential field.

Trump at Halloween event: ?I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful kids?

President Trump gave children of reporters plenty of compliments, congratulating the parents for doing a good job ? at least of raising kids.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-3265.jpg Trump?s dumpster fire shouldn?t have people feeling fond of George W. Bush

Bush 43 was a disaster, and America is still playing the price.

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A new report says Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah is telling friends that he won?t seek reelection, and that if that happens, Mitt Romney plans to run.

An ?interstellar object? was observed arriving in our solar system

The object, which scientists think might be an asteroid, is ?moving remarkably fast? through space.

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CVS Health is reportedly in talks to buy health insurer Aetna, an attempt by the drugstore giant to insulate itself from tectonics shifts in the health care market.

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After battling cancer, she spreads the word on genetic testing

An Acton woman has launched Oneinforty to educate Ashkenazi Jews about their higher risk of having cancer-linked BRCA gene mutations.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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A baseball team symbolizes the resilience of a city still recovering from Hurricane Harvey.

Chad Finn | Unconventional preview

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With LA on a three-game win streak, this is a bigger game than it seemed when the schedule was released.

Miss Conduct

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The husband-to-be doesn?t object. How can a poor bride save her romantic getaway?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Rex_Pumpkin_Farmer_in_Kamen_Germany_9123223AP.jpg 9 ways to get ghoulish this weekend (and after)

Get into the Halloween spirit, with or without a costume.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/03/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/Viewfinder_pumpkin_tree.jpg Last-minute ideas for scary family fun

From haunted zoos to haunted roller coasters, we?ve got every kind of scare covered.

In this file photo, children in Lexington went trick-or-treating.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff, file

6 ways to keep kids from candy overload this Halloween

There are a few good ways to limit kids? Halloween intake without turning it into a battle. We asked a few experts for their strategies.

A pedestrian stood under an umbrella on Beacon Street in Boston earlier this week.

Dave Epstein | On weather

Here?s what to expect from this weekend?s oncoming storm

Based on the latest computer guidance, the heaviest rain will stay west of the coastline and places like Cape Cod will receive the least.

President John F. Kennedy (center).

?There?s too much nonsense,? says historian who served on Kennedy assassination board

?Don?t get too excited about what you?re going to find in 180 days,? said Henry F. Graff, a retired history professor at Columbia University. ?It?s nothing new.?

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Female mayors face challenges in Lynn, Salem

In Lynn, Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy is trying to hold off state Senator Thomas McGee. In Salem, Mayor Kim Driscoll is going up against former city councilor Paul Prevey.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_BadSmell_02.jpg ?It?s ungodly? ? Tofu manufacturing plant makes a literal stink in Ayer

The stench coming from a tofu manufacturing plant in Ayer has driven neighbors indoors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/3dfd58368dc748fab2c71781bb9f62ee-3dfd58368dc748fab2c71781bb9f62ee-0.jpg After five months lost at sea, women rescued in Pacific

For months, the two sailors sent out daily distress calls that no one heard, until the US Navy rescued them thousands of miles off course.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gopsenate.jpg They?re running against Warren. Should they run away from Trump?

Republicans seeking to oppose Elizabeth Warren next year are deciding how they?ll orient themselves toward President Trump.

Women & Power

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The Commonwealth Institute and the Globe Magazine partner to name the most noteworthy companies and nonprofits helmed by women.

Women & Power

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Leaders included in the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts share advice they?ve gotten and given.

//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

Trenni Kusnierek joins host Chris Gasper to talk about the Celtics? winning streak and sexism in the sports media.

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The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/7abcbe66a68f4de4b25c1d348ecfbb29-7abcbe66a68f4de4b25c1d348ecfbb29-0.jpg Jeff Sessions gets it only half-right on LGBT rights

As a senator, Sessions voted against extending hate-crime legislation to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

The Amazon bid

newsroom commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/drone-5771.jpg 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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/CAR-T%20kite.jpg The fantastic voyage of a bag of cells hot-wired to kill cancer

Wiring cells to kill cancer takes a month and requires a team of 150 doctors, nurses, scientists, and couriers.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.

Real Estate

An eclectic Colonial Revival in Cambridge sold for $7.4 million this week

Built in 1888, the Joseph Thorp House in Cambridge has quite the history, including most recently being home to the former US ambassador to Austria. It sold for $7,400,000 on Friday, Oct. 20, making it the region's biggest sale this week.