Neurologist charged with groping patients faces more allegations

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Mayor-elect Mike Lombardo gearing up for his to return to office as new mayor

Tambor may not return to &#8216;Transparent&#8217;Actor Jeffrey Tambor says he doesn&#8217;t see how he can return to the Amazon series &#8220;Transparent&#8221; following two allegations of sexual harassment against him.In an ambiguous statement Sunday, Tambor referenced what he calls a &#8220;politicized atmosphere&#8221; that has afflicted the set. He also says that the idea he would deliberately harass anyone is untrue.Two women have come forward over the past few weeks to accuse Tambor of sexual harassment, including &#8220;Transparent&#8221; actress Trace Lysette and his former assistant.Tambor has won two Emmys for portraying Maura Pfefferman in the highly regarded show, which is now in its fourth season. Many interpreted his words to mean he was leaving the show, which has not been confirmed.Representatives for Amazon did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment.<h1>Teen idol David Cassidy remains in Florida hospital</h1>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) &#8212; Television and music star David Cassidy remains in a Florida hospital where he is dealing with multiple organ failure.Publicist JoAnn Geffen said Sunday in an email that there is &#8220;no update&#8221; on the medical status of the &#8220;Partridge Family&#8221; star.Cassidy had been taken to the hospital on Wednesday. Geffen told The Associated Press on Saturday that he was in a private room, conscious and surrounded by family. Geffen said there is nothing &#8220;imminent&#8221; about his condition, and doctors are hoping to &#8220;keep him as well as they can until they can find another liver.&#8221;The 67-year-old former teen idol, who lives in the Fort Lauderdale area, said earlier this year that he was struggling with memory loss and that he was ending his 50-year career.<h1>Some Massachusetts towns going to pot, after all</h1>OSTON (AP) &#8212; They may not be mad about reefer, but a growing number of Massachusetts communities are leaving their borders open to commercial marijuana businesses, bucking a wave of bans and moratoriums that followed voter approval of legal recreational pot.Recent votes in several cities and towns against prohibitions on pot shops have cheered advocates for the nascent cannabis industry who say it could signal that communities around the state are slowly concluding that potential benefits, including a boost in tax revenues and the driving out of illegal dealers, outweigh the drawbacks of welcoming such businesses to town.&#8220;We got a lot of support from people who don&#8217;t use cannabis, but might want to someday,&#8221; said Scott Winters, a resident of Amesbury who spearheaded opposition to an anti-pot referendum that was defeated by a nearly 2-1 margin Nov. 7. &#8220;From users to non-users to just folks who want revenue for the city, we had a lot of support.&#8221;Town meetings in Dracut, Marshfield and the Cape Cod town of Brewster have also turned aside bans in recent weeks. The votes in Marshfield and Brewster were notable for having occurred in towns where a majority of residents voted against the legalization question on last November&#8217;s state ballot.Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, who strongly opposed legalization, has nonetheless promised the city will accommodate marijuana stores.Yet there&#8217;s still far from broad acceptance around Massachusetts, which along with Maine were the first eastern U.S. states to legalize recreational weed. Since January, towns have imposed at least 121 bans or other constraints on marijuana-related businesses, which also include growing and processing facilities and testing labs, according to records of the attorney general&#8217;s municipal law unit.The so-called &#8220;not in my backyard&#8221; dynamic is not unique to Massachusetts, having played out in states that previously legalized recreational marijuana.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Associated Press</bylineMeta></div>

Jeffrey Tambor may not return to set of ‘Transparent’