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The election that was always about Obama vs. Trump

President Obama (left) and Donald Trump.

European Pressphoto Agency/file; Reuters/file

In many ways, this race was never about Trump versus his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/NHPolls04.jpg If the Internet goes down on Election Day, what happens?

With one candidate already calling the election rigged, any kinks are likely to spark rumor and conspiracy.

The latest from the trail

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/trump-scnshot1.JPG Donald Trump kicks off final campaign day with Fla. rally

Trump is planning to continue a frenzied campaign pace, with rallies in five states today.

@ LARGE | Michael Andor Brodeur

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/2008%20election.jpg How the Internet lost the election

Eight years after the ?Facebook election? of President Obama, the Internet is a very different place for politics. Can it be fixed?

Mass. ballot questions

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Know before you go: Your cheat sheet to Mass. ballot questions

Here?s what a ?yes? and ?no? vote for each ballot question means.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_HV0HJ.jpg US markets join global rally after FBI exonerates Hillary Clinton

The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 200 points within minutes of the opening bell.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/05618033.jpg From Red Sox fans to Cubs fans, a handy user?s guide to post-curse life

Your team has won the championship. You?ve had the parade. Here?s what happens next.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Meredith_Goldstein5-4762.jpg He doesn?t want to turn into Brangelina

He has told me that people should not marry because it seems that when they do, they start quarreling.

Tamed/Untamed

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AP102036778.jpg Are we born with a fear of snakes?

The instinct is not innate, but it?s not that hard to bring it out.

HOME OF THE WEEK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner110116BIZ111316homeoftheweek16.jpg Victorian boasts original hardwood floors, pocket doors, and an impressive neighbor

This four-bedroom home is about a mile from the commuter rail and beach, and across the street from one of the best-kept secrets in Manchester-by-the-Sea.

Editorial cartoon: Trump?s stop-and-frisk policy

Donald Trump?s targets run the gamut of American society.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/d96a4970-3fdb-43f9-92d9-de6b6518b3d3.jpg Hillary Clinton has a slight edge over Donald Trump in latest polls

Major national polls have tightened less than 24 hours before Election Day.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1766.jpg Republicans? storyline against Hillary Clinton has collapsed

The FBI?s announcement removes a large cloud that made this contest a white-knuckle affair.

Hillary Clinton appeared at a rally Sunday in Manchester, N.H.

An October surprise turns into a November thunderbolt

FBI Director James Comey essentially cleared Hillary Clinton just two days before voters go to the polls.

Johanna Herrero (left), a lawyer, walked along State Street in Boston with her mother, Stella Figueredo.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

She owes immigrant victims $1m, but she?s working here for free

Stella Figueredo charged thousands of immigrants exorbitant fees for services she did not provide, investigators said.

Aging R.I. mobster ?The Saint? dies after being released from prison

Anthony St. Laurent had pleaded guilty in 2011 to trying to order a hit on mobster Robert DeLuca over being called a ?rat.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/SEPT%2011%20COMMISSION-1144797.jpg Former Attorney General Janet Reno dies at 78

Reno, the nation?s first female AG, was the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_1600921_27coldcase_2056x.jpg These detectives are the last shot at justice in decades-old cases

At least 15 cases are being investigated by the Boston Police Department?s Unsolved Homicides squad, and 16 have been solved since 2010.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/483b471247f8442c9e3bf65b15a0e18c-483b471247f8442c9e3bf65b15a0e18c-0-10438.jpg Toys for Tots to help replace toys lost in Cape Cod fire

Nearly 2,000 gifts were destroyed in the blaze at Joint Base Cape Cod.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/trolley.jpg The tragedy that Boston forgot

One hundred years ago, a horrific trolley accident on Summer Street killed 46 people. Although it was dubbed the ?worst tragedy in the history of the city? at the time, it has now been all but erased from memory.

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The Big Picture

Merlin, a chihuahua is seen during his evening walk in the white village of Espera, southern Spain September 10, 2016. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo SEARCH

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Spain?s ?Pueblos Blancos?

The ?Pueblos Blancos,? or white villages, are named for lime wash on the buildings in the Andalusia region, an area that is stunningly beautiful yet also Spain?s poorest.