Charter school expansion trounced statewide

Supporters may have lost the chance to go back to the Legislature to pursue another lift in the state?s cap on charter schools ? at least anytime in the near future.

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The new law doesn?t give state government enough time to prepare for a retail marijuana industry, the state treasurer said.

Protesters rallied outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago on Wednesday.

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Thousands join anti-Trump protests around country

Thousands of protesters around the country took to the streets Wednesday to condemn the election of Donald Trump as president.

Prospects were dim in Penn., and voters there say Trump listened

Donald Trump?s message resonated for voters in Milford, Pa., a town that gave him strong support.

A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reacts to updates from the election returns outside Trump Tower in New York City after midnight on election day November 9, 2016. Donald Trump stunned America and the world, riding a wave of populist resentment to defeat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the 45th president of the United States. The Republican mogul defeated his Democratic rival, plunging global markets into turmoil and casting the long-standing global political order, which hinges on Washington's leadership, into doubt. / AFP PHOTO / DOMINICK REUTERDOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images

Deep uncertainty surrounds Trump?s transition to power

How Donald Trump will govern was just one question in the wake of his unexpected election win.

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The replacement of Justice Antonin Scalia could be just the first of president-elect Donald Trump?s influence on the court.

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Hiawatha Bray | tech lab

Trump, the digital authoritarian

Donald Trump?s relationship with the technology industry might best be described as . . . complicated.

Middleboro-11/09/2016- The town of Middleboro voted big for Donald Trump. Resident Lawrence Pease voted for Trump. He walks downtown. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

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In Middleborough, most voters welcome Trump?s victory

In this working-class, reliably Republican town, Donald Trump?s stunning election felt like a new day.

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Trump?s victory, a singing fish, and other signs that we must be dreaming.

Boston, MA - November 09, 2016: Malika MacDonald-Rushdan poses for a portrait at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Boston, MA November 09, 2016. MacDonald spoke with the Boston Globe about the Presidential election. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe) Section: Metro reporter:

After election, sorrow and fear among immigrants

As politicians called for reconciliation, immigrants, Muslims, and others worried about what might come next.

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Voters in New Hampshire wondered how the polls, pundits and political prognosticators got it so wrong.

Opinion | Michele McPhee

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The vote that didn?t show up in the polls was not about race or gender or ethnicity. It was about blue.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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?We must accept this result and then look to the future,? Hillary Clinton said in her concession speech.

Donald Trump before he spoke in New York early Wednesday.

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shirley leung

Misogyny now has the White House seal of approval

Hillary Clinton?s political defeat is a stunning setback for the women?s movement in America.

Hillary Clinton delivered her concession speech on Wednesday.

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Yvonne Abraham

It is worth noting the woman we passed on

For her entire life, Hillary Clinton has symbolized women?s power, and the forces that would limit it.

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Coral surveyor Margaux Hein in a field of dead branching corals near Lizard Island, in an undated handout photo.

Why the death of coral reefs could be devastating for millions of humans

In many places, the loss of coral reefs would amount to an economic disaster, depriving fishermen of their main source of income, forcing people to find more expensive forms of protein, and undermining the tourism industry.

The Big Picture

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Election Day 2016

Americans headed to the polls Tuesday across the nation.

Ground Game

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