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Biden focuses on transition, plans executive orders to reverse Trump policies

Former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., are planning their transition effort after delivering their first remarks as president-elect and vice president-elect while their supporters celebrated in cities throughout the country.

What next for Trump? The defeated president faces difficult moments

So far the president has stayed true to character, vowing to fight election results as he faces his own court challenge.
Trump?s next move? He declares he?ll sue but grounds are still unclear

Business leaders eye wish lists for Biden and Harris
For some, it?s time to complete unfinished business. For others, it?s time to undo some of the current administration?s actions. Ask leaders of Boston?s business associations what they want to see a Biden administration tackle first, and the wish lists vary.

Analysis: Old playbook may help Biden attack economic challenges Lame duck Congress and lame duck president face huge challenges in coming weeks

A ?terrifying? COVID surge will land in Biden?s lap

Hours after President-elect Joe Biden declared the coronavirus a top priority, the magnitude of his task became starkly clear Sunday as the nation surpassed 10 million cases and sank deeper into the grip of what could become the worst chapter of the pandemic yet.

Biden, Harris, and history

Biden and Trump both did well with Latino voters. This is how that happened

Democratic political analysts and strategists have been trying to understand the decisions of Latino voters as preliminary data appear to show diametrically opposed trends: Both Trump and Biden won big with Latino voters.
Adrian Walker

Trump?s defeat leaves America feeling lighter

We were a city, and a nation, living on an emotional edge. But instead of riots, we had a national block party.

Jennifer Lawrence celebrates Biden?s win by running through the streets of Boston
Where were you when you heard that Joe Biden had been declared the winner of the presidential election on Saturday? Well, we know where Jennifer Lawrence was.

Major political figures react to Joe Biden?s win ? Schumer even called him from Brooklyn on a flip phone

Here are the songs Joe Biden and Kamala Harris played at their Delaware event
Music played a role in Saturday?s drive-in rally celebrating the victories of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and their historic campaign. Here?s a look at the songs that were played, and what we know about why they might have been chosen.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Mr. President, you?re fired

The American people have spoken. Trump must concede the election.

RENÉE GRAHAM
Black people voted for democracy while Trump supporters chose white supremacy
Even more white people this election voted for a racist and wannabe dictator. It?s a warning that the fight for social justice will outlast Trump.

Michael D'Antonio
I voted for Biden because I want life to get a little less crazy
?I just hope we can all get along as equals.?

IDEAS | ROBERT ZARETSKY

Joe Biden, meet Charles de Gaulle

When France was liberated in 1945, its new president had to choose between incremental reforms and revolutionary changes. The path he chose is instructive now.
Live Election Updates

Trump considers his next moves as Biden and Harris look ahead

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Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Map: A look at coronavirus in Mass. schools this year

Global coronavirus case total tops 50 million
Johns Hopkins University?s coronavirus tracker reported more than 50.2 million COVID-19 cases globally as of Sunday.

As coronavirus cases climb, Brown public health official calls on Trump administration to do more in its remaining weeks Mass. records 1,809 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 20 new deaths Key metrics the state is monitoring for reopening

People sick with COVID-19 face better odds of survival
As new COVID-19 cases continue to set daily records nationally, the illness appears to have become less deadly than it was in the spring ? and it's not clear why, or whether the death rate will spike up again.

Here is the state map of communities that are high, moderate, and low risk for COVID-19 These 16 Mass. communities are at high risk for COVID-19

The Great Divide
Mass. school districts' plans vary widely on key practices for pandemic-era education, review finds
The findings of a new survey from the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education underscore the wildly different approaches districts have taken to pandemic-era education in a state that has largely taken a hands-off approach to local education affairs.

APPRECIATION
?Jeopardy!? contestants ?and fans? mourn Alex Trebek
For those of us who tuned in every night ? especially for the generations who grew up with him ? it feels like we lost a family member.

Longtime ?Jeopardy!? host Alex Trebek dies at 80 after battle with cancer ?Jeopardy!? contestant thanked Trebek for teaching him English. Today he says he?s ?overwhelmed with emotion?

Saints 38, Buccaneers 3 | Ben Volin
Incredibly, something is missing with Tom Brady and the Buccaneers
Even though Brady appears to have everything he wants, including Antonio Brown, the Bucs look out of synch.

All Saints Day: New Orleans throttles Tom Brady and the Buccaneers, 38-3

Earthquake damages three buildings in New Bedford and displaces nine families
For residents of southern New England, Sunday morning?s rumbling wasn?t your imagination: that really was the earth moving under your feet.

Many people felt this morning?s earthquake in the Northeast, but such quakes are rare

Chad Finn
Patriots will find answers to beat the Jets, but many questions will remain
The Patriots will snap their four-game losing skid against the winless, and hapless, Jets.

Patriots will be missing three key defensive starters for Jets game

Police searching for Pittsfield girl missing since Saturday

Roos Bajanth is 5-foot-5 with brown skin, black hair and brown eyes, police said. She may be wearing a brown winter jacket, red shirt and possibly pajamas.

With Supreme Court to hear ACA case, 422,000 Massachusetts residents could lose coverage

A new report warns that the percentage of people without health insurance would soar and Massachusetts would lose billions in critical federal funding if the US Supreme Court rules to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The latest legal challenge to the decade-old law known as Obamacare goes before the court Tuesday.
The ACA faces another Supreme Court test

?Pretty incredible day?: Watch Dave Chappelle?s opening monologue on ?SNL?

Comedian Dave Chappelle hosted this week?s episode of ?Saturday Night Live," offering commentary on the 2020 election results a little more than 12 hours after the race was called by national news organizations.
Jim Carrey, Maya Rudolph celebrate Joe Biden?s victory on ?SNL?
Metro

Trump?s defeat leaves America feeling lighter

We were a city, and a nation, living on an emotional edge. But instead of riots, we had a national block party.

Mass. school districts' plans vary widely on key practices for pandemic-era education, review finds

Mass. reports 1,809 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 20 new deaths
Sports

Incredibly, something is missing with Tom Brady and the Buccaneers

Even though Brady appears to have everything he wants, including Antonio Brown, the Bucs look out of synch.

All Saints Day: New Orleans throttles Tom Brady and the Buccaneers, 38-3

Lincoln-Sudbury?s Outing Club helps students broaden their horizons
Rhode Island

How Rhode Islanders reacted to Biden?s win

Singing and dancing. Cheering and celebrating. And, for some, a little protesting.

RI state Senate leaders withstand challenge, outline progressive agenda

Trump supporters protest at R.I. Board of Elections, demand recount
Newton

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE

?Jeopardy!? contestants ?and fans? mourn Alex Trebek

For those of us who tuned in every night ? especially for the generations who grew up with him ? it feels like we lost a family member.
COOKING UP A PLAN

These young entrepreneurs have made the most of their pandemic downtime

From teaching Zoom classes to launching baking businesses and taking on writing challenges, some kids are finding ways to fill their time (and their wallets).
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Parents have never had more reason to drink ? or more reasons to avoid it.

You don?t have to suffer from addiction to question your relationship with booze these days.
ART & TRAVEL

The Connecticut Art Trail is turning 25! (And we need things to celebrate.)

The anniversary is as good an excuse as any to check out the Nutmeg State?s art scene. Here are some of the highlights.
Cooking | Magazine

Recipes for tangy chicken vindaloo, spiced spinach, and fail-safe basmati rice

Try making this flavorful Indian feast at home.
FOOD

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner takeout in Boston and beyond

Here?s what local restaurants have planned. Stay tuned ? we?ll update routinely.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Lynn Margherio, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, and Kate Barrand

Massachusetts leaders must deliver relief to poor families now
EDITORIAL

America turns its back on the world
RENÉE GRAHAM

Black people voted for democracy while Trump supporters chose white supremacy
Scot Lehigh

A president suffers the indignities of democracy

Renée Loth

Another black eye for the pundit class
Michael A. Cohen

So much for the blue wave

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power
The world might in the not-too-distant future get vaccines against Covid-19. But those vaccines won?t necessarily prevent all or even most infections.

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant
If successful, the surgery could change Parkinson?s disease from an inexorable, cruel, and sometimes fatal decline to ? for at least some patients ? a condition that can be successfully treated.

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19
Diagnosed with lung cancer, she had signed a do-not-resuscitate order. The coronavirus pandemic made her reconsider her end-of-life wishes.

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis
Three scenarios for the future of Covid-19 differ on details, but all foresee a world that looks and feels nothing like the world of just three months ago.

magazine
Women & Power

The 2020 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts
Women & Power

When the pandemic hit, these leaders successfully pivoted
Women & Power

Five ways the pandemic can ultimately make the workplace better for women
Connections

Raising girls who make waves

sports

Josh Allen, Bills defense roast Russell Wilson and Seattle in balmy Buffalo

Philadelphia Union earns top seed in MLS Eastern Conference

Alex Cora?s return to Red Sox a good first step, but there?s plenty of work to do

metro

Trump considers his next moves as Biden and Harris look ahead

Police searching for Pittsfield girl missing since Saturday

As coronavirus cases climb, Brown public health official calls on Trump administration to do more in its remaining weeks

Nation

Biden and Trump both did well with Latino voters. This is how that happened

Key metrics the state is monitoring for reopening

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

World

Western allies congratulate new president-elect

Clashes in Ethiopia?s Tigray region put Horn of Africa on edge

Former Afghan TV presenter killed in explosion in capital

politics

The Affordable Care Act faces another Supreme Court test

Can Joe and Mitch get it done?

Mass. Republican Party, which tied itself to Trump, hopes amid the reckoning

business

With Supreme Court to hear ACA case, 422,000 Massachusetts residents could lose coverage

Global coronavirus case total tops 50 million

Old playbook may help Biden attack economic challenges

lifestyle

?Jeopardy!? contestants ?and fans? mourn Alex Trebek

Jennifer Lawrence celebrates Biden?s win by running through the streets of Boston

These young entrepreneurs have made the most of their pandemic downtime

marijuana

Push to relax drug laws ? including marijuana legalization ? gains big victories nationwide

Recreational marijuana legalized by New Jersey voters

Biden embraces drug courts, but do they actually work?

opinion

I voted for Biden because I want life to get a little less crazy

Joe Biden, meet Charles de Gaulle

Former federal employee warns: Trump order on civil servants spells disaster

food & dining

More Thanksgiving options for easy takeout meals

Winter weather and new rules around closing times are a one-two punch for restaurants struggling to survive

Sycamore?s dukkah ? a blend of spices, nuts, seeds ? will transport you

travel

Sponsored - Airport Higher Res

The Connecticut Art Trail is turning 25! (And we need things to celebrate.)

How the pandemic has brought two communities closer to their roots

Books

Quite a cast of characters in Ruth Ben-Ghiat?s ?Strongmen,? a brutal tour of the tyrannies of the last hundred years

With a new book, Becky Cooper investigates the old murder of a Harvard student

Douglas Stuart on becoming a reader after a difficult childhood

Movies

GlobeDocs Presents: 'CITY SO REAL' Virtual Discussion

Doc Talk: Early Wiseman, Chicago activism, Holocaust remembrance, going home

15 ways the MFA goes to the ?movies?

Television

Jim Carrey, Maya Rudolph celebrate Joe Biden?s victory on ?SNL?

?Pretty incredible day?: Watch Dave Chappelle?s opening monologue on ?SNL?

Stephen Colbert knew this was no time for jokes

music

Here are the songs Joe Biden and Kamala Harris played at their Delaware event

50 years ago in a high school gym, this no-name band became Aerosmith

BSO teams up with hip-hop powerhouse STL GLD for a virtual series

Theater/Dance

Shakespeare meets Twitter in a virtual ?Much Ado About Nothing?

Once sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein, writer Louisette Geiss conceives a #MeToo musical

B Mo the Prince?s friendly comedy connects on TikTok in a big way

globe local

Undaunted by pandemic, entrepreneurs stake their claims on Main Street

Echoes from The Great War: Lawrence tells the stories of those who died

Pepperell police rally around baby Reece

Obituaries

A transformative teacher who founded Harvard?s dance program, Claire Mallardi dies at 91

Former US representative Jim Ramstad, champion of recovery, dies at 74

Johnny Meadows, pro wrestler with a tuneful side, dies at 59