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Biden, congressional Democrats push for new economic relief bill before year?s end

Trump insists he will be proven the winner, but aides say he has no serious plan to overturn election
The president is talking privately about running again in 2024, an indication he may be starting to come to terms with his loss.

THE FINE PRINT

What a Biden administration would mean for consumers

 Analysis: Biden won, but Democrats are lost

One of the most important political operatives you?ve never heard of
Mass. native Jennifer O?Malley Dillon is the first woman ever to run a winning Democratic presidential campaign.

Public health officials fear evictions could worsen COVID-19 spike in Mass.

With thousands of previously halted cases now reactivated, and new ones likely to flood the system soon, epidemiologists, doctors, and housing advocates say an eviction onslaught may heighten the growing spike in coronavirus cases.

Bob Oakes is stepping down from WBUR?s ?Morning Edition? show
After more than 27 years hosting the local ?Morning Edition? show for WBUR, Bob Oakes is stepping away from the microphone and hitting the street.

Mayor Walsh sets up three new funds to get federal aid out to small businesses in Boston
The city will distribute more than $6 million in grants to help businesses get through the winter.

Patriots
Cam Newton orders a new hat every week. Meet the man tasked with keeping the Patriots QB in style
Cam Newton wandered into a Los Angeles hat shop during the offseason in 2016. There, he met Alberto Hernandez. The two have been working together ever since.

Chad Finn: Patriots? division rivals (even the Jets) are all in better position for the near future

Opinion

Boston Infectious Disease Specialists

Boston infectious disease specialists: Baker?s COVID-19 guidelines can get Mass. back to work and school

They balance the public health benefits of keeping the population safe ? and in school ? with the need to maintain a strong economy to support all the residents of our state.
JEFF JACOBY

If you love this country, Mr. President, concede defeat
EDITORIAL

Restoring in-person learning for neediest is the right move
Scot Lehigh

Despite Mitch McConnell, gridlock isn?t destiny

Claire Wardle

The drip, drip, drip of misinformation on COVID-19 vaccine
Jeneé Osterheldt | A Beautiful Resistance

Claiming land and water on Martha?s Vineyard

It?s like the water is always calling to us. At least that?s how it feels to me. There?s a spiritual energy about the ocean, a saltwater baptism waiting to wash away your worries if you ride your faith. Still, I never saw anything like Inkwell, a small stretch of beach in Oak Bluffs on Martha?s Vineyard. And the Inkwell was among the first and is now one of the last Black beach destinations in America.
See more from ?A Beautiful Resistance? ? Follow on Instagram ?
Episode 1: Water is a beautiful resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt. Join us on Instagram @abeautifulresistance. ( Video by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Image by Julia Cumes, Commentary & concept by Jeneé Osterheldt/Globe Staff )

Holiday Gift Guide | Globe Magazine

20 ideas to rescue the holiday spirit with family and friends in 2020

28 gift ideas from New England stores and makers

Recipes: 5 home-baked treats designed to travel

Explosion damages homes on Nantucket
The explosion that echoed across the island occurred at 11 Woodbury Lane, a multi-million dollar home that lies within a web of cobblestone streets lined with cedar shake homes near Nantucket town.

Saying he knows ?how to help people win,? Bickford reelected as Massachusetts Democratic Party chair
Gus Bickford easily won reelection as chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party on Thursday, topping two challengers less than a week after an internal probe found he violated party rules that barred him from getting involved in a contested primary.

Influential research group concludes safe injection sites ?save lives and money?
Legislation to establish two such sites in Massachusetts are languishing in the Legislature.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Expect a return to cold weather in the days before Thanksgiving
After the warmest 7-day stretch ever recorded in November for many climate sites including Blue Hill and Worcester, it's back to reality.

Mayor Walsh drafts city law to create independent police accountability office
The first-of-its-kind office will be overseen by three commissioners and an executive director, and have subpoena power to investigate police affairs.

A Biden administration post? Boston?s Walsh says he is concentrating on the task at hand

TELEVISION
Shows you might want to add to your to-watch list
The IFP Gotham Awards inspire consideration of some standout long-format and short-format shows.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM

I shouldn?t even have to write this

It?s really something that our usually cautious governor came out with the equivalent, for him, of guns blazing.

Thomas Farragher
A heartbroken family and a circle of friends mourn a doctor who found the light in everyone she met
Those closest to Leah Zallman ? a physician who dedicated her professional life to caring for the most vulnerable ? are mourning an incalculable loss after she was killed in a car accident. Zallman had just cast her ballot on Election Day, and was on her way home.

Boston will pay $3.1 million to man freed after wrongful conviction
Frederick Clay was exonerated after investigators determined that a shoddy Boston Police Department investigation, reliant on a witness who was hypnotized by the police, led to his wrongful conviction.

Metro

Influential research group concludes safe injection sites ?save lives and money?
Legislation to establish two such sites in Massachusetts are languishing in the Legislature.

Rockport firefighters threaten to quit en masse if superiors aren?t removed
LIVE UPDATES

Biden, congressional Democrats push for new economic relief bill before year?s end

Sports

Colts get a leg up in AFC South by beating Titans
Philip Rivers threw for 308 yards and the Colts' defense dominated the Titans.

sports log

Back after lengthy layoff, US men?s soccer team plays to scoreless tie at Wales
Girls' volleyball notebook

At Quincy, the Presidents? record of dominance has been unblemished

Business

Finally, all 100 of the state?s biggest publicly traded companies have at least one woman director
Women held 241 board seats on the companies' boards this year, or 27 percent, up from 216 in 2019. But the Boston Club said more progress is still needed.

Mayor Walsh sets up three new funds to get federal aid out to small businesses in Boston

Municipal power companies looking to hydropower
Politics

Trump rebuffs Biden transition team, setting off COVID-19 and national security risks
President Trump?s refusal to allow President-elect Joe Biden and his transition staff access to government offices, secure communications, and classified briefings prompted growing warnings, including from Republicans, that keeping Biden in the dark potentially endangers the country.

Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus surges

Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history

Lifestyle

COMFORT ZONE
What?s a ?witch hunt,? anyway? The Salem Witch Museum has your answers
An online postcard collection reveals how museum visitors define the persecutor and the persecuted.

QUICK BITE

At Lexington?s Town Meeting, the journey is as good as the destination

He won?t make peace with my family
Arts

What?s happening in the arts world
This week's picks from Globe critics.

As TV viewers, we want finality. End of story.

?The Trump Presidency,? reviewed: Time to close the curtain on this dismal drama
Rhode Island

CORONAVIRUS
Raimondo warns RI could run out of hospital beds in 3 weeks due to COVID-19 surge
There were 232 Rhode Islanders hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Thursday, up from 115 on Oct. 9. Governor Raimondo said the state is preparing to open a field hospital solely for coronavirus patients in Cranston within the next couple of weeks.

Rhode Map

Rhode Island 2020 election results: Beyond the biggest races
POLITICS

Climate change legislation may get a warmer reception in R.I.
Newton

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE

Stories from the stones: Acton?s Trail Through Time reveals its Native American and settler past

Still evolving, the Trail Through Time is an easy two-mile loop that could make a good family outing on Thanksgiving weekend.
COMFORT ZONE

What?s a ?witch hunt,? anyway? The Salem Witch Museum has your answers

An online postcard collection reveals how museum visitors define the persecutor and the persecuted.

There?s a COVID chess boom on, and Netflix?s ?The Queens Gambit? is fanning the fervor

Nick Barton, director of business development at chess.com, said that since March 1, ?the site has onboarded roughly 11.1 million new members ? an increase of 6.54 million since this time last year,? he said.
COMFORT ZONE

What ?On Eagle?s Wings? means for Joe Biden and the priest who wrote it

The Rev. Jan Michael Joncas hopes his song helps heal divisions in US culture.
Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: Three satisfying vegetable stews for fall

From Mexico, Senegal, and Ethiopia, these three hearty dishes include big pops of flavor.
COMFORT ZONE

Murder-mysteries that can solve your what-to-watch-next problem

If you like "The Undoing," these miniseries may scratch the same itch.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Restoring in-person learning for neediest is the right move
Claire Wardle

The drip, drip, drip of misinformation on COVID-19 vaccine
Boston Infectious Disease Specialists

Boston infectious disease specialists: Baker?s COVID-19 guidelines can get Mass. back to work and school
STEPHEN KINZER

On foreign policy, Biden should go big, all at once
EDITORIAL

A few truth-tellers stand up to Trump. Will there be more?
IDEAS | TIMOTHY SNYDER

Trump?s big election lie pushes America toward autocracy

STAT

The Road Ahead: Charting the pandemic over the next 12 months ? and beyond
In this project, STAT describes 30 key moments, possible turning points that could steer the pandemic onto a different course or barometers for how the virus is reshaping our lives.

From a small N.C. town to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care
The racial bias can produce huge differences in assessing patients? need for special care to manage conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, a STAT investigation found.

Covid-19?s wintry mix: Dry indoor air helps the virus spread
The worry is not just that people might mingle more closely inside, but that the air they breathe will make the virus more dangerous.

In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
The hospital's first employee to die of Covid-19 was a kitchen worker named Marie Deus ? and her illness sparked a question. Why weren't bedside clinicians getting sick at the highest rates?

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

After taking flight from Notre Dame, Phil Jurkovec has spread his wings as Boston College?s quarterback

Atlanta?s Freddie Freeman named NL MVP ahead of Mookie Betts; White Sox slugger Jose Abreu wins AL honor

Ivy League cancels all winter sports

metro

Influential research group concludes safe injection sites ?save lives and money?

Rockport firefighters threaten to quit en masse if superiors aren?t removed

Biden, congressional Democrats push for new economic relief bill before year?s end

Nation

Vatican calling: Pope congratulates Joe Biden on election

Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history

No, Bernie Sanders wouldn?t have won

World

Hong Kong?s pro-democracy lawmakers to resign en masse

Pope Francis vows to end sexual abuse after McCarrick report

Sudan braces for up to 200,000 fleeing Ethiopia fighting

politics

Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus surges

Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history

No, Bernie Sanders wouldn?t have won

business

Finally, all 100 of the state?s biggest publicly traded companies have at least one woman director

Mayor Walsh sets up three new funds to get federal aid out to small businesses in Boston

Municipal power companies looking to hydropower

lifestyle

What?s a ?witch hunt,? anyway? The Salem Witch Museum has your answers

At Lexington?s Town Meeting, the journey is as good as the destination

He won?t make peace with my family

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

If you love this country, Mr. President, concede defeat

Despite Mitch McConnell, gridlock isn?t destiny

Restoring in-person learning for neediest is the right move

food & dining

Despite a pandemic, lots of new restaurants are opening, too

I went to temple for the first time in years, and all I got was this pastrami sandwich

Native chef Kristina Stanley whips up precolonial dishes for Haley House holiday menu

travel

Against all odds, Saddleback Ski Resort will open this season

How to plan a fun, multigenerational family getaway during the pandemic

9 top gear picks for winter sports

Books

The inequality of an epidemic in Paul Farmer?s ?Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds?

The art of a short story

Drawn to novels that ?interrogate womanhood?

Movies

The stars we grow up with often shine the brightest

?The Climb?: A bromance?s path, through the years

?Monsoon? searches for memories in modern-day Vietnam

Television

As TV viewers, we want finality. End of story.

Shows you might want to add to your to-watch list

The Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher eras elevate the palace intrigue of ?The Crown?

music

An Israeli novel prompts a timely tone poem on reckoning with loss

Boston Camerata goes the distance for ?Dido and Aeneas?

What ?On Eagle?s Wings? means for Joe Biden and the priest who wrote it

Theater/Dance

?The Trump Presidency,? reviewed: Time to close the curtain on this dismal drama

ART?s ?Behind the Scenes? series brings theater lovers closer to creators

Boston Ballet dances in the Theater District?s streets

globe local

Despite pandemic, many find ways to keep giving during this season of thanks

Was Massachusetts right to adopt new rules limiting financial incentives for solar projects on sensitive lands?

Stranded at a lighthouse in Buzzards Bay

Obituaries

Israel Horovitz dies at 81; playwright and Gloucester Stage founder had faced numerous sexual assault accusations

Boston-born comic Norm Crosby, who drew perspiration from misused words, dies at 93

Bahrain?s long-serving prime minister dies at age 84