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Trump sees Michigan as key in his bid to subvert election

President Trump accelerated his efforts to interfere in the nation?s electoral process, taking the extraordinary step of reaching out directly to Republican state legislators from Michigan and inviting them to the White House on Friday for discussions as the state prepares to certify President-elect Joe Biden the winner there.
Mnuchin to end some fed emergency programs Here?s a timeline of the presidential certification process that Trump is trying to disrupt
TRANSITION UPDATES

Joe Biden turns 78 today, will be oldest US president

Analysis

Donald Trump resigning is the most logical way his presidency could end

If you are sitting there wondering whether President Trump will physically leave the White House when Joe Biden is sworn into office then you might be asking the wrong question.
?The corruption is unprecedented,? ?CHAOS,? and other love notes to America from the Trump campaign

Harvard petition demands ?accountability? before Trump officials are invited to campus

Top Pentagon official tests positive for coronavirus
Globe Magazine

Top Places to Work 2020

Whether they're working at the kitchen table or on the front lines, employees of these 150 companies are the happiest in the state. See the lists:
The top largest employers The top large employers The top medium employers The top small employers Check out the full feature

How these companies are digging deep to address racial inequity at work ? and beyond

A funny thing happened while I was working from home

When forced to furlough employees, these companies had one goal: Bring everyone back

2020 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

Dave Epstein
Mild start to the weekend, but chilly by Sunday
Somewhere around 10 a.m. yesterday morning, the temperature went above freezing and it will remain there for the foreseeable future. This is good news for our heating bills after a very cold 24 hours by November standards.

These four Massachusetts ZIP codes are among the most expensive in the US
Massachusetts had the highest number of most expensive ZIP codes in the country outside of New York and California, according to a ranking by PropertyShark.

Jeneé Osterheldt

If you?re willing to see, the walls have something to say

In Worcester, Che Anderson speaks the language of establishment and the streets. As deputy cultural development officer and founding director of the POW! WOW! Worcester mural festival, Anderson understands cans of spray paint are a revolution of representation. He, along with colleagues Erin Williams, Gloria Hall, and Tina Zlody, are among the many who?ve helped transform Worcester into a city of art.
The Questions, featuring Liz Rock See more from ?A Beautiful Resistance? ? Follow on Instagram ?
Episode 2: Graffiti or mural? It's all a beautiful resistance
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, Photo by Erin Clark/Globe Staff, Commentary & concept by Jeneé Osterheldt/Globe Staff )

Opinion

IDEAS | AMIE M. GORDON

The country needs marital therapy

A national divorce isn?t really an option. So what would it take to make this broken relationship work?
Renée Loth

Learning to love the bleak season
Renée Graham

If Biden wants unity, he must first hold Trump accountable
Scot Lehigh

With COVID-19 victory in sight, America surrenders
EDITORIAL

The CARES Act promised money to prison inmates. Some are still waiting

Thanksgiving

A loser unwilling to concede. A worsening pandemic. War drums with Iran. Happy Thanksgiving

Recipes: An update on the classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner

CDC strongly recommends that people not travel for Thanksgiving
Citing the wave of coronavirus surging across the nation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials on Thursday advised people not to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday.

More than name change may be needed at former Plimoth Plantation
The name Plimoth Patuxet reflects a long commitment to Wampanoag history, but the exhibits themselves are still due for a refresh.

Four takeaways from Rudy Giuliani?s meandering press conference
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani repeated baseless election fraud allegations in a 90-minute press conference that featured combative and curious moments.

KEVIN CULLEN
What we?ve got here is a failure to communicate
Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen?s Association, denies his union is an obstacle to reform. He says they?ve been frozen out of the discussion in the city.

Behind closed doors at State House, police reform stuck in neutral

There?s more tragedy for singer Bobby Brown
The Roxbury-bred R&B star?s 28-year-old son, Bobby Brown Jr., was found dead at a Los Angeles residence on Wednesday. The death, which is not considered suspicious, is yet another calamity for Brown, whose ex-wife, singer Whitney Houston, died suddenly in 2012, followed three years later by the death of the couple?s only child, 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown.

Celtics
Gordon Hayward to opt out of Celtics contract, will enter free agency
The move does not necessarily mean that Hayward?s time in Boston has come to an end, although it makes it more likely.

Celtics trade backup center Vincent Poirier to Thunder

LOVE LETTERS | MEREDITH GOLDSTEIN
COVID-19 has me feeling alone, ?interminably?
Does COVID-19 life mean no more dating? Help this reader.

With Logan traffic still down, Massport cuts 25 percent of its workforce
The Massachusetts Port Authority is trimming about 25 percent of its workforce through layoffs and voluntary buyouts as it reacts to an unprecedented plunge in air travel at Logan Airport due to the COVID-19 pandemic. State officials don?t expect a full recovery, particularly in business travel, for several years.

Recommended Reads

Behind closed doors at State House, police reform stuck in neutral

Several lawmakers say the issue has caused a divide within the state?s majority party, with some Democrats looking for modest changes while more progressive leaders are pushing meatier reforms.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
The pandemic should not be political
Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans are way too busy bludgeoning what?s left of our democracy, confirming their puppet nominees, and spreading COVID on Capitol Hill to help you right now.

ON THE STREET
In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength
As a second wave of the pandemic rises, many people in Chelsea are starting to think about how to steer the city through the recovery that will someday come, and ensure that any rebound benefits those who most need support.

Metro

Dave Epstein
Mild start to the weekend, but chilly by Sunday
Somewhere around 10 a.m. yesterday morning, the temperature went above freezing and it will remain there for the foreseeable future. This is good news for our heating bills after a very cold 24 hours by November standards.

66 turtles rescued from Cape Cod beaches, New England Aquarium says

Boston School Committee elects new chair, apologizes for not standing up to racism
Sports

Russell Wilson throws two touchdowns as Seahawks hold off Cardinals
Wilson was 23 of 28 for 197 yards and TD passes of 25 yards to DK Metcalf and 11 yards to Tyler Lockett.

Warriors star Klay Thompson to miss second straight season

Warriors? Klay Thompson tears Achilles? in pickup game, out for the season again
Business

Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19
The World Health Organization recommended against using Gilead Sciences Inc.?s remdesivir to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients less than a month after US regulators granted the drug a speedy approval.

California imposes curfew to curb skyrocketing COVID cases

Mnuchin to end some fed emergency programs, limiting Biden
Politics

Mitt Romney criticizes Trump?s attempts to overturn his election defeat
In the strongest criticism of President Donald Trump by a fellow high-ranking Republican, Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Thursday night excoriated the president on Twitter for his continuing and overwhelmingly unsuccessful efforts to overturn his election defeat this month to Joe Biden.

Joe Biden turns 78 today, will be oldest US president

Top Pentagon official tests positive for coronavirus
Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS | MEREDITH GOLDSTEIN
COVID-19 has me feeling alone, ?interminably?
Does COVID-19 life mean no more dating? Help this reader.

Jerseys, photos, and signs: The Fours will auction off more than 1,000 pieces of sports memorabilia

There?s more tragedy for singer Bobby Brown
Arts

TELEVISION
What this TV critic is thankful for in 2020
My Top 10 list for 2020 is on the way, and each one of the shows on it made my year a bit better. In the meantime, here are a few other TV-related things that, as Thanksgiving approaches, I am thankful for.

My ?Jeopardy!? host wish list: Who are Jon Stewart, Awkwafina, Tina Fey . . . ?

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Apple TV+ will share Charlie Brown holiday classics with PBS
Rhode Island

POLITICS
In Central Falls, the Mayor-elect is ready to navigate the coronavirus crisis
As the second COVID-19 wave takes hold, supporters say Mayor-elect Maria Rivera is ?the right person at the right time.?

CORONAVIRUS

Raimondo announces two-week ?pause? for Rhode Island, calls for residents to stay home on Thanksgiving
RHODE MAP

Bally?s + Sinclair Broadcast Group = Place your bets (on your TV)?
Newton

Special Projects

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

On the Street

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

This time, Quincy Center?s revival looks legit

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

See more from our business series ?On the Street?: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

I knew getting prostate cancer at 48 would change me. I had no idea how much
For the past year, Mark Shanahan has been working on Mr. 80 Percent, a six-episode podcast miniseries about his experience with prostate cancer. It?s a deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny story about a disease that affects millions of men. The heroes are his doctors and family, who put up with some appalling behavior. You?ll hear from both.

The virus?s tale
Track the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts to its roots and you find a story driven by heroics, ingenuity, error, pain, and a hard question: How could a state famous for health care excellence have suffered such a vast loss of human life?

Last Words: Is death the great equalizer?
Quite the contrary, a Spotlight investigation shows. Death exposes in high relief the layers of inequities, in race and income, care and opportunity, that shape life down to its final hours. It is a truth the pandemic has only underscored ? one hard to see, because it is so much easier to look away.

Comfort Zone

Amid the anxiety, a Globe photographer finds scenes of kindness, patience, hope

These pre-Thanksgiving scenes, captured by a Globe photographer, show how Boston is carrying on.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Three ways to have a safer, saner (and fun) Thanksgiving

A party planner, a psychologist, and an infectious disease expert talk turkey.
GOOD NEWS

Brighton teacher who went above and beyond for students wins a year of rent payments on ?The Ellen DeGeneres Show?

Faith Martin bought and delivered books to her students back in March, and was honored for her dedication on national TV.
Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: An update on the classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner

This year we get back to basics and choose basting over brining.
BY THE GLASS

Spark joy at Thanksgiving with these $20-and-under wines

Whether you plan to feast with a quarantine pod, or tuck into a repast for one or two, these food-friendly pours will surely inspire a sense of plenty.
COMFORT ZONE

Gifts for a taste of Japanese printmaking (oh, and Claude Monet)

New products from UNIQLO and the MFA celebrate a landmark exhibition.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

Lindsey Graham?s shameful effort to subvert democracy

IDEAS | STARRE JULIA VARTAN

Consider the small landlord
EDITORIAL

Facebook failed American democracy ? again
JOAN VENNOCHI

There?s no bottom for how low Republicans will let Trump go
MARCELA GARCÍA

Latinos deserve top spots in Biden?s cabinet
IDEAS | JOHN G. TURNER

The Pilgrims would agree: Cancel Thanksgiving this year

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
Globe Magazine

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

How strangers honored my uncle, who went M.I.A. in Vietnam, for years
Perspective

I haven?t bought a Chinese-made product in 30 years. Here?s how
Cooking

Recipes: Three satisfying vegetable stews for fall

sports

Patriots quarterback Cam Newton still shaking off the rust

Tiger Woods to play with 11-year-old Charlie in father-son tournament

Six stories to watch as Boston women?s college hockey teams prepare for the season

metro

Joe Biden turns 78 today, will be oldest US president

Mild start to the weekend, but chilly by Sunday

66 turtles rescued from Cape Cod beaches, New England Aquarium says

Nation

Will Lara Trump be the next Trump on a ballot?

Top Pentagon official tests positive for coronavirus

Trump tax write-offs are ensnared in two New York fraud investigations

World

US paid for Scott Brown, ambassador to New Zealand, to fly on a private jet

As fighting rages in Ethiopia, aid groups plead for access to refugees

US paid for Scott Brown, ambassador to New Zealand, to fly on private jet

politics

Joe Biden turns 78 today, will be oldest US president

Top Pentagon official tests positive for coronavirus

Fact check: Trump legal team?s batch of false vote claims

business

Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19

California imposes curfew to curb skyrocketing COVID cases

Mnuchin to end some fed emergency programs, limiting Biden

lifestyle

COVID-19 has me feeling alone, ?interminably?

Jerseys, photos, and signs: The Fours will auction off more than 1,000 pieces of sports memorabilia

There?s more tragedy for singer Bobby Brown

marijuana

Boston approves new marijuana stores near Boston College and Berklee, overriding objections from schools

Dozens of workers at Brookline marijuana dispensary forced to quarantine, limiting orders

Legal marijuana in Rhode Island? What a difference a massive budget deficit can make

opinion

The country needs marital therapy

Learning to love the bleak season

Playing Trump?s seemingly endless endgame

food & dining

Pizza in Harvard Square, Hanukkah cocktails at Bow Market, and Hingham welcomes a Boston brand

The philosopher of fermentation

Spark joy at Thanksgiving with these $20-and-under wines

travel

Here?s one skier?s approach to a most unusual winter

Ron Pownall talks Turkey, photography, and dreams of New Zealand

The Hallmark Channel is an escape. So is staying in an Airbnb on a Christmas tree farm. We decided to double dip

Books

A stubborn optimist

Fiction set in a near-waterless future in Cynan Jones?s ?Stillicide?

Reading for humor, company during insomnia

Movies

?Small Axe?: excellence any way you slice it

Herzog?s heavens; a terrible wrong; playing and planting

?Mank?: The forgotten genius of Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz

Television

What this TV critic is thankful for in 2020

My ?Jeopardy!? host wish list: Who are Jon Stewart, Awkwafina, Tina Fey . . . ?

Apple TV+ will share Charlie Brown holiday classics with PBS

music

The orchestra has been reconvened. The hall is still empty.

Heartbreakers? Mike Campbell puts his own signature on the Dirty Knobs

Boston Lyric Opera performs on their Street Stage

Theater/Dance

The multitalented Debbie Allen comes to Netflix with two holiday-themed projects

?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

globe local

Mild start to the weekend, but chilly by Sunday

Newton officials ease burden for commercial taxpayers over COVID-19

Everyone was a winner in Newton Needham chamber?s contest to support local restaurants

Obituaries

David Elliott, ?extraordinarily selfless? leader of Harvard?s WHRB-FM, dies at 78

Aldo Tambellini, a multimedia artist, filmmaker, and poet, dies at 90

Scooby-Doo co-creator Ken Spears dies at 82