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‘Alright ladies, you’re 0-2 against this guy’: Bill Burr reacts to Trump’s election victory in ‘SNL’ monologue

The Canton comic hosted "Saturday Night Live" in the show’s first episode following the election.

These uncalled seats will determine control of the House. See live results.
Here are the key races that will determine which party controls the chamber and a live look at where they stand.

Trump’s economy was good for New England before. Now there are big concerns. These maps show the New England states that took the sharpest turn toward Trump

‘He changed my mind’: In decisive victory, Donald Trump builds a new coalition

Donald Trump wins Arizona, reversing the state’s blue trend

Trump’s economy was good for New England before. Now there are big concerns.
ADRIAN WALKER

We’re about to see the worst possible election outcome. Trump II: The Revenge Tour.

If you care about equity, or climate change, or education, or a woman’s bodily autonomy, good luck to you. Because Trump cares nothing about any of it, as he has made abundantly clear.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Light rain on Sunday night and into Monday will offer little relief as Boston continues historic dry season

Rain will start on Sunday night and may continue past daylight on Monday in some places. But drought conditions remain, as well as an elevated risk of wildfires and smaller brush fires.

Patriots at Bears | 1 p.m. | Fox

live updates

It’s No. 1 vs. No. 3 in a battle of rookie quarterbacks. Follow along as the Patriots take on the Bears.

Top picks in this year's draft, Caleb Williams (No. 1) and Drake Maye (No. 3) have infused their respective teams with optimism.
Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

This Bears-Patriots matchup is all about the kid quarterbacks

Chicago's Caleb Williams and New England's Drake Maye went Nos. 1 and 3 in April’s draft.
Patriots elevate Joe Giles-Harris to boost linebacker depth

FEMA worker fired after directing workers to avoid helping hurricane survivors who supported Trump

“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. “This was reprehensible.”

Negotiations grind ahead amid three North Shore teachers strikes
The strikes in Gloucester, Beverly, and Marblehead are separate, but the issues are similar: pay, benefits, and parental leave. In Marblehead, teachers are also seeking greater efforts to improve teacher safety, union officials said.

10 stranded dolphins rescued from Cape Cod beaches, IFAW says
The IFAW said its stranding hotline started getting calls Saturday morning reporting multiple dolphins found stranded on beaches in Brewster, Dennis, Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans.

Beloved UPS Store owner in Cambridge celebrated by his neighborhood, including Elizabeth Warren

Few things in this life are as reliable as the "marvelous" domain of Sajid Bhatti, who, according to a nearly true neighborhood legend, has never taken a single day off work in his decade-and-a-half here.

Actor Tony Todd, known for his role in the movie ‘Candyman’ and other films, dies at 69
Todd died Wednesday at his home in the Los Angeles area, his manager Jeffrey Goldberg said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Trump said he’d repeal the IRA. Could that slow Massachusetts’ energy transition?

The Inflation Reduction Act provided money for clean energy, something President-elect Trump has called a "hoax" and "scam."

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, officials say

In northern Gaza, an Israeli strike on a home sheltering displaced people in the urban refugee camp of Jabaliya killed at least 17 people, and another strike killed at least 23 people in the village of Aalmat, north of Beirut.
Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege
SENATORS 3, BRUINS 2 (OT)

The shots dried up and the Bruins are searching for answers following an overtime loss to Linus Ullmark’s Senators

Brady Tkachuk’s goal only 21 seconds into overtime followed a third period that saw the Bruins out-shot 12-0.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

The reasons for Rich Shertenlieb’s show already getting the axe at WZLX are not complicated

Ratings were dismal, and nothing Shertenlieb did with the program since launching in May suggested it was going to get better.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Reds are thrilled that Terry Francona wasn’t done with managing after all

Cincinnati has made the playoffs once in the last 11 seasons and hasn’t finished better than third place in the NL Central since 2012.
Opinion
Bernie Sanders

Democrats must choose: The elites or the working class

They can’t represent both.
IDEAS | KAT ROSENFIELD

Can we please have less political art now?
RENÉE GRAHAM

What Donald Trump could learn from Quincy Jones

JEFF JACOBY

For many leading conservatives, ‘Never Trump’ didn’t mean never
EDITORIAL

Ed Board takes a fresh look at who gets into vocational schools

More recent News

Tara Sullivan
‘The boys aren’t forgotten and are not left behind’: BC hockey family turns out to remember Gaudreau brothers
It was just the sort of night Matthew and Johnny would have loved.

13 large fires continue burning across Massachusetts
Over the past week, 155 wildfires have burned 305 acres across Massachusetts. These include 39 that began on Friday.

Firefighters advance on destructive blaze in California, aided by slower winds

‘We just want to be heard’: Long COVID patients still feel invisible
Scores of long COVID patients reached out to the Globe after a recent story on doctors who have uncovered new treatments.

What’s open and closed on Veterans Day 2024 in Massachusetts
A look at how the holiday might impact your plans on Monday.

Veterans Day events in Massachusetts Struggling veterans ask Globe Santa to help them See photos of Boston’s Veterans Day Parade

Ben Baldanza, who brought no-frills flying to Spirit Airlines, dies at 62
Ben Baldanza turned a small, money-losing airline called Spirit into a profit-making powerhouse.

The Army’s answer to a lack of recruits is a prep course to boost low scores. It’s working.
The Army has a new effort to provide academic and physical training to enlistees who otherwise wouldn't qualify to join.

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Fear, and relief, spreads through divided Massachusetts immigrant communities after Trump wins

Different immigrant communities in Massachusetts are reacting in different ways to Donald Trump's win, and his stated intentions about immigration.
Trump made gains in heavily Hispanic areas all over the map. Here’s how he did it.

Piecing life back together after Helene, one mud-splattered photo at a time
Many say they have not only lost their homes, but also the artifacts of their past and the sense of belonging they had found among their neighbors.

Should Alito and Thomas be pushed to retire? Conservatives are divided.
With Republicans set to regain control of the White House and the Senate, the spotlight has turned to the Supreme Court and whether the two oldest justices may step down, paving the way for President-elect Donald Trump to lock down a conservative supermajority for years.

100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran will join UK memorial service for the first time
“It’s a great privilege for me to do this,” said Michael Woods, a mechanic who kept Lancaster bombers flying during the war. “And I suppose I’ll never do it again.”

Culture & Lifestyle

At Mass MoCA, Jeffrey Gibson brings difference into the light

BSO’s Ellington homage dances through the darkness

In the age of doomscrolling, Cohasset couple Marisa and Mary found love in a hopeful place

Taylor and Beyoncé face off again, but who’s missing in Grammy nominations?

Special Projects

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court
HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.
Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Scared of another Trump term? Here’s how it could work out better than you think.
IDEAS | RO KHANNA

My Democratic colleagues and I need to face these harsh truths
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

The Democrats ran out of ideas
Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum

Trump disavowed Project 2025. Get ready for it anyway.
LETTERS

A lingering question after Nov. 5: Who are ‘we’?
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

SUNDAY'S CHILD

Mack enjoys exploring in nature

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child or teen currently in foster care awaiting adoption.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Light rain on Sunday night and into Monday will offer little relief as Boston continues historic dry season

Rain will start on Sunday night and may continue past daylight on Monday in some places. But drought conditions remain, as well as an elevated risk of wildfires and smaller brush fires.

‘Alright ladies, you’re 0-2 against this guy’: Bill Burr reacts to Trump’s election victory in ‘SNL’ monologue

The Canton comic hosted "Saturday Night Live" in the show’s first episode following the election.

10 stranded dolphins rescued from Cape Cod beaches, IFAW says

The IFAW said its stranding hotline started getting calls Saturday morning reporting multiple dolphins found stranded on beaches in Brewster, Dennis, Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans.

Sports

live updates

It’s No. 1 vs. No. 3 in a battle of rookie quarterbacks. Follow along as the Patriots take on the Bears.

Top picks in this year's draft, Caleb Williams (No. 1) and Drake Maye (No. 3) have infused their respective teams with optimism.
celtics at bucks | 3:30 p.m. (NBCSB)

Celtics at Bucks: Jaylen Brown, Luke Kornet questionable against Milwaukee

Brown hasn’t played in Boston’s last four games because of a strained left hip flexor.

Bernhard Langer in position to extend Champions Tour winning streak

The 67-year-old German star with a Champions-record 46 career victories, had a 4-under-par 67 at Phoenix Country Club.
SENATORS 3, BRUINS 2 (OT)

The shots dried up and the Bruins are searching for answers following an overtime loss to Linus Ullmark’s Senators

Sean Kilty powers Stoneham past Oakmont in Division 6 first-round win
no. 3 uconn 92, new hampshire 53

No. 3 UConn men’s basketball pulls away from New Hampshire in second half

Business

Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed?

Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House.

Trump’s economy was good for New England before. Now there are big concerns.

Massachusetts unemployment fell, income surged, and nobody was complaining about inflation during the first years of Donald Trump's first term. What is the outlook now?

Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump

Thermo Fisher, Akamai, iRobot eliminate jobs in latest local layoffs
magazine
Globe Magazine

‘I lied to you about something big’: Confessions of Shelby Hewitt, high school imposter
Globe Magazine

‘Give them a little trouble.’ The women mechanics overhauling the auto industry.

CONNECTIONS

My writing partner and I are like Sesame Street’s Don Music and Kermit the frog
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘This sounds corny, but I was speechless for a second’

metro

See photos of Boston’s Veterans Day Parade

13 large fires continue burning across Massachusetts

‘We just want to be heard’: Long COVID patients still feel invisible

sports

Messi, Inter Miami ousted from MLS Playoffs by Atlanta United in shocking first-round upset

With the power play lacking juice, the Bruins look to jump-start their attack

Hamilton-Wenham girls’ cross-country seizes Division 3B title with a measured, and determined approach

business

Wall Street cruises to its best week in a year

Trump’s win brings uncertainty to borrowers hoping for student loan forgiveness

In Chelsea, a new model for public housing opens its doors

politics

‘He changed my mind’: In decisive victory, Donald Trump builds a new coalition

President Biden will host President-elect Trump in the Oval Office; Democrats insist they still have a path to House majority

Donald Trump wins Arizona, reversing the state’s blue trend

Nation

The Army’s answer to a lack of recruits is a prep course to boost low scores. It’s working.

Firefighters advance on destructive blaze in California, aided by slower winds

Actor Tony Todd, known for his role in the movie ‘Candyman’ and other films, dies at 69

World

As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in the front-line city

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, officials say

Soldier with Yemen’s exiled government opens fire, killing 2 Saudi troops and wounding another

opinion

How Cambridge can increase its housing supply

Scared of another Trump term? Here’s how it could work out better than you think.

Trump disavowed Project 2025. Get ready for it anyway.

lifestyle

After the election, a call for women to swear off men

He friendzoned me and got a girlfriend

Here’s to the people who bring warmth no matter what. (Mr. Fuller at school drop-off, I’m looking at you.)

food & dining

Looking to ‘thrive rather than survive,’ Lord Hobo merges with Maine’s Lone Pine Brewing

Food that tastes like it was made by a Mexican grandmother (even if it wasn’t)

Sick of turkey on Thanksgiving? Break tradition. Here’s some Rhode Island restaurants to pre-order from.

travel

There are 10,000 reasons to smile in Australia’s criminally overlooked wild west

Mentalist Vinny DePonto on a good journal, early morning flights, and the Notes app

A holiday tradition, a cloud forest getaway, and a facial mask for travelers

Arts

At Mass MoCA, Jeffrey Gibson brings difference into the light

Designer Es Devlin to receive Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

Voting with your eyes: A new exhibition at the MFA looks at art and democracy

Books

Julian Zabalbeascoa on rediscovering the Spanish Civil War and his own family lore

Lili Anolik on icons Didion and Babitz

Richard Price’s ‘Lazarus Man’ asks what you’d do with a second chance

Movies

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 11-17

Cillian Murphy delivers a master class in quiet acting in ‘Small Things Like These’

As bombs fall in ‘Blitz,’ a look at WWII history in London through new eyes

Television

‘Alright ladies, you’re 0-2 against this guy’: Bill Burr reacts to Trump’s election victory in ‘SNL’ monologue

A whopping 25 percent fewer people followed election night news on cable than in 2020

Bobby Flay, ‘Hot Frosty,’ and more ways to celebrate the season with TV

music

Taylor and Beyoncé face off again, but who’s missing in Grammy nominations?

BSO’s Ellington homage dances through the darkness

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 11-17

Theater/Dance

‘Sojourners’ rises to the challenge — and beyond — of launching a nine-play cycle

‘& Juliet’ is a skillful blend of pop concert and musical theater

Vinny DePonto wants to read your mind ... but you’ll get a glimpse of his thoughts, too

Health

About 30% of women are reinfected with a UTI within a year. This R.I. professor is looking for a way to change that.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

Obituaries

Ben Baldanza, who brought no-frills flying to Spirit Airlines, dies at 62

Former Providence bishop Louis Gelineau dies at 96

Warren Washington, groundbreaking climate scientist, dies at 88