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President-elect Donald Trump and key advisers in recent days have backed away from some of the most sweeping campaign pledges.
Trump describes Clinton as ?very strong and very smart?In a clip from a ?60 Minutes? interview, Trump said Hillary Clinton ?couldn?t have been nicer? in her concession call.
'It's now or never': How anti-Trump protests spread across the USIn the wake of Trump?s election, many activists saw taking to the streets as the clear first step in collectively registering their opposition.
So which other president does Trump call to mind?With the election over, the next big question is: What next?
Mike Pence to take over Trump?s transition teamChris Christie, who had been in charge of the transition for the last several months, will serve as a vice chair of the transition.
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Trump supporters are our friends and neighborsPeople are angry. They?re fed up. Trump offered fool?s gold. Voters bought it.
Schools report racially charged incidents after electionReporting by The Associated Press and local media outlets has identified more than 20 such encounters beginning on Election Day.
Cape Wildlife Center gets reprieve to remain open through winterThe Humane Society of the United States announced Friday that the center will continue operating through the winter months.
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The senators are at the center of the Democratic Party?s debate over how to blaze a path out of the political wilderness.
A presidential penthouse, far above a madding crowdAmerica?s next president says he lives on the 66th floor ? of a building with only 58 stories.
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Cousins say mother used drugs on day her infant died?She freaked out and called 911,? said one cousin. ?The paramedics came and said he had been dead for a couple of hours.?
Don?t worry, your Facebook friends are likely still aliveA glitch on the social network today proclaimed many living users as dead.
UMass president buys Hub waterfront condo for $975,000UMass President Martin T. Meehan has purchased a $975,000 condo on the Boston waterfront, records show.
Malcolm Butler?s game has never stopped improvingThe Super Bowl hero goes up against the Seahawks for the first time since his game-saving interception.
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Isaiah Thomas leads the way with a game-high 29 points.
Boston Children?s Hospital expansion faces new legal challengeGroup trying to preserve Prouty Garden appeals state?s approval of $1 billion wing.
Rattlesnake Bar & Grill to closeA farewell date has yet to be set for the 26-year-old Boylston Street hangout.
Friday?s sectional finals featured Beverly vs Billerica, O?Bryant vs. Latin Academy, and Holliston vs. Hanover.
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A promise Trump can keep to veteransDonald Trump can best serve veterans by tempering his chest-thumping rhetoric and working with Democrats.
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Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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Americans headed to the polls Tuesday across the nation.
The Eagles were pounded, 45-7, for their fourth loss of 30 or more points this season.
Officers found two guns hidden under the front passenger seat of the car two men were driving.
Ray Buckley has led the New Hampshire Democrats since 2007 and has been a DNC vice chairman for eight years.
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Boston investment manager Jeremy Grantham received honors from the royal family in the United Kingdom.
Eight pro-democracy lawmakers face being expelled from Hong Kong?s legislature after a member of a taxi drivers? association asked a court to rule that they did not make proper oaths of office
It?s difficult to pin down exactly what makes the song so popular and why it took so long for that popularity to take hold.
Alec Baldwin hosts ?To Tell the Truth,? a Turner Classics special series of great documentaries.
Emily Rastiello?s Instagram account is brimming with vivid shots of fall foliage and mountaintop views.
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There are now four political parties: Red, blue, wealthy, and not. The presidential election between Trump and Clinton cannot be explained along a left-right line.
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