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Saving the economy and saving lives, local officials once again stuck with no good choices

Public officials and business executives are scrambling to avoid another destructive lockdown by closing only a sliver of the economy in the hardest hit cities and town.

State reports 22 new confirmed COVID-19 deaths, 1,139 new confirmed cases

The state?s Department of Public Health reported Sunday there were 22 new confirmed deaths due to the coronavirus in Massachusetts, as well as 1,139 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Fauci warns of COVID-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump?s response

Cases of COVID-19 linked to Fitchburg church grow to nearly 150; 40 cases tied to hockey, according to city

Nearly 150 cases of COVID-19 have been tied to a Fitchburg church?s services and programs, according to the city?s public health director, who also reported more than 40 additional cases connected with hockey players.
Dan Shaughnessy

For Patriots, Bills loss means it?s over: the division, the path to playoffs, and the dynasty

We are so used to seeing the other team make the game-changing mistake, and now it's the Patriots making the blunders.
Ben Volin | Instant Analysis: Bad teams find ways to lose, and loss to Bills shows the Patriots are definitely a bad team Patriots? J.C. Jackson moved into the No. 1 cover spot and put his skills on display For Damien Harris, his strong showing doesn?t make up for a Patriots loss

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Analysis

Having 2016 panic attacks as you wait for Tuesday? Here are 4 reasons this time won?t be like last time

Republicans are using ?because 2016? as a refrain to explain why they feel good about their chances despite every poll showing Trump losing. Democrats, of course, have reached a new level of anxiety that Biden will somehow blow it ?because 2016.?
The Home Stretch: The best campaign ads of this election cycle Election at hand, Biden leads Trump in four key states, poll shows

Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign?s final days
Joe Biden was in Philadelphia on Sunday, the largest city in what is emerging as the most hotly contested battleground in the closing 48 hours of the campaign. President Trump spoke to supporters on Sunday at a rally north of Detroit.

Biden has remained steady throughout the campaign ? and he?s about to find out if that has paid off

Trump focuses on his base in final blizzard of rallies before Election Day
As the president traverses thousands of miles to hold 17 rallies in eight states through Monday night, his closing message is a classic display of the kind of red meat tailored specifically to animate his most faithful supporters.

Is there a quiet majority of exhausted voters who are ready to boot President Trump out?

Another historic gender gap likely as Trump flails with women in polls

'The most important election of our lifetime': Obama campaigns for Biden Saturday

?The enthusiasm is there?: College students push through obstacles to cast their votes

Opinion

Laurence H. Tribe and Steven V. Mazie

Conservative Supreme Court justices are threatening a post-election coup
JEFF JACOBY

Job 1 for the next president: Bind up the wounds of a polarized nation
MICHAEL A. COHEN

In praise of Joe Biden
EDITORIAL

Learning from the tragic death of Laura Levis

How ?Blue Lives Matter? trend has emerged as the identity politics of the right
This election season, the pro-police movement draws a sharp line in the sand.

Maine is changing. Do voters see Collins changing with it?
It wasn?t supposed to be this way, not for someone who once enjoyed sky-high favorability ratings and positioned herself as an exemplar of bipartisan politics. But times have changed ?more divisiveness, more pressure from the right, four years of Donald Trump.

What to watch and do this weekend

The Globe?s film critic recommends 13 frightfully good scary films

Eight actors whose standout performances were TV?s most pleasant surprises

At Portland Museum of Art, two painters are a mythic mismatch

You can?t fight city hall? That didn?t keep Frederick Wiseman from filming it

Election 2020

Sign up for ?The Home Stretch? to keep up with news ahead of election day

What are the Boston Globe editorial board?s endorsements in the 2020 election?

The Supreme Court could decide the election, but only if an unlikely scenario unfolds. Here?s why

Massachusetts voter guide: The November general election
Coronavirus

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The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Here?s a look at the state map of communities that are high, moderate, and low risk for COVID-19

Live tracker: Coronavirus vaccines to keep an eye on

ELECTION 2020
The 11 most annoying people on Facebook right now
We?ve created this handy list to help you identify your most anxious, overconfident, or obnoxious "friends."

For some employees, it?s now ?Work From Anywhere?
Area companies are coming to the realization that, for some, working from home can mean working from virtually anywhere.

Red Sox decline Martin Perez?s option for 2021; J.D. Martinez will return
The lefthander made 12 starts during the 60-game 2020 season, his only one in Boston, while registering a 4.50 ERA in 62 innings.

?I felt compelled to respond?: Man writes open letter to Bobby Orr over Donald Trump endorsement
Orr took an ad out in Friday's New Hampshire Union Leader endorsing Trump for re-election.

Everett city councilors pressure their first Black female colleague to resign
Gerly Adrien, who is attending city council meetings over Zoom due to concerns about the coronavirus, was told by fellow city councilors that if she is not willing to attend council meetings in person, she should resign. She says she has no intention of doing so.

A new model for affordable housing? Tenants and landlord in Mattapan reach a long-term contract on rents
It?s the sort of deal supporters say can help stabilize Boston?s tumultuous housing market, especially for working-class renters at risk of being pushed from their neighborhoods.

Uber and Lyft are in an Election Day showdown with California. Massachusetts might be next
The companies are trying to undo a Calif. law requiring them to treat drivers as employees. Massachusetts has already sued them over the issue.

Celtics
Deep thoughts on shooters Celtics may like in NBA Draft
The Celtics have generally not drafted players based on need, instead leaning toward the best available options.

More recent stories

Boston man arrested on OUI charge after allegedly striking off-duty nurse helping at scene of R.I. crash

Waltham man dies after being stabbed in attack in his home Halloween night

Boston police arrest third suspect in gunfight near Newbury Street

On StatNews.com

It may be time to reset expectations on when we?ll get a Covid-19 vaccine

Antibody drugs appear effective. Now can we make enough of them?

Comfort Zone

These billboards sell Americans on good citizenship

?I Survived? author to young readers: ?You are not just a helpless victim of this chaotic time?

Can ?friluftsliv? help get us through the pandemic winter?

For local restaurants, Thanksgiving isn?t canceled. It?s pared down and available to go
Coming Soon

A Beautiful Resistance

The latest from culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt: We are more than police brutality and suffering. We can acknowledge injustice without being defined that way. Blackness is not a burden. Here, we tell our stories and our struggles, too, through the lens of love.
Watch the trailer
opinion

Brave New Planet

A podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, hosts.
Listen to Brave New Planet

Recommended Reads

Around Boston, businesses prepare for what could follow an unprecedented Election Day

While few said they believe civil unrest after the Nov. 3 election is likely, many are reinforcing windows, securing valuable inventory, and hiring extra security just in case.

Was his joke the reason Trump ran for president? Some say so, and it torments him
Emerson College grad Jon Rineman now regrets a cutting joke he wrote about Trump for the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner. "I've been in therapy over this."

Billy Baker
What is west of Worcester, anyway?
It?s hard to argue over Massachusetts geography when you just don?t care.

Rhode Island

R.I. governor sets new COVID-19 restrictions, limits gathering to 10 people

As a second wave of the coronavirus threatens to swamp Rhode Island, Governor Raimondo sets new restrictions.

An arrest, and a discovery: Man sparked fear about a fake ?purge? in Providence

The election races Rhode Islanders are truly divided over
Newton

Special Projects

Podcast | Mr. 80 Percent

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.
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify

On the Street

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?

Davis Square?s character is being challenged. Can it survive?

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

More

The most complicated election in modern history is coming ? soon. Are we prepared?
Experts worry about a nightmare election during a pandemic marred by disenfranchisement and chaos, followed by an acrimonious legal and political dispute over the results that would test the nation?s democratic resolve.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Marcela García

Honoring a father?s life on the Day of the Dead
Mary Ann D'Urso

Amy Coney Barrett, my abortion, and the right to choose
Andrei Codrescu

We will miss Trump if he loses
A. David Paltiel and Rochelle P. Walensky

No Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving this year
EDITORIAL

Civil servants in Trump?s crosshairs
IDEAS | Roman Krznaric

How to be a good ancestor

VISUAL STORIES

In Salem, staving off hunger one bag of groceries at a time

Photos: Mass. cranberry bogs are ready for harvest

Life inside senior care homes, after the coronavirus crucible

Photos: Fall foliage brightens trees around New England

metro

Uber and Lyft are in an Election Day showdown with California. Massachusetts might be next
The companies are trying to undo a Calif. law requiring them to treat drivers as employees. Massachusetts has already sued them over the issue.

How ?Blue Lives Matter? trend has emerged as the identity politics of the right

This election season, the pro-police movement draws a sharp line in the sand.

Maine is changing. Do voters see Collins changing with it?

It wasn?t supposed to be this way, not for someone who once enjoyed sky-high favorability ratings and positioned herself as an exemplar of bipartisan politics. But times have changed ?more divisiveness, more pressure from the right, four years of Donald Trump.

State reports 22 new confirmed COVID-19 deaths, 1,139 new confirmed cases

Cases of COVID-19 linked to Fitchburg church grow to nearly 150; 40 cases tied to hockey, according to city

sports

For Damien Harris, his strong showing doesn?t make up for a Patriots loss

The second-year running back gained 102 yards on 16 carries and scored his first NFL touchdown, but is keeping focus on winning.
Celtics

Deep thoughts on shooters Celtics may like in NBA Draft

The Celtics have generally not drafted players based on need, instead leaning toward the best available options.
NASCAR

Chase Elliott wins Martinsville, earns berth in NASCAR?s championship quartet

Elliott clawed his way to Phoenix for a shot at NASCAR title, eliminating regular-season champ Kevin Harvick.

Tua less than stellar, but Miami keeps building momentum as it crushes Rams

Giancarlo Stanton doesn?t opt out of contract, will stay with Yankees

Cam Newton, Patriots drop ball against Bills, lose fourth straight

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis

Stay up to date with STAT?s Covid-19 Tracker

Business

FBI looks into Trump fans who harassed Biden bus, according to Texas Tribune
The campaign bus was en route from San Antonio to Austin on Interstate 35 on Friday when a caravan of vehicles with Trump signs and flags veered close to the bus and yelled profanities.

Saving the economy and saving lives, local officials once again stuck with no good choices
Public officials and business executives are scrambling to avoid another destructive lockdown by closing only a sliver of the economy in the hardest hit cities and town.

A new model for affordable housing? Tenants and landlord in Mattapan reach a long-term contract on rents

For some employees, it?s now ?Work From Anywhere?

Massport executive to head the Mass. Life Sciences Center

Dunkin? Brands to go private in $11.3 billion deal with owner of Arby?s and Sonic

Politics

Another historic gender gap likely as Trump flails with women in polls

Dishonesty has defined the Trump presidency. The consequences could be lasting

Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign?s final days

?The enthusiasm is there?: College students push through obstacles to cast their votes

Having 2016 panic attacks as you wait for Tuesday? Here are 4 reasons this time won?t be like last time
magazine
The Medical Issue

A DNA mystery: A woman was supposed to get Alzheimer?s by 50. Why didn?t she?
The Medical Issue

These lifestyle changes may protect your brain from Alzheimer?s and dementia
Miss Conduct

Advice: My partner is invited to a wedding, but I?m not
Cooking

Recipes: Cannellinis to the rescue

sports

Cam Newton, Patriots drop ball against Bills, lose fourth straight

Pittsburgh gets pick-me-up from Lamar Jackson miscues, beats Baltimore to stay perfect

Brian Gay ends long drought with rally and playoff victory in Bermuda

metro

Uber and Lyft are in an Election Day showdown with California. Massachusetts might be next

How ?Blue Lives Matter? trend has emerged as the identity politics of the right

Maine is changing. Do voters see Collins changing with it?

Nation

Where are the presidential candidates this week?

Surrounded, pepper sprayed, and stranded: Three moments that highlight a tumultuous final week on the campaign trail

Biden leads Trump in key swing states, according to NYT polls

World

Taiwan marks 200 days without domestic COVID-19 infection

Coronavirus dims Mexico?s bright Day of the Dead celebration

Pope ends public audiences, eyes Christmas as virus surges

politics

Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign?s final days

?The enthusiasm is there?: College students push through obstacles to cast their votes

Having 2016 panic attacks as you wait for Tuesday? Here are 4 reasons this time won?t be like last time

business

FBI looks into Trump fans who harassed Biden bus, according to Texas Tribune

Saving the economy and saving lives, local officials once again stuck with no good choices

A new model for affordable housing? Tenants and landlord in Mattapan reach a long-term contract on rents

lifestyle

Ways to fend off election stress

Some Mass. restaurants will offer 50 percent rebates during off-peak hours in November

Can we all just agree that candy corn is the worst of the classic candies?

marijuana

Cannabis commission approves expanded marijuana delivery licenses

Blue Apron it ain?t ? these marijuana meal kits get you high

Vermont governor allows marijuana sales legalization bill to take effect without his signature

opinion

Conservative Supreme Court justices are threatening a post-election coup

Human intelligence: not everything it?s cracked up to be

At last, someone?s not throwing a damper on icy swims

food & dining

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner takeout in Boston and beyond

For the Asgard and Kinsale pubs, there?s new hope

In Watertown, Gigi?s is the little pizzeria that could

travel

How to handle driving emergencies

Expanding our horizons, just a little bit, to the Hudson Valley

Shutting out the noise, at least for a day: Here are 6 places to seek some solitude

Books

?I Survived? author to young readers: ?You are not just a helpless victim of this chaotic time?

Brookline Booksmith expands into neighboring storefront

Pursuing a deceptive American dream in ?White Ivy?

Movies

Sean Connery was ?Bond, James Bond? ? and more, a lot more

A look at Sean Connery?s classic roles

Jerry Jeff Walker, Donald Trump, and all those desperados waiting for a train

Television

On ?SNL?, Jim Carrey?s Joe Biden hopes we ?gain an hour and lose a president? as Daylight Savings ends

On ?SNL?, Jim Carrey?s Joe Biden hopes we ?gain an hour and lose a president? as Daylight Savings ends

?Schitt?s Creek? keeps gaining attention

music

A challenge that writer Candace McDuffie embraced: choosing 50 hip-hop artists ?who changed the world?

Remembering election night 2016, when the world changed in the space of one symphony

Boston Lyric Opera launches series on classical music?s reckoning with racism

Theater/Dance

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

Igor Golyak?s bold innovations in virtual theater open doors for Arlekin

globe local

On the clock: Cranks of Marblehead make sure time doesn?t stand still

Should aerial spraying be conducted in Massachusetts?

Beverly Beckham: Why isn?t kindness news?

Obituaries

Herb Adderley, a Packers Hall of Fame cornerback, dies at 81

Actor Sean Connery, the first James Bond, dies at 90

Raquel Eidelman Cohen, last of Harvard Medical School?s first women graduates, dies at 98