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Biden beats Trump
Joe Biden declared winner by national news organizations after capturing Pennsylvania; Kamala Harris becomes nation's first woman ? and first woman of color ? to be elected VP
Trump, Biden issue very different statements in wake of Biden?s apparent win

Biden?s plans for unity could crash into the Republican Senate
The former vice president will likely face a Republican Senate led by Senator Mitch McConnell?a man who waged war against the Obama administration?s legislative agenda and has explicitly promised to block liberal policies if a Democrat won the White House this year.

After days of waiting, Boston area Biden fans breathe a sigh of relief
Spontaneous celebrations popped up around the region after Joe Biden was declared the winner.

See photos of celebrations across the US Video: Biden supporters celebrate in Boston

Major political figures react to Joe Biden?s win ? Schumer even called him from Brooklyn on a flip phone
Political leaders in the United States and abroad were quick to react to Biden's win.

Obama says he ?could not be prouder? of Biden Baker congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris on win
People flocked to the streets after news organizations called the race for Joe Biden after several days of vote-counting. See photos from around the country ?

YVONNE ABRAHAM
In electing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we chose the light
What is this unfamiliar emotion? It?s warm, light, and not unpleasant. Paralyzing dread seems to be yielding to positive feelings about the future. Is this ... hope?

?A beautiful thing:? Kamala Harris breaks the White House glass ceiling and makes history
Harris, the daughter of immigrants, the former attorney general of California, and the only Black woman in the Senate, achieves a number of milestones.

What She Said: A woman in the White House, after all
Analysis

Biden?s projected win is a moral victory (in more ways than one)

For those who despise President Trump, Biden?s win is a moral victory because it is a repudiation of Trump.
Analysis

No, campaign season isn?t over yet. What kind of president Biden can be depends on what comes next

Georgia is now on everyone?s mind.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Mr. President, you?re fired

The American people have spoken. Trump must concede the election.

EDITORIAL
The darkness lifts
Joe Biden?s victory is a win for a better version of America, albeit in a divided country. Now it?s up to everyone to make our nation?s reality comport with its most noble ideals.

MICHAEL A. COHEN

The real America is center-left

Another popular vote victory by a Democratic presidential candidate speaks to the country?s true political orientation. But too often, the will of the people is thwarted.
Scot Lehigh

A victory that affirms America, but was too close for comfort

Trumpism is beaten but not banished.
Live Election Updates

Celebrations erupt around the country, Boston area after Biden?s projected win

Joe Biden
Joe BidenDem 290
270 to win 34 undecided
Donald Trump GOP
214
74,969,979 votes (50.6%)
70,664,899 votes (47.7%)
Donald Trump

95% Reporting

Democrats Dem Leader Winner
Republicans GOP Leader Winner
Independent Ind Leader Winner
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Source: AP

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Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Map: A look at coronavirus in Mass. schools this year

State reports 2,200 new coronavirus cases, 23 new deaths
The state reported 23 new confirmed deaths due to the coronavirus Saturday bringing the death toll in Massachusetts up to 9,903.

These 16 communities are at high risk for COVID-19 Here is the state map of communities that are high, moderate, and low risk for COVID-19

When teens host parties, some school districts return to remote learning. But does the science support that?
Districts' decisions to close a school without any evidence of coronavirus transmission within the building appears to contradict the guidance laid out by state education officials this summer and updated on Friday.

Baker instructs schools to reopen classrooms, even in communities with surging COVID-19 cases

Patriots
What can the Patriots expect from newly acquired receiver Isaiah Ford?
In a rare intra-division trade on Tuesday, the Patriots sent the Dolphins a 2022 conditional seventh-round draft pick in exchange for Ford,

Why has Tom Brady made Antonio Brown his pet project?

Dan Shaughnessy
Alex Cora is getting his second chance, but what about baseball?s other cheaters?
What do we do now about Pete Rose? Sammy Sosa? Roger Clemens? Manny Ramirez? Barry Bonds?

A look at the top free agents, and how they could fit with the Red Sox

Stacey Abrams wins praise for helping drive Biden?s gains in Georgia
If Democrat Joe Biden wins Georgia, political observers say he?ll have one person to thank more than anyone else: former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

Here?s what we know about a potential recount in Georgia
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Friday that the state will likely head to a recount due to the slim vote margin between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.

These are the election memes that kept us sane this week
They?re on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, even Facebook. They feature snippets from "Marriage Story,? ?The Great British Baking Show,? even "Zootopia." And they helped keep us sane as the election dragged on.

Today?s election far from the court battle waged in 2000?s Bush v. Gore
While pushing false accusations and conspiracy theories, President Trump?s pledge of a long, drawn-out legal fight over the election has sparked memories of a weekslong court battle over Florida ballots, which ultimately sealed the 2000 presidential election.

Where the election fight is playing out in the courts
Here are the cases currently underway or facing a potential appeal. All of them have been initiated by President Trump, his party or his allies.

Western allies congratulate new president-elect
Leaders of the United States' traditional Western allies are offering their congratulations to the incoming Joe Biden administration.

Nations long targeted by US chide Trump?s claims of fraud
Metro
WHAT SHE SAID

A woman in the White House, after all

Four years after rejecting the first female major-party nominee for president, Americans sent a Black woman to the White House.

Biden supporters celebrate in Boston

When teens host parties, some school districts return to remote learning. But does the science support that?
Sports

Indiana ends three-decade drought against Michigan with convincing win

Indiana's 24-game losing streak against Michigan was tied for the longest active skid in the Football Bowl Subdivision

Jets QB Sam Darnold doubtful, so Joe Flacco likely starts vs. Patriots

Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus, NASCAR?s winningest driver-crew chief combination, to exit sport together at Phoenix
Rhode Island

RI state Senate leaders withstand challenge, outline progressive agenda

Democrats vote 24-to-7 to keep Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio over Senator Gayle L. Goldin.

Trump supporters protest at R.I. Board of Elections, demand recount

Is Rhode Island?s Speaker of the House too powerful?
Newton

Comfort Zone

COOKING UP A PLAN

These young entrepreneurs have made the most of their pandemic downtime

From teaching Zoom classes to launching baking businesses and taking on writing challenges, some kids are finding ways to fill their time (and their wallets).
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Parents have never had more reason to drink ? or more reasons to avoid it.

You don?t have to suffer from addiction to question your relationship with booze these days.
ART & TRAVEL

The Connecticut Art Trail is turning 25! (And we need things to celebrate.)

The anniversary is as good an excuse as any to check out the Nutmeg State?s art scene. Here are some of the highlights.
Cooking | Magazine

Recipes for tangy chicken vindaloo, spiced spinach, and fail-safe basmati rice

Try making this flavorful Indian feast at home.
FOOD

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner takeout in Boston and beyond

Here?s what local restaurants have planned. Stay tuned ? we?ll update routinely.

Sample hard cider and more apple flavors along Franklin County?s scenic Cider Trail

Cider Days this year consists of a trail of 16 cideries and orchards with tastings, treats, takeout, and scenic fall views.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Lynn Margherio, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, and Kate Barrand

Massachusetts leaders must deliver relief to poor families now
EDITORIAL

America turns its back on the world
RENÉE GRAHAM

Black people voted for democracy while Trump supporters chose white supremacy
Scot Lehigh

A president suffers the indignities of democracy

Renée Loth

Another black eye for the pundit class
Michael A. Cohen

So much for the blue wave

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power
The world might in the not-too-distant future get vaccines against Covid-19. But those vaccines won?t necessarily prevent all or even most infections.

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant
If successful, the surgery could change Parkinson?s disease from an inexorable, cruel, and sometimes fatal decline to ? for at least some patients ? a condition that can be successfully treated.

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19
Diagnosed with lung cancer, she had signed a do-not-resuscitate order. The coronavirus pandemic made her reconsider her end-of-life wishes.

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis
Three scenarios for the future of Covid-19 differ on details, but all foresee a world that looks and feels nothing like the world of just three months ago.

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

What can the Patriots expect from newly acquired receiver Isaiah Ford?

In trying year, Shawsheen golfers were able to deliver ? again

Early impressions of Celtics rookie Kevin McHale in 1980 were positive

metro

At Boston rally, relief over Biden win, but long list of demands for change

Father of fallen soldier decorates soldiers' graves in Bourne after virus interrupted Memorial Day tradition

Celebrations erupt around the country, Boston area after Biden?s projected win

Nation

No, campaign season isn?t over yet. What kind of president Biden can be depends on what comes next

Why the AP called the 2020 election for Joe Biden

Major political figures react to Joe Biden?s win ? Schumer even called him from Brooklyn on a flip phone

World

German police raid homes of people linked to Vienna attacker

Contested US election batters America?s global image

Denmark wants to cull 15 million minks over COVID fears

politics

Biden?s plans for unity could crash into the Republican Senate

Joe Biden elected the 46th president

No, campaign season isn?t over yet. What kind of president Biden can be depends on what comes next

business

Rachel Maddow goes into coronavirus quarantine

FDA panel skeptical of Biogen?s Alzheimer?s drug

Biogen Alzheimer?s drug fails to gain FDA panel?s backing

lifestyle

These young entrepreneurs have made the most of their pandemic downtime

Let the kids walk and read at once? Yes!

?Are they sensing my high degree of sexual repression??

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

A jubilant capital gets ready for a new president

The real America is center-left

A victory that affirms America, but was too close for comfort

food & dining

More Thanksgiving options for easy takeout meals

Winter weather and new rules around closing times are a one-two punch for restaurants struggling to survive

Sycamore?s dukkah ? a blend of spices, nuts, seeds ? will transport you

travel

Sponsored - Airport Higher Res

The Connecticut Art Trail is turning 25! (And we need things to celebrate.)

How the pandemic has brought two communities closer to their roots

Books

Quite a cast of characters in Ruth Ben-Ghiat?s ?Strongmen,? a brutal tour of the tyrannies of the last hundred years

With a new book, Becky Cooper investigates the old murder of a Harvard student

Douglas Stuart on becoming a reader after a difficult childhood

Movies

GlobeDocs Presents: 'CITY SO REAL' Virtual Discussion

Doc Talk: Early Wiseman, Chicago activism, Holocaust remembrance, going home

15 ways the MFA goes to the ?movies?

Television

Stephen Colbert knew this was no time for jokes

Thank goodness for the TV journalists who deliver data, not punditry

The latest reboot: ?Scenes From a Marriage?

music

50 years ago in a high school gym, this no-name band became Aerosmith

BSO teams up with hip-hop powerhouse STL GLD for a virtual series

Jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson explores territory where there are no rules

Theater/Dance

Shakespeare meets Twitter in a virtual ?Much Ado About Nothing?

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

globe local

Undaunted by pandemic, entrepreneurs stake their claims on Main Street

Echoes from The Great War: Lawrence tells the stories of those who died

Pepperell police rally around baby Reece

Obituaries

Former US representative Jim Ramstad, champion of recovery, dies at 74

Johnny Meadows, pro wrestler with a tuneful side, dies at 59

E.S. Reddy, who led UN?s efforts against apartheid, dies at 96