Trump shakes up transition

Trump team is hedging on some pledges

President-elect Donald Trump.

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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.

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In a clip from a ?60 Minutes? interview, Trump said Hillary Clinton ?couldn?t have been nicer? in her concession call.

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In the wake of Trump?s election, many activists saw taking to the streets as the clear first step in collectively registering their opposition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2_Comp.jpg So which other president does Trump call to mind?

With the election over, the next big question is: What next?

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Chris Christie, who had been in charge of the transition for the last several months, will serve as a vice chair of the transition.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

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People are angry. They?re fed up. Trump offered fool?s gold. Voters bought it.

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Reporting by The Associated Press and local media outlets has identified more than 20 such encounters beginning on Election Day.

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The Humane Society of the United States announced Friday that the center will continue operating through the winter months.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left a policy luncheon in May 2015.

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Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders duo will lead liberals in the Senate

The senators are at the center of the Democratic Party?s debate over how to blaze a path out of the political wilderness.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Horine_trumptower02_met.jpg A presidential penthouse, far above a madding crowd

America?s next president says he lives on the 66th floor ? of a building with only 58 stories.

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?She freaked out and called 911,? said one cousin. ?The paramedics came and said he had been dead for a couple of hours.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_HQ8NN.jpg Don?t worry, your Facebook friends are likely still alive

A glitch on the social network today proclaimed many living users as dead.

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UMass President Martin T. Meehan has purchased a $975,000 condo on the Boston waterfront, records show.

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The Super Bowl hero goes up against the Seahawks for the first time since his game-saving interception.

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CELTICS 115, KNICKS 87

Celtics roll over Knicks

Isaiah Thomas leads the way with a game-high 29 points.

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Group trying to preserve Prouty Garden appeals state?s approval of $1 billion wing.

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A farewell date has yet to be set for the 26-year-old Boylston Street hangout.

Holliston MA 11/04/16 Holliston High Michael Nash picking up yards after a reception as Dighton-Rehoboth High Shawn Pereira chases him down during first quarter action of the MIAA in Division 3 South football semifinal game at (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: 05holliston reporter: Mike McMahon

High school football playoffs results

Friday?s sectional finals featured Beverly vs Billerica, O?Bryant vs. Latin Academy, and Holliston vs. Hanover.

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