Senate Democrats split over how to challenge Trump

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Democrats are in disagreement over how to proceed after last week?s stunning election results.

Hillary Clinton addressed the Children's Defense Fund's Beat the Odds celebration at the Newseum in Washington on Wednesday.

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Hillary Clinton makes first public speech since concession

Clinton reflected on her devastating defeat, acknowledging the difficulty of her loss for her supporters and urging them to persevere.

Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, arrived at Trump Tower on Wednesday.

Trump has had some interesting visitors in the past few days

From an ex-wife to the Patriots owner to boxing pro Floyd Mayweather, the president-elect isn?t just meeting with political bigwigs.

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South Carolina?s lieutenant governor said he?s been asked about the attorney general job, and that the governor is being considered for secretary of state.

Senator Bernie Sanders on Capitol Hill earlier Wednesday.

Bernie Sanders says he could ?stop Mr. Trump from doing bad things?

Sanders urged his supporters to mobilize against bigotry and hold President-elect Donald Trump accountable for his campaign promises.

evan horowitz | Quick Study

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The president-elect is advocating some good, old-fashioned deficit spending to rev up the economy.

Commuter rail hits car in Revere, two flee the scene

The outbound Rockport commuter rail train crashed into the car near the Oak Island area at around 10:37 p.m., police said.

Boston School Committee votes to close failing school

The Boston School Committee voted Wednesday to close Mattahunt Elementary School to avoid receivership.

FILE - This Sept. 28, 2015, file photo shows Italian-style roast turkey breast in Concord, N.H. If you're not feeding a crowd for the holidays, then roasting a turkey breast could be the way to go. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead, File)

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Your Thanksgiving table might not be big enough for all parties this year

Thanksgiving has always been a potentially perilous time for families. This year, it?s even more so.

05/11/16: Boston, MA: When Red Sox manager John Farrell came to the mound in the top of the seventh inning to remove starting pitcher Rick Porcello from the game, he got a pat on the chest and a smile (which he returned) from teammate Hanley Ramirez. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Oakland Athletics in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic:Red Sox-A's

Rick Porcello wins AL Cy Young Award

The Red Sox righthander had his best season with a 22-4 record and 5.91 strikeouts per walk.

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The actress was upset that her boyfriend, Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, was not the winner.

Yvonne Abraham

When hatred finds its voice

Donald Trump?s hatefulness has seeped into American society ? or, more likely, allowed the bigotry that was always there to ooze into the open.

70news -- reported as a fake news site by Wash Post --that posted inaccurate election results

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Are you ready for a war on fake news?

Internet and social media giants are vowing a crackdown on false stories and hate speech, but is a purge in the making?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fakenews-11567.jpg A Mass. teacher made a list of ?false? or ?clickbaity? websites. Then it snowballed.

Melissa Zimdars called her Google document an ?educational tool run amok.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/heli150-6006.jpg South Boston industrial park eyed as spot for helipad

After months of reviewing sites, the Walsh and Baker administrations settled on a city-owned pier behind the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_murder2_met[1].jpg Investigators in Princeton jogger murder case seek dark-colored SUV

Officials said they are trying to locate the driver of a dark-colored SUV that was spotted near the scene where Vanessa Marcotte was murdered.

The UMass Institute of Applied Life Sciences in Amherst offers such systems as a Rigaku X-ray, which can scan crystal structures; a spinning disc confocal microscope, used by graduate student Ana Torres (far left); and a pilot coating machine room.

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UMass bets big on a ?Cambridge West? biotech hub

UMass is seeking to grow a viable biomedical industry cluster from scratch almost 100 miles west of where most of the biotech action is.

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Federal regulators reached a record-high settlement with a Massachusetts beer distributor that illegally paid Boston bars to carry its brews.

Special reports

Spotlight Team: The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/main3.jpg A suicide in the courtroom

Defendants with mental illness are much more likely to receive punishment than treatment, putting Mass. courts behind much of the country in addressing the mental health crisis.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

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Signs of reactions

Emotions are running high in the wake of the presidential election.