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With Trump refusing to concede, Biden faces limits on transition

One expert said the "future health of our country" depends on a peaceful and immediate transition of power ? or else more lives will be put at risk at a time when daily case counts have rocketed to more than 100,000 nationwide.

Analysis

What Trump is doing right now is not about winning but two other things

There doesn?t appear any way that President Trump can win a second term. Not through the courts and not through recounts. It?s over. But there are other agendas at play.

Trump administration removes head of federal climate program that oversees key reports

Justices hear arguments in GOP effort to strike down Affordable Care Act

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, among the conservative justices, appeared in two hours of arguments to be unwilling to strike down the entire law, even if they were to find the law?s now-toothless mandate for obtaining health insurance to be unconstitutional.

Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate

Trump delays transition to Biden as COVID-19 pandemic worsens

President Trump?s refusal to concede the election to Joe Biden has delayed the start of the formal presidential transition process, a crucial coordination phase that would help the incoming administration prepare to tackle the worsening pandemic.

Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation with Biden?s team

You?re not doomed to Zoom: How to have a safer Thanksgiving during the pandemic

With forethought and planning, you can take steps to reduce the risk of COVID-19 at a holiday gathering.

Pandemic worsens across New England, leading many to wonder what went wrong ? and whether there is time to reverse course

While Americans were glued to their screens, tensely awaiting the results of the election, the coronavirus pandemic was busy accelerating around the country. And there are troubling signs in all six New England states.

CDC: Thousands of COVID-19 patients returned to hospitals within two months of initial release Is Pfizer?s vaccine a ?magic bullet?? Scientists warn masks, distancing may last well into 2021

?It became a blur?: A post-election Q&A with CNN?s John King

When you slept, he kept going. When you woke up on the couch at random hours of the day, wondering if there had been any major changes in the presidential election results, there he was, clad in a crisp suit and still ? somehow ? dissecting the ballot numbers trickling in from battleground states.

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WEATHER | DAVE EPSTEIN

This record-breaking warmth will continue through Thursday

Temperatures will return to more typical November levels this weekend, but first, more record highs.

Red Sox to reintroduce Alex Cora as manager

What should we expect from his press conference?

Allies rally behind Everett city councilor

After being chided for attending council meetings remotely and pressured by her colleagues to resign, Everett?s only Black councilor on Monday night got an outpouring of support from allies ? and, later, a mea culpa of sorts from her fellow councilors.

Vatican faults many for McCarrick?s rise but spares pope

A Vatican investigation into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that a series of bishops, cardinals, and popes downplayed or dismissed reports of sexual misconduct. The Vatican put the lion?s share of blame on a dead saint: Pope John Paul II.

Perspective | Magazine

I haven?t bought a Chinese-made product in 30 years. Here?s how

Friends have trolled me with, ?How does it feel to be on the same page as Trump?? But my opposition is to the leadership of China, not its people.

Jeneé Osterheldt

Kamala the First? Breaking barriers ? it?s complicated

It?s not enough to bring in a first leader of color and throw a party. What are you doing to support them?

Opinion

What do you do with a sunken failure?

Trumpism is worrisome but ultimately limited.

House gets down to business of budgeting

Leonard L. Glass, Bandy X. Lee, and Edwin B. Fisher

Trump is cornered; how will he react?

Ezekiel Emanuel, Andrea M. Cooke, and Connor Boyle

What Americans lose if the ACA is overturned

Baker blanks presidential race and remote learning plan for schools

Love Letters Podcast

Episode 5: The Role of a Lifetime

Marianne Leone Cooper and her husband, Oscar-winner Chris Cooper, have been through the best and worst of times, but they're always each other's best acting partner.

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NAMES

John Krasinski?s ?Quiet Place? franchise expands with a third film in the works

Fans who?ve been eagerly awaiting the 2021 release of ?A Quiet Place Part II,? the next installment of John Krasinski?s blockbuster franchise, will be getting not one, but two sequels.

Chad Finn

How are we supposed to feel about the Patriots barely beating the winless Jets? And other thoughts

It actually felt like a satisfying, meaningful win, even if the stakes were considerably lesser than we are used to around here.

Uni has a unique idea to revive a sleepy dining scene: take over hotel rooms

At the Eliot Hotel, the beds have been replaced by sushi spreads and cocktails.

Applications open to fill two Boston School Committee seats ? including the one vacated by Loconto

A nominating panel of parents, educators, and other representatives has begun accepting applications to fill two seats on the Boston School Committee, including one that was left open in the wake of former chairman Michael Loconto?s resignation last month.

Officers shoot, kill man wanted in Mashpee teen?s disappearance

Authorities are still searching for 18-year-old Jalajhia Finklea, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

Recommended Reads

President-elect Joe Biden is bringing dogs back to the White House ? including a shelter pup named Major

Biden and soon-to-be first lady Jill Biden own two German Shepherds, named Champ and Major. The latter is a shelter dog they adopted two years ago, marking the first time in presidential history that such a pet, in modern terms, will take the national spotlight.

The Great Divide

Mass. school districts' plans vary widely on key practices for pandemic-era education, review finds

The findings of a new survey from the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education underscore the wildly different approaches districts have taken to pandemic-era education in a state that has largely taken a hands-off approach to local education affairs.

Biden and Trump both did well with Latino voters. This is how that happened

Democratic political analysts and strategists have been trying to understand the decisions of Latino voters as preliminary data appear to show diametrically opposed trends: Both Trump and Biden won big with Latino voters.

Metro

LIVE UPDATES

Top Pentagon adviser resigns after Esper firing; Trump looks to keep hold on GOP

Follow live updates from Globe staff and wire reports as the presidential campaign ends and vote counting begins.

Applications open to fill two Boston School Committee seats ? including the one vacated by Loconto

Some young children lose basic skills under virus restrictions, report finds

Sports

Red Sox

Red Sox to reintroduce Alex Cora as manager

What should we expect from his press conference?

For Mitchell Johannson Method elite figure skaters, pandemic puts a new spin on things

on football

NFL Week 9: This conference call is easy ? the AFC is clearly better than the NFC

Business

Another life science company growing in Waltham

Translate Bio, which makes messenger RNA therapeutics, will lease 138,000 square feet at a building Boston Properties is developing at 200 West Street. The company is collaborating with French drug giant Sanofi on a COVID-19 vaccine.

Biden accelerates transition even as GOP backs Trump legal fight

GOP unveils $1.4T spending bill amid post-election turmoil

Politics

Justices hear arguments in GOP effort to strike down Affordable Care Act

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, among the conservative justices, appeared in two hours of arguments to be unwilling to strike down the entire law, even if they were to find the law?s now-toothless mandate for obtaining health insurance to be unconstitutional.

Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate

Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation with Biden?s team

Lifestyle

Native chef Kristina Stanley whips up precolonial dishes for Haley House holiday menu

Debuting this week, the menu includes recipes highlighting ingredients ? fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts ? that tribes used before the continent was colonized. That means no glutenous grains or dairy.

THE CONFIDENT COOK

Recipe: Combine sausage, apple, and sweet potato in this fall hash and top with perfect fried eggs

FOOD

Specialty doughnuts have delivered some pandemic happiness

Arts

COMFORT ZONE

Murder-mysteries that can solve your what-to-watch-next problem

If you like "The Undoing," these miniseries may scratch the same itch.

First ?Jeopardy!? episode since Alex Trebek?s death opens with a message for fans

In court moves, Britney Spears seeks freedom from father

Rhode Island

RHODE MAP

The race for Providence mayor is already underway

Potential candidates are gearing up to replace Mayor Jorge Elorza in 2022

POLITICS

Shekarchi?s private legal work comes into focus

RHODE MAP

Meet the winners of the Rhode Map election contest

Newton

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Comfort Zone

Stories from the stones: Acton?s Trail Through Time reveals its Native American and settler past

Still evolving, the Trail Through Time is an easy two-mile loop that could make a good family outing on Thanksgiving weekend.

Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: Three satisfying vegetable stews for fall

From Mexico, Senegal, and Ethiopia, these three hearty dishes include big pops of flavor.

Murder-mysteries that can solve your what-to-watch-next problem

If you like "The Undoing," these miniseries may scratch the same itch.

Revisiting the brash Joe Biden of ?What It Takes?

Richard Ben Cramer?s campaign epic, which captured the president-elect?s first failed run in 1988, underscores the contrast between then and now.

?Jeopardy!? contestants ?and fans? mourn Alex Trebek

For those of us who tuned in every night ? especially for the generations who grew up with him ? it feels like we lost a family member.

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).

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | David Scharfenberg

Trump never delivered for aggrieved white America, but Biden can

Michael D?Antonio

Trump defeated himself

Mr. President, you?re fired

IDEAS | ROBERT ZARETSKY

Joe Biden, meet Charles de Gaulle

IDEAS | Nicole Avila

I voted for Biden because I want life to get a little less crazy

IDEAS | ROBERT ZARETSKY

Joe Biden, meet Charles de Gaulle

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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

The 2020 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

When the pandemic hit, these leaders successfully pivoted

Five ways the pandemic can ultimately make the workplace better for women

Raising girls who make waves

sports

Birthday boy Jakobi Meyers has a night to remember

Damien Harris shines, but it comes at a price after he exits game late following big hit from Jets' Neville Hewitt

Even after exciting win, Bill Belichick still trails Tom Brady in the early returns

metro

Top Pentagon adviser resigns after Esper firing; Trump looks to keep hold on GOP

Applications open to fill two Boston School Committee seats ? including the one vacated by Loconto

Some young children lose basic skills under virus restrictions, report finds

Nation

Trump administration removes head of federal climate program that oversees key reports

Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation with Biden?s team

Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be cleared by mid-December

World

Global coronavirus case total tops 50 million

COVID infections in animals prompt scientific concern

Putin is mum on Biden?s victory, foreshadowing tense years ahead

politics

Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate

Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation with Biden?s team

The end of ?America First?: How Biden says he will reengage with the world

business

Another life science company growing in Waltham

Biden accelerates transition even as GOP backs Trump legal fight

GOP unveils $1.4T spending bill amid post-election turmoil

lifestyle

Native chef Kristina Stanley whips up precolonial dishes for Haley House holiday menu

Recipe: Combine sausage, apple, and sweet potato in this fall hash and top with perfect fried eggs

Specialty doughnuts have delivered some pandemic happiness

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

What do you do with a sunken failure?

House gets down to business of budgeting

Baker blanks presidential race and remote learning plan for schools

food & dining

Recipe: Combine sausage, apple, and sweet potato in this fall hash and top with perfect fried eggs

Specialty doughnuts have delivered some pandemic happiness

Uni has a unique idea to revive a sleepy dining scene: take over hotel rooms

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

Revisiting the brash Joe Biden of ?What It Takes?

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

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

Murder-mysteries that can solve your what-to-watch-next problem

First ?Jeopardy!? episode since Alex Trebek?s death opens with a message for fans

This week?s TV: ?A Teacher? toys with us, ?The Crown? returns with Diana, and Boston?s Sean Ellis case

music

Here are the songs Joe Biden and Kamala Harris played at their Delaware event

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

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet dances in the Theater District?s streets

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

Once sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein, writer Louisette Geiss conceives a #MeToo musical

globe local

Lexington buys 2 electric vehicles for public facilities department

Plymouth remembers COVID-19 victims with empty chairs

Undaunted by pandemic, entrepreneurs stake their claims on Main Street

Obituaries

Kosta Tsipis, MIT physicist and prominent voice for nuclear disarmament, dies at 86

A transformative teacher who founded Harvard?s dance program, Claire Mallardi dies at 91

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