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Control of House hangs in the balance

Trump retakes presidency in sweeping victory; Harris says result was not what they hoped for, but must be accepted
Kamala Harris
Kamala HarrisDem 226
270 to win 17 undecided
Donald Trump GOP
295
67,957,895 votes (47.6%)
72,641,564 votes (50.9%)
Donald Trump
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Transition to second Trump term begins swiftly with decisive election victory

Instead of a muddled and contested process of transitioning to a new administration, the new president-elect has the full 75-day period to prepare to take power.

Even in usually blue New England, Trump made significant gains. What happened?

Based on preliminary returns, he got some 48,000 more votes in Massachusetts this year than in 2020.

In 2016, Trump’s win helped make Kamala Harris a star. Eight years later, in defeat, she vows to fight on.

Millions of American women had hoped she would break through a glass ceiling that has proved impenetrable.

Where in Massachusetts did Trump win the most votes? Here are town-by-town results.
Maps show where the strongest support for each candidate came from.

How to deal with post-election existential dread
Shirley Leung

I thought women would save us from another Trump presidency. I was wrong.

ADRIAN WALKER

Kamala Harris didn’t lose. America lost.
Money, Power, Inequality

Why did so many Latinos vote Trump in 2024? Look no further than the economy, experts say.
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Explore town-by-town breakdown of results in all five ballot measures
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Citing potential ‘threats’ of a second Trump administration, Mass. Democrats take defensive stance

Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell said her office is prepared for “threats our residents may face."

Compared to 2020, New Hampshire has turned a redder shade of purple

In Governor’s Council races, two Haitian American women make history

Bernie Sanders calls for reckoning in Democratic Party following election losses
Perspective

It cost $10,000 to move into my Boston-area apartment. Who can afford that?

Boston rents are out of control. How much talent are we losing to cheaper cities?
Christopher L. Gasper | Warriors 118, Celtics 112

For years, the Warriors were the NBA standard. Now the Celtics are.

For years, the Celtics looked to Golden State as the measuring stick. But it was the Warriors, off to a 7-1 start, who declared a statement victory Wednesday night.
Warriors hand Celtics first home loss of season

Man who beat Canton High classmate to death as teen granted parole after 37 years

Rod Matthews has been serving a life sentence in the killing of Shaun Ouillette, since his 1988 conviction on a second-degree murder charge by a Norfolk Superior Court jury.

Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid

Cuba is reeling after a powerful Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and fierce winds knocked out the country’s power grid.
ben volin | on football

Bears QB Caleb Williams is a weapon with his feet — and it sometimes works against him

Williams, the No. 1 pick in last April's draft, can scramble for so long that it confuses his own teammates.

Karen Read case goes before Supreme Judicial Court as defense seeks to have two charges dismissed

Read's lawyers say jurors unanimously agreed to acquit her of second-degree murder and leaving the scene charges in the January 2022 death of her boyfriend in Canton.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Trump won. Here’s what Democrats — and Republicans — need to do next.

For Republicans, this will inevitably be a time of feeling vindication and jubilation against a Democratic Party they have come to view as arrogant, entitled elitists. But they would do well to not overplay their hand.
ELECTION TAKEAWAYS

Why abortion wasn’t enough to put Kamala Harris in the White House
IDEAS | LISA SELIN DAVIS

The Democrats made their tent too small
GLOBE OPINION

Why Harris’s loss is mainly on Biden and other election takeaways from Globe Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

Like it or not, Trump is the people’s choice

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The town has reinstated $100 per day fines to the resident, who now is projecting an image of "The Punisher" skull with Trump-like hair.

An 8-hour Russian drone barrage keeps Kyiv on edge as the war in Ukraine nears 1,000 days

Russian forces fired lone drones and swarms of drones that entered Ukrainian airspace from various directions and at a variety of altitudes, officials said, in an apparent attempt to stretch air defense systems and unnerve city residents.

Third defendant in Cambridge, Watertown high-end brothel case to plead guilty Dec. 18

The leader of the brothel network, Han Lee, and another co-defendant, Junmyung Lee, have both pleaded guilty to related charges and await sentencing.

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The action starts Thursday and runs through the first weekend of December, when eight state champions will be crowned.

MIAA football playoffs: We pick 10 must-watch matchups in the first round

Zendaya and Tom Holland spotted around Boston as filming continues for ‘The Drama’
The couple was recently photographed around town walking their dog as filming for "The Drama" continues in Boston.

Woman charged with stealing nearly $5,000 worth of items from Lululemon in Prudential Center
Kaitlyn Mclean was found at a Dick’s Sporting Goods nearby, police said.

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Zendaya and Tom Holland spotted around Boston as filming continues for ‘The Drama’

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