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President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Watch: President Joe Biden's inauguration speech

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Kamala Harris is sworn is as U.S. Vice President as her husband Doug Emhoff looks on at the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Watch: Kamala Harris takes historic oath of office to become vice president

How the Boston Common inspired the National Mall's 'Field of Flags'

A pedestrian passes live coverage of President Donald Trump making farewell remarks on a news report displayed at 100 Federal Street near Post Office Square in Boston.

As Trump exits without promised salvation, some QAnon followers wonder if they've been duped January 20, 2021 | 1:05 PM

Alex Goldfarb

Dr. Alex Goldfarb

Family remembers Boston doctor who died climbing mountain in Pakistan January 20, 2021 | 12:43 PM

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman speaks at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

What to know about Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history January 20, 2021 | 12:41 PM

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Watch: Joe Biden takes oath of office to become 46th president January 20, 2021 | 12:07 PM

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: (L-R) Doug Emhoff, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and President-elect Joe Biden wave as they arrive on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Livestream: Joe Biden's inauguration January 20, 2021 | 11:01 AM

Scene of fatal road rage incident in Belmont.

Fatal Road Rage

Boston man killed in alleged road rage incident in Belmont January 20, 2021 | 10:51 AM

ILLEGAL NIGHT CLUB

Lawrence police received a report of loud music. Officers found an 'illegal night club,' they said. January 20, 2021 | 9:56 AM

Dr. Rachel Walensky, 51, an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is expected to become CDC director.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky

MGH's Dr. Rochelle Walensky prepares to take over beleaguered CDC amid crisis January 20, 2021 | 9:50 AM

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during Inauguration Day ceremonies Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Executives orders

What actions is Biden taking on Day 1? Here's a list. January 20, 2021 | 9:45 AM

Jabin Botsford

Hours before leaving office, Trump undoes one of the only measures he took to 'drain the swamp' January 20, 2021 | 9:27 AM

Employee Jessica Mueller puts the Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 corona virus vaccine into an ultra-low freezer at the vaccine warehouse where the doses will be preserved before their distribution on January 08, 2021 in Irxleben, near Magdeburg, eastern Germany.

VACCINE ROLLOUT

More than 16,000 vaccine doses potentially spoiled in Maine and Michigan by temperature problems January 20, 2021 | 9:12 AM

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

BIDEN INAUGURAL

Live updates: Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president January 20, 2021 | 8:31 AM

Jacob Lemay

LIFE UNDER TRUMP

For Jacob Lemay, Biden’s inauguration brings hope after 4 years of fear. Here’s why. January 20, 2021 | 8:30 AM

Al Drago

Watch Live: Trump leaves Washington January 20, 2021 | 8:13 AM

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.

Here's who Trump pardoned in the middle of the night Tuesday night January 20, 2021 | 6:41 AM

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: A general view of the the Parler app icon displayed on an iPhone on January 9, 2021 in London, England. The Parler App popular with right-wing supporters has been suspended from Google's Play store over continued postings by users that incite violence. US President Donald Trump was suspended indefinitely from Twitter after tweets he made encouraged his supporters to break into the Capitol building and five people died in the ensuing violence. (Photo by

Parler tries to survive with help from Russian tech firm DDoS-Guard January 19, 2021 | 10:31 PM

Douglas Emhoff, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden attend a memorial service to honor the nearly 400,000 American victims of the coronavirus pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. As the nation's capital has become a fortress city of roadblocks, barricades and 20,000 National Guard troops due to heightened security around Biden's inauguration, 400 lights were placed around the Reflecting Pool to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans killed by COVID-19. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Harris, Biden speak

Watch: Biden calls for remembrance at COVID-19 memorial January 19, 2021 | 7:43 PM

Foxborough, MA--1/18/21-- Samantha Schuko, RN draws up a dose of the Moderna vaccine during the opening day of vaccinations for first responders at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, the first large-scale vaccination site in Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

Massachusetts is setting up more public vaccination sites. Here's what to know. January 19, 2021 | 7:12 PM

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: The News Corp. building on 6th Avenue, home to Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal, on March 20, 2019 in New York City, New York. Disney acquired Fox today in a $71.3 million deal. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Top Fox News managers depart amid Murdoch concerns over election-night projection January 19, 2021 | 6:58 PM

Andrew Harrer

Elon Musk donates $5 million for coronavirus research in Boston January 19, 2021 | 6:44 PM

This booking photo provided by the Dauphin County, Pa., Prison, shows Riley June Williams. Federal authorities on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, arrested Williams, whose former romantic partner says she took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. (Dauphin County Prison via AP)

Riley June Williams

Feds say charges over stolen Nancy Pelosi computer being prepared January 19, 2021 | 6:38 PM

SUSAN WALSH

Here's what to know about Joe Biden's inauguration January 19, 2021 | 6:23 PM

FILE -- An indoor cycling class for Peloton in New York, Sept. 8, 2016. The bike’s tablet has a built-in camera and microphone, allowing users to see and hear one another if they choose. President-elect Joe Biden's Peloton bike doesn’t exactly comport with his “regular Joe from Scranton” persona, but beyond the politics of it, the bike could present cybersecurity risks. (Dolly Faibyshev/The New York Times)

Biden has a Peloton. That raises issues at the White House. January 19, 2021 | 6:22 PM

Biden's Bible puts him in line with inaugural tradition January 19, 2021 | 6:04 PM

EDS. RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE USAGE EMBARGO *** FILE -- The lobby of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Nov. 17, 2019. Though the hotel is loaded with debt and losing money, its credit card transactions have risen with Donald Trump's political ascent. The New York Times Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

The financial minefield awaiting an ex-President Trump January 19, 2021 | 5:34 PM

Records confirm Secret Service investigated John Mulaney over Trump joke January 19, 2021 | 5:33 PM

farewell address

Trump does not address Biden by name in farewell speech January 19, 2021 | 5:12 PM

FILE - In this April 23, 2020, file photo, Team Rubicon volunteer, EMT Hannah Tellier, from Boston, holds a COVID-19 test in the emergency room of the Kayenta Health Center on the Navajo reservation in Kayenta, Ariz. Across the nation, Native American tribes are working to protect their oldest members from the coronavirus. The effort is about more than protecting lives. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Mass. reports 2,567 new COVID-19 cases, 45 new deaths January 19, 2021 | 5:03 PM

An Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Mass. political scientist, author accused of secretly working for Iran January 19, 2021 | 4:08 PM

The Latest: Trump declassifies Crossfire Hurricane material January 19, 2021 | 3:34 PM