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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders arrives for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.

Bernie Sanders' mittens, memes help raise $1.8 million for charity

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Michael Capolino, left, and John Panin, right, work on the floor, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Stocks were broadly lower in afternoon trading Wednesday, as investors focus on the outlook for the economy and corporate profits amid a still-raging coronavirus pandemic.

Wall Street stocks suffer sharpest declines in months

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Boston, MA 11/2/20 Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin (cq) tells the media about his expectations for the November 3rd election. The press availability is held in the Senate Reading Room of the State House, during the continuing coronavirus pandemic. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Bill Galvin calls for 30-day suspension of GameStop stock trading

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020 file photo, a woman wears a face mask as she walks past a GameStop store in Des Plaines, Ill. Two hedge funds are bowing out of their short positions on the money-losing video game retailer. Citron Research’s Andrew Left said in a video posted on YouTube that his company is going to become more judicious in shorting stocks. Melvin Capital is also exiting GameStop, with manager Gabe Plotkin telling CNBC that the hedge fund was taking a significant loss. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

In a war over GameStop, big funds yield to smaller investors January 27, 2021 | 10:02 AM

Biden: 'We can't wait any longer' to address climate crisis January 27, 2021 | 12:02 AM

Biden to reopen 'Obamacare' markets for COVID-19 relief January 26, 2021 | 11:18 PM

Users across the northeast U.S. reported widespread internet outages Tuesday, Jan. 26.

INTERNET OUTAGE

Widespread internet outages hit northeast U.S., from Washington to Boston January 26, 2021 | 1:48 PM

Regal Cinemas Fenway.

Here's what can reopen in Boston on Monday January 26, 2021 | 12:43 PM

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House last March.

Twitter permanently bans My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell January 26, 2021 | 11:31 AM

Mayor Marty Walsh speaks as he gives his daily Covid update for the city of Boston on Jan. 14.

Boston will move forward in COVID reopening plan next week January 26, 2021 | 10:46 AM

In this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft walks on the field before the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Kraft on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, saying they couldn't go forward after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlor sex.

Judge: Destroy massage parlor video of Robert Kraft January 25, 2021 | 7:42 PM

Janet Yellen speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.

Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary January 25, 2021 | 6:31 PM

Intensive care unit nurse Heidi Kukla is injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside the Elliot Hospital, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Manchester, N.H.

New Hampshire bans vaccines for out-of-state homeowners January 25, 2021 | 5:36 PM

Sales associate Alex Guralnik, of Newton, Mass., right, hands a bag containing recreational cannabis product to a customer outside New England Treatment Access medical and recreational marijuana dispensary, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Brookline, Mass. Sales of recreational cannabis products to the public was allowed to open Monday, May 25 in Massachusetts after being closed for about two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Massachusetts marijuana dispensaries drop delivery lawsuit following backlash January 25, 2021 | 11:51 AM

White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief January 25, 2021 | 12:21 AM

Dr. Fauci says vaccine goal would cover 67 million January 24, 2021 | 12:16 PM

Health Connector

Mass. Health Connector extends open enrollment until March 23 January 24, 2021 | 9:21 AM

-In this July 19, 2019 file photo, an Atlantic puffin carries bait fish it will feed its chick on Eastern Egg Rock, a small island off the coast of Maine. lp the birds survive.

Puffin stuff: Herring rules could boost funny-looking bird January 23, 2021 | 10:54 AM

Biden's early approach to virus: Underpromise, overdeliver January 23, 2021 | 12:47 AM

Vicki Ferri places a plastic bag into the Obaggo for a demo.

REINVENTING RECYCLING

Introducing Obaggo: How one Melrose man hopes to inspire change in plastic bag recycling January 21, 2021 | 10:30 PM

Testing wristbands, masks signs of a new boss at White House January 21, 2021 | 7:29 PM

New Bedford couple indicted for pandemic unemployment benefits fraud January 21, 2021 | 5:56 PM

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2020, file photo, patrons eat dinner outdoors in Boston's North End. More stringent coronavirus restrictions are now in effect in Massachusetts, including requiring restaurants to stop providing table service at 9:30 p.m. Liquor sales at restaurants and package stores will also shut down at 9:30 p.m. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Here's the full list of businesses affected by the early closure order being lifted January 21, 2021 | 3:55 PM

FOXBORO, MA - 1/21/2021: -22coronamain - Governor Charlie Baker speaking at a podium while on tour at the Gillette Stadium Mass Vaccination Site inside the Putnam Club. The governor was joined by Lt. Governor Karen Polito and others along Robert Kraft, Chief Executive Officer of the New England Patriots. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Massachusetts to lift business curfew and nighttime stay-at-home advisory January 21, 2021 | 3:07 PM

Boston Dynamics

These dancing robots have been watched over 23 million times. Here's the story behind the viral video. January 21, 2021 | 1:24 PM

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders watch as the presidential inaugural plays on a screen, in a booth on the trading floor, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. U.S. stocks are rallying to records Wednesday on encouraging earnings reports and continued optimism that new leadership in Washington will mean more support for the struggling economy.

Wall Street hits record highs as hopes build for more stimulus January 20, 2021 | 4:45 PM

Dream close to being sold, taking Kelly Loeffler out of WNBA January 20, 2021 | 12:50 AM

George Springer of the Houston Astros celebrates scoring on a Jose Altuve RBI double during the fifth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game Six of the American League Championship Series at PETCO Park on October 16, 2020 in San Diego, California.

AP source: George Springer agrees to $150 million, 6-year deal with Blue Jays January 19, 2021 | 11:53 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

Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback January 19, 2021 | 1:33 PM

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell waits outside the West Wing of the White House before entering on January 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies January 19, 2021 | 1:28 PM

A black bear in Lyme, N.H.

Vermont, N.H. hunters take record number of bears in 2020 January 18, 2021 | 4:43 PM

Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave (MHV) on its second orbital launch demonstration in the Mojave Desert, north of Los Angeles.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try January 17, 2021 | 3:52 PM