President-elect Donald Trump has not endorsed in the race, but he made clear that he expects the new leader to go around regular Senate order, if necessary, to allow him to fill his Cabinet quickly.

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The cat-mask wearing, folk-rocking group features New Jersey's Anthony D'Amato, Brian Dunne, Don DiLego and Mike Montali.

Barring a speedy recovery by Maye, Brissett is likely getting another start next Sunday when the Patriots visit the 1-6 Tennessee Titans. Matthew Geagan is a sports producer for CBS Boston.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz ... Name a place somewhere on the globe -- in two words. Rearrange the letters of the first word to name some animals.

Last week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener David Dickerson, of Tucson, Arizona. The city UTICA, NEW YORK, when spelled out, contains 12 letters, all of them different. Think ...

Challenge answer: Casper, Wyoming Winner: John Meissner of Estes Park, Colorado This week's challenge: Name a place somewhere on the globe -- in two words ... are selected win a chance to play the ...

On-air challenge: Here are names of things that are in certain categories. Take the first two letters and reverse them. Then name something else in the same category that starts with those two letters ...