Mask mandates and restrictions on gatherings carry the weight of law, but they're also unenforceable, and officials are banking on voluntary compliance.
Mark Makela, TNS
President-elect Joe Biden waves as he departed the Queen Theatre after meeting virtually with the United States Conference of Mayors in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020.
The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the "apparent winner" of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy.
01:02Two people died and multiple others were injured in a stabbing Sunday night at a church in San Jose, California, where homeless people had been brought to shelter from the cold weather, police said.
