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. Trump relented after suffering yet more legal and procedural defeats in his seemingly futile effort to overturn the election with baseless claims of fraud.
01:02About 1 million Americans a day packed airports and planes over the weekend even as coronavirus deaths surged across the U.S. and public health experts begged people to stay home and avoid big Thanksgiving gatherings.
