GOP opposition imperils Senate health care bill

Senator Rand Paul says he and three other Republican senators are preparing to announce their opposition to the Senate health care bill as it?s written.

Health care providers had a news conference about the Republican health care bill outside the US Capitol on Thursday in Washington.

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Meet the Senate health care bill. Like Obamacare, only flimsier

The Senate bill retains the basic structure of former president Obama?s signature health care law, except that all the parts have been whittled down.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Obama called the legislation ?rushed.?

Obama slams GOP health care bill and urges its defeat

?Simply put, if there?s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family ? this bill will do you harm,? the former president said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MOULTON006A.jpg Seth Moulton is reportedly helping lead Pelosi challenge

The Mass. congressman is reportedly one of the House Democrats leading the charge to try and force Nancy Pelosi from her leadership position.

Editorial

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The Senate?s ?Better Care Reconciliation Act? doesn?t provide better care for anyone.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/06043934.jpg Two reasons why Trump came clean about not having tapes of Comey

Why President Trump decided to make this type of announcement is unclear. But what is clear is why he was in a hurry to make it.

Woman killed when struck by train at Orange Line?s Ruggles Station

Shuttle buses are being used to move passengers between Jackson Square and Back Bay stations Thursday.

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SCOT LEHIGH

Rewriting the Mass. pot law is a bad idea, but legislators are doing it anyway

The wish of the voters as expressed on the ballot deserves a certain respect and deference.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/Schwalm_30traveltech06_liv.jpg After a tip from TripAdvisor, FCC proposes its largest fine ever

The FCC is proposing to levy a $120 million fine, which would be the largest penalty in its history, on an alleged robocall scammer.

Francisco Rodriguez, 43, faces deportation.

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KEVIN CULLEN

If Francisco Rodriguez is deported, we will be a smaller, meaner nation

There?s a new administration in Washington that has decided going after decent people is a lot easier than going after criminals who might fight back.

NBA Draft | Thursday, 7 p.m.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/28f2ebfb35ab4bf993fa4a546f1e266a-28f2ebfb35ab4bf993fa4a546f1e266a-0.jpg Knicks? asking price for Kristaps Porzingis is pretty steep

Speculation has swirled ahead of Thursday?s draft regarding the Celtics? interest in the Latvian center.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/8ff0cf957d4f44daaab98cb68fb14ace-8ff0cf957d4f44daaab98cb68fb14ace-0.jpg When it comes to the NBA draft, it?s all in the suit

Nationally renowned designers make sure the players are suited for the occasion.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Bedford_170622_ORTIZ_010.jpg There is now officially a Boston street named after David Ortiz

?I thank God every day for giving me the opportunity to be part of this wonderful city,? David Ortiz said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/bradywrestles-5630.JPG Watch Tom Brady sumo wrestle in Japan. Yes, you read that right

The video is pretty interesting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_shipsleave5_met.jpg Photos: Tall Ships leave Boston Harbor

Following a six-day celebration, more than 50 Tall Ships departed Boston Harbor on Thursday, staggered over the course of the morning.

Globe Magazine

Rolling down memory lane at a soon-to-close Cambridge bowling alley

After 75 years, Lanes and Games will be replaced by apartments, and its fans will have a Mark Wahlberg film to remember it by.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DC6grN6UAAEfR1q.jpg This 2-year-old survived a 16-foot fall -- because of his stuffed animal

The boy was jumping on his bed and bounced out a second-story window while clutching the toy.

Kyla Smith in her room at Boston Children's Hospital.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

Girl?s intense medical journey intersected with Mayor Walsh?s

Kyla Smith was a happy, healthy, and active kid ? until she wasn?t.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/d4ec846610e242498d82130ef8d5e168-d4ec846610e242498d82130ef8d5e168-0.jpg Coal company sues HBO?s John Oliver for defamation

Coal company Murray Energy said a segment broadcast last Sunday was ?false and malicious broadcast? and it is seeking financial damages.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/bauman%20crop.jpg Trailer released for movie about Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman

The movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal comes out in September.

THINGS TO DO

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The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Planned%20Parenthood.jpg WATCH: Inside a Planned Parenthood clinic where politics don?t matter

As the debate rages in D.C. over funding for abortion providers, STAT ventured far from the capital for a close look at a clinic.