Despite early stumble in Senate, health bill still alive

No one has an idea of what a final bill will look like ? if the Senate can pass one at all.

President Trump at the swearing-in ceremony for Attorney General Jeff Sessions in February.

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Why Trump can?t just say, ?Jeff, you?re fired?

Here are three problems the president would have in firing the attorney general.

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Susan Collins of Maine and Jack Reed of R.I. discussed the federal budget ? and the president?s lack of familiarity with governing.

SPOTLIGHT UPDATE

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David Shulkin said he wants a review of care at the Manchester facility to be ?comprehensive, transparent and brand-new.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/100days-analysis-abf3d0ae-2ba4-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66.jpg Implications of federal ruling on fishing limits could ripple

For the first time, government officials overruled a recommendation by a panel that oversees East Coast fishing issues.

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When it comes to diversity in the boardroom, State Treasurer Deb Goldberg is taking a hard line.

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Prosecutors had hoped they could keep 86-year-old Paul Shanley, who?s served 12 years after being convicted of rape, behind bars.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Development_07.jpg South End renters on the brink of eviction

Residents of a Harrison Avenue row house face eviction after its owner accepted a $2 million offer.

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Cindy Friedman was chief of staff for Ken Donnelly, who died in April.

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Wahlburgers? brand philosophy transcends celebrity. It?s the type of restaurant their family enjoyed back in the day. Now, its comfort food menu is seeing major success.

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Red Sox reliever Doug Fister was frustrated after the Mariners scored the game-tying run on a wild pitch.

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Mariners 6, Red Sox 5 (13 inn.)

Red Sox may go sleepless in Seattle after this dramatic loss

Boston held a 5-4 lead going into the bottom of the 13th, but reliever Doug Fister yielded two runs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/AP17207170395796.jpg Red Sox acquire third baseman Eduardo Nunez from Giants

The Red Sox sent a pair of minor league pitchers to the Giants for the 2016 All-Star.

Dan Shaughnessy

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Friday night will be interesting when the Sox return to Fenway with David Price on the mound.

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Researchers studied the donated brains of 202 players, and interviewed their loved ones about mood and behavioral problems.

Mitt Romney.

While the Senate debated Obamacare, Mitt Romney was . . . waterskiing?

The former governor and Republican nominee for president looked quite carefree while out on the water.

Louis Risoli retired this month from L?Espalier at age 64.

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Maître d? ends long reign over a Boston bastion of couth

Louis Risoli has been maître d? and fromager at L?Espalier for 34 years.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/9f7eb6fb4f724380ad2c7927a9302e22-9f7eb6fb4f724380ad2c7927a9302e22-0.jpg Tinder couple takes their relationship offline after nearly three years

The pair?s story went viral after Josh Avsec tweeted out the messages they have exchanged since 2014.

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When asked about the cancellation, Bieber ended the conversation this way: ?And have a blessed day.?

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In town, Carmen Puliafito was known as driven and intense, a physician who relished running a clinic as well as his time in the operating room.

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Arie Kasiarz, who survived Poland?s Lodz Ghetto, journeyed to Boston to confront his past in ?Memory Unearthed,? an exhibit of Henryk Ross photos.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/17roomba1.jpg Your Roomba may be mapping your home, collecting data that could be sold

That cute vacuum may be sucking up more than you think.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-9876.jpg Suspect in N.H. gym beating wanted revenge, authorities said

Court records say Jordan Lamonde targeted the woman to get back at her ex-boyfriend?s brother. The accuser, muttering a barnyard phrase, eluded reporters.

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A hiker developed a dangerous bacterial infection after a recent climb. Is there any reason for the rest of us to be concerned?

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Getting around the vicinity of the Commonwealth Avenue bridge will be hectic starting this week. The Commonwealth Avenue bridge replacement project begins at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, and will continue through 5 a.m. on Monday, August 14. The existing bridge, which was built around 1965, is in poor condition and the superstructure is [?]