The battle over health care

Annie Linskey | Analysis

Trump?s massive loss endangers his young presidency

President Trump reacted in the Oval Office on Friday after Republicans pulled their health care bill from the House floor on the day of the vote.

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Donald Trump said that if he became president he would win so much, Americans would get tired of winning. So far he?s mostly losing.

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Rather than force a vote, as President Trump had demanded earlier in the week, and lose, Paul Ryan ? with Trump?s acquiescence ? decided to hit pause.

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The House speaker had guaranteed a win on the Republican plan to dismantle President Obama?s health care law.

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 Nahant letter carrier John Uva regularly checks in with Tom Loftus. He called 911 once when Loftus didn?t recognize him

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When an older neighbor recedes from view, how far should you probe?

Experts fear that problem will only grow as the population ages, and societal factors further isolate vulnerable people.

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Kyle Loughlin, 23, was sentenced to 7½ years behind bars for assaulting three toddlers at Bridgewater State University?s Children?s Center.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hernandezbradleysplit1.jpg ?U left me with one eye and a lot of head trauma?

Hundreds of text messages, sent between Aaron Hernandez and Alexander Bradley after Hernandez allegedly shot Bradley in the eye, read like a noir novel.

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An investigation uncovered allegations that some longtime white court employees actively worked to ?sabotage? diversity efforts.

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Peter Edouard is the founder and CEO of Mathmatik Athletics, a sports apparel company based in Dorchester.

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How a city kid turned his sense of style into an apparel company

Peter Edouard?s path to creating Mathmatik Athletics was a long, winding one.

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The day before the Super Bowl, Michael Che said Boston is ?the most racist city? he?s ever been to.

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Officials in a number of towns are wooing the 32,000-square-foot warehouse currently in Newton.

Suns guard Devin Booker drove on Celtics guard Marcus Smart in the first quarter.

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?You got a problem with it? Do something.?

The Celtics were upset that Suns coach Earl Watson called two timeouts late in Devin Booker?s 70-point outing. Watson?s response? ?So what??

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The effort is prompting pushback in parts of the city where the free parking space has long been held sacred.

Newlyweds Anthony and Jaime Parchesky (formerly Jaime Mullin) held on to the wedding license that almost messed up their wedding plans.

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A missing wedding license couldn?t stop this Medway marriage

?I forgot to pick up the license,? Anthony Parchesky told his mother.

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Albert Taderera, 36, is allegedly the masked man behind 16 bank robberies in the region, officials said.

London attack

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In London attack inquiry, police make ?significant? arrests

A police official said that nine people were in custody and being questioned as part of the investigation into the assailant.

Munch Madness

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One of these 16 restaurants will be named the winner in just a couple weeks. Vote now before Round 3 ends Saturday.

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EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0325ryancare.jpg As Trump stumbles on health care, GOP must redeem itself

The right approach on health care is to sit down with experts ? and yes, Democrats ? and come up with changes.

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The trip was over for these Syrian refugees. The family had been searching for a new home since fleeing their own in Aleppo in 2012, amid the bloody civil war in Syria. They had found one in Massachusetts. But uncertainty lay ahead: Tomorrow, Donald Trump would be sworn in.

Investigations

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

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The doctor has significant financial ties to pain medicine makers ? a fact not disclosed in the program.

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