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Despite GOP pledges, health care in limbo

Republicans vowed, over and over for years and years, that they would repeal Obamacare. It looks like there?s been another setback.

President Trump, who was generally disengaged on the health care legislation, spoke during a meeting Tuesday with Senate Republicans.

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President Trump, who was generally disengaged on the health care legislation, spoke during a meeting Tuesday with Senate Republicans.

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Senate leaders abruptly shelved their long-sought health care overhaul, delaying a vote until after the holiday recess.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/802140774.jpg McConnell says ?good progress? made during meeting with Trump

Said the Senate majority leader: ?We?ve got a really good chance of getting there; it?ll just take us a little bit longer [than expected].?

The Bella Bond trial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/rachelle2.jpg Rachelle Bond chooses jail over immediate freedom

The mother of murdered 2-year-old Bella ?has nowhere to go? and wants to kick her addictions, her lawyer said.

Michael Sprinsky and his sister Laura Sprinsky tipped off the police about the identity of the infant

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After Bella?s death, Michael Sprinsky found new life

Michael McCarthy could spend the rest of his life in prison. Sprinsky hopes his life is just starting.

Storm clouds roll over Fenway Park, prior to heavy rain and lightning, prior to baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins in Boston, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. The start of the game was delayed due to weather. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Watch videos of the hail that pelted New England

Thunderstorms rumbled through the state Tuesday, dropping quarter-sized hail in some areas.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_161220_Walsh_001-U832829614842kmB--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg When it comes to cash, Marty Walsh?s challenger is lagging

Walsh had about $4.5 million on hand as of June 15. Tito Jackson, meanwhile, had only $90,000.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/galvin1-5542.jpg Vote on downtown shadows could be pushed back

Secretary of State William Galvin, who heads the Massachusetts Historic Commission, wants time to review impact studies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tlumacki_taxis_metro174.jpg As ?Taxi King? sells Fenway properties, neighborhood waits for what?s next

Local developer Jay Doherty is spearheading the $50 million purchase, and a transformative project could hit Kilmarnock Street.

The Trump presidency

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/trump_time_cover.jpg At Trump resorts, guests greeted by sham Time cover

The cover, purportedly from a March 2009 issue, seems legitimate ? until you give it a closer look.

James Pindell | Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_trump_warren.jpg Why it?s time for Trump to stop calling Warren ?Pocahontas?

?Pocahontas? is a racially tinged insult President Trump has hurled dozens of times at this point.

STAT | SPECIAL REPORT

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Deaths from opioids have been rising sharply, and overdoses already kill more Americans under age 50 than anything else.

A rendering of the HUBweek installation at City Hall Plaza.

HUBweek

HUBWEEK

City Hall Plaza to serve as festival?s centerpiece

Temporary space made from about 60 shipping containers, 3-D printed installations, and four geodesic domes will host many events.

Red Sox 9, Twins 2

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosminn9_spts.jpg Thunder (and lightning) as Red Sox pound Twins at Fenway

On a night where they withstood a pair of rain delays (and some wild weather), the Sox moved into sole possession of first in the AL East.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-14240.jpg Deflategate must?ve strained Kraft-Goodell bond

And Goodell has to put it all through the spin cycle one more time.

JULIAN BENBOW | COMMENTARY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/carmichael-1f65935c-575f-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f.jpg Jerrod Carmichael went there with the N-word, and it was insulting

Carmichael?s sitcom attempted to unpack the slur, and it was a disaster in every possible way.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_belichick_smile.jpg Bill Belichick smiled (sort of), and we have proof

The Pats coach and his longtime girlfriend Linda Holliday were featured in Nantucket?s N Magazine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_baker4_met-U8328296148420MB--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Not even close: Charlie Baker leads Democratic rivals in new poll

Governor Baker performs well in a new poll against the three Democrats who have declared challenges to him. But, warns the pollster, it?s still early.

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Living every day on a high note

Fourteen-year-old Tom Geraci is legally blind and on the autism spectrum. But none of the challenges he?s faced have dulled his spirit. Rather, they?ve given him something to sing about.

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Opioids.jpg STAT forecast: Opioids could kill nearly 500,000 in U.S. in next decade

Opioids could also cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions as the crisis of addiction accelerates.

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Boston is the worst-driving major city in America, insurance company says

Boston loves being first in things, so here?s another. Among 200 major U.S. cities, Boston drivers were the most likely to be involved in an accident in 2017, according to a study of Allstate claims data released by the insurance company Tuesday. Put another way, the worst drivers in the country ? at least among [?]