Toddler dies after fall from building in Dorchester

The 2-year-old boy apparently wandered from a day care center on the first floor and climbed four floors before falling from the roof.

A plane taking off from Logan Airport is seen from Winthrop.

Childhood asthma, lung disease elevated near airport, study finds

Children who live in areas bordering Logan airport are as much as four times more likely to wheeze and experience shortness of breath, a study says.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/john150-13068.jpg Lawyer expects John Connolly to be freed soon

After Connolly’s murder conviction was overturned, the lawyer for “Whitey” Bulger’s former FBI handler said he expects his client to be freed soon.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-13132.jpg A Kafkaesque moment in Bulger saga

John Connolly’s murder conviction was thrown out because he didn’t get caught soon enough.

John Lackey allowed no runs in 6.1 innings.

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Red Sox win their third straight game

John Lackey allowed no runs in pitching into the seventh inning as the Red Sox tried to put their recent losing streak behind them.

Manny Ramirez emerges from a door in the Green Monster, which he infamously used to take a break during a game in 2005.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Manny Ramirez says he’s a new man

Ramirez spent 7½ tumultuous seasons in a Sox uniform. He won two World Series titles and had countless “Manny Moments” here.

P.K. Subban was at the center of a social media controversy after Game 1 of the Bruins-Canadiens series. AP Photo/Mary Schwalm

How the P.K. Subban tweets became a digital wildfire

The actual number of racist tweets appears small, but things took off in the slippery world of social media.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/da3ca27c9a4f442f9fc7c43b1a5bf2d9-da3ca27c9a4f442f9fc7c43b1a5bf2d9-0-13049.jpg Poet Maya Angelou dies at 86

Angelou rose from poverty, segregation, and violence to become a force on stage, screen, and the printed page.

Opinion

opinion | Phillip Niemeyer

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/songs-of-summer-0523.JPG The songs of summer

Each of these songs has the power to bring us back to a certain time.

John L. Allen Jr.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allenj-1720--90x90.png Perils of a ‘let it all hang out’ pope

There can also be a price for transparency, which Pope Francis neatly illustrated Monday night.