Fan?s injury puts focus on hazards at ballparks

The area where a fan was injured at Fenway Park on Friday night.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

?I?m always telling them, ?Watch the game, watch the game,? because anything can happen,? David Ortiz said.

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An 8-year-old girl died and a 12-year-old boy was injured. A Dorchester man who allegedly fled the scene was arrested.

Two die when car is submerged in pond in Framingham

A man and a woman were killed when the car they were in overturned into a small pond in Framingham, police said.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. headquarters on State Street in Springfield.

NANCY PALMIERI for the Boston Globe

Big money, little scrutiny in mutual firms

The companies operate in an opaque, poorly understood, and often immensely profitable world.

Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (top right and top left) carried out the Marathon bombings; Rezwan Ferdaus (bottom left) planned to crash model planes laden with explosives into government buildings; and Tarek Mehanna (bottom right) translated documents for Al Qaeda.

Why do so many terrorism plots begin in Boston?

The region is not alone in facing terror attacks and plots, but its international reach may play a role, analysts say.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Yvonne_Abraham_150px-8897.jpg A rush to judge at the Boston Public Library

Usually, a beleaguered official?s boss will try to hold off the bloodhounds. This did not happen for library chief Amy Ryan.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-7143.jpg Boston?s Olympic bid has been one disaster after another

We?re waiting for Boston 2024 to show us something, anything, that will turn the negativity that is killing this process.

Environmental specialists (from left) Jon Regosin, Jorge Ayub, and Sean Riley checked on hatchlings at Revere Beach.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

A resurgence of plovers rankles beachgoers

The state has been so successful in nurturing the birds that their nesting areas are consuming wide swaths of beaches.

Boston is about to sprout a lot of tall ? very tall ? new towers. Pictured: The Prudential tower rising over the Back Bay.

CRITIC?S NOTEBOOK

What makes a good tower?

A development boom is going to reshape Boston?s skyline, which raises the question: What?s a good tower, anyway, and what?s a bad one?

Established veterans who provide dugout leadership, like Twins outfielder Torii Hunter (above), are in high demand around the majors.

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

A real character in clubhouse can be a key to MLB success

Players such as Torii Hunter may be past their primes, but they?re still key contributors in the clubhouse.

Massachusetts has had a string of high-profile departures of minority leaders, the most prominent of which is former governor Deval Patrick.

diversity boston

Black leaders matter

When a glut of minority leaders depart, replacing them is imperative, writes Shirley Leung.

Frank Hillery of Weston reads outside Leiby?s Garden Shop with a drink from Off Center Cafe and Catering

Pat Greenhouse/Globe staff

What is it like to live in Weston?

There?s plenty of green space, 37 historic districts, and outstanding schools. Plus, you can get everything from a vanilla ice cream cone to sushi.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/dwp_amc_ramparts_092513_193.jpg The few places left that are off the grid

There are still spots in New England to get away from it all, even if they?re getting harder to find.

Samisha LaMeyer (center), with Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita (left) and helicopter pilot Subek Shrestha.

Kevin Cullen

A benevolent spirit found, then lost in ruins of Nepal

Subek Shrestha was 28 and fearless and was flying dangerous missions for something more than money.

Pope Francis arrived for a meeting Saturday with youth at the John Paul II diocesan youth center in Sarajevo.

John L. Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

Pope Francis calls for peace in Sarajevo

The motto of Francis?s one-day visit to the Bosnian capital was ?peace be with you!?

Keep this in mind: Job hunting is hard work. Pictured: Graduates at MIT?s commencement earlier this month

Job Doc

10 job-hunting pointers for new college grads

Keep this in mind: Job hunting is hard work.

Ground Game

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Senator Lindsey Graham?s worst-case scenario ? losing the South Carolina primary badly ? could be politically fatal.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1203.jpg The case for Israel is rooted in more than security

The Jewish nation?s ties to its homeland are an enduring element of the human story.

The Big Picture

Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Fruits of wrath

Fruit pickers in Mexico have blocked roads and staged marches since March as frustration over working conditions boiled over.