The gospel of Calle

She was the sweet, spunky girl who made the family complete. Then with one blurry MRI, she was a 5-year-old with little time left. Caroline Cronk’s parents raced to fill her days, struggled to understand, and found a lesson of love in loss, one that they could barely live with and will never live without. By Meg Murphy and Steven Wilmsen

Photos: Calle, her family, and her friends

Calle Cronk’s parents worked to make sure her life was filled with family, friends, and love.

At 65, Bobby Orr is focused on doing good — quietly

The Bruins legend’s work changing lives is little known, for a simple reason: He won’t talk about it and loathes anyone else talking about it.

Art

Couple finds mother’s Surrealist treasures under bed

Two of Doris Lindo Lewis’s paintings that were found among many works in her Florida home after her death have been acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts.

Latest news

US bracing for federal shutdown no one wants

If the midnight Monday deadline passes without a deal, a shutdown would affect a range of programs, yet the two sides are blaming each other for the impasse.

Iran downplays possible rapprochement with US

An Iranian official sought to calm hard-line worries Sunday over groundbreaking exchanges with Washington, saying that relations won’t be restored quickly.

Mayoral rivals must woo precincts that shunned them

For John Connolly and Martin Walsh, thousands of votes are up for grabs in the diverse heart of Boston.

Death penalty weighed for serial killer Gary Lee Sampson

Prosecutors are wrestling with whether to let the admitted serial killer serve life in prison or seek the death penalty again.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

No-show millennials

There must be some way to bridge the gulf between the younger generation’s global goodwill and good local voting habits.

Globe exclusives

Bryan Cranston as Walter White in “Breaking Bad.”

critic’s notebook

‘Breaking Bad’ has remained thrilling to the end

Meagan Racey and other scientists scanned the beach for red knots in Eastham.

Red knots elusive, but ‘threatened’

Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he has several reasons for trying out a player.

Sunday Football Notes

Patriots outpacing NFL in player tryouts

The Globe’s Nick Cafardo thinks John Farrell deserves the award for AL Manager of the Year.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Tough calls when it comes to MLB awards

Theodore Green, a maker of high-end leather men’s dress shoes in Roxbury, said he has struggled to find local suppliers for the materials he needs.

Local artisans look abroad for goods

Brian Payea travels the world, helping hotels forge better relationships with TripAdvisor.

On the Job

Helping hotels navigate social media

Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s narrative videos at the Davis Museum includes “The House,” which treats women’s experience of psychosis.

ART Review

Video art enthralls with life’s perplexity

Sydney Lewis Glover and her husband, J. Denis, with a few of her mother’s Surrealist paintings. Glover found them after Doris Lindo Lewis died in 1995.

Art

What’s that under the bed?

Sunday preview | Travel Smackdown

Berkshires north vs. south

Mike Hastings recently performed in Harvard Square, which is seeing a new infusion of night life.

Harvard Square gets its nightlife groove back

In a poll, the Bruins surpassed the Celtics in popularity.

Celtics games a low-risk gamble for Sports Hub

From left: Carol Vasconcellos, Carol Chaffee, the author, and Christine Nicholas.

Sunday Preview | Travel

Camping through Alaska with four friends in an RV

Sports

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Orioles 6, Red Sox 5

Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester wiped sweat from his face between pitches during the second inning.

Despite loss, Red Sox clinch best record in AL

The Red Sox fell to the Orioles, but the Mariners’ victory over the Athletics now gives Boston home-field advantage throughout the postseason.

Boston mayoral race

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Politics

Raise for patrolmen becomes hot topic

An arbitrator’s decision to award Boston Police patrolmen a 25.4 percent raise seems poised to become a key issue in the mayor’s race.

Metro

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Hundreds gather, with dogs, at memorial for Quincy dog

More than 250 people, accompanied by countless dogs, gathered Saturday evening at a tearful vigil for a pitbull who was euthanized after it was found tortured.