A rich financial realm run almost without oversight

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

NANCY PALMIERI for the Boston Globe

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

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Tonya Carpenter, 44, was struck and seriously injured by a shattered baseball bat at Friday night?s Red Sox game.

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

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Fan?s injury puts focus on hazards at ballparks

?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.

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.

6.2.310486177_Sports_Patriots(1) New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes (55) calls to a teammate during training camp at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Wednesday, August 14, 2013 (Robert E. Klein for the Boston Globe)

Car registered to Patriots? Brandon Spikes found abandoned

A sedan registered to the linebacker was abandoned on a Foxborough highway early Sunday following a reported crash.

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An ESPN report provides new information about the star goalkeeper?s arrest on domestic violence charges last year.

David Ortiz celebrates with Xander Bogaerts (right) after the Red Sox? win.

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RED SOX 7, ATHLETICS 4

Red Sox score seven runs in the eighth to sweep A?s

Xander Bogaerts doubled off the left wall in the eighth to score the tying and go-ahead runs.

The Ramparts, near Carter Notch in New Hampshire.

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.

Fans look at multiple screens showing games around the NFL league inside the Jacksonville Jaguars? fantasy football lounge at EverBank Field. Yahoo! will stream the Jaguars? game against the Bills on Oct. 25.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

With Yahoo! streaming deal, NFL eyes global expansion

Yahoo! will broadcast the Bills-Jaguars game on Oct. 25, the first free live stream of a game in NFL history.

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

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Black leaders matter

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

CRITIC?S NOTEBOOK

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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?

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

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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.

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

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.

A screen above the orchestra shows audience song voting during the Boston Pops concert on Friday.

MUSIC REVIEW

Pops program, chosen by cellphone poll, is a success

The Boston Pops? By Popular Demand was ?an experiment in participatory musical democracy,? said conductor Keith Lockhart. And it was a winner.

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A dad?s letter to his sons graduating from high school

College and life advice on an important day.

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

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Fruits of wrath

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