?Baseball Rule? protects ballparks from lawsuits

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Debate about the controversial rule renewed after Tonya Carpenter, 44, was seriously injured by a shattered bat at Fenway.

Melissa Mergl and a team of Boston Medical Center recruiters have a mission: filling more than 400 job openings.

Workers gaining leverage on the job market

Workers in Mass. are increasingly able to bargain for higher pay, find new jobs quickly, and even choose between offers.

A video still shows a McKinney, Texas, police officer pushing a girl to the ground.

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Texas officer on leave after pushing girl, pointing gun at teens

A video shows the officer pushing a 14-year-old in a swimsuit to the ground and pointing his gun at other teens.

Xander Bogaerts hit his clutch double that knocked in the tying and go ahead runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

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A big-time breakthrough for the Red Sox

The obituaries for the 2015 season were being prepared, until a seven-run outburst in the eighth inning Sunday.

Governor Charlie Baker.

Baker, state GOP?s use of federal funds questioned

The governor is relying on the party?s federally raised donations to rebuild his campaign account, despite a state law banning use of the funds for state political activities.

A car registered to Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes sat in a North Attleborough tow yard on Sunday. The Mercedes suffered damage to its front end, but police had not determined if it rear-ended a Nissan.

Questions linger after Patriots player?s car found abandoned

A Mercedes-Benz registered to Brandon Spikes was found in the median of Interstate 495 early Sunday after a reported crash.

A memorial to 8-year-old Yadielys Deleon Camacho, who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash late Saturday, was set up near where the incident happened.

Mattapan party turns from celebration to devastation

A driver struck and killed Yadielys Camacho, 8, who was riding her bike on a side street, then tried to flee, police said.

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Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III faces a third court-martial, starting Monday, in the 2006 death of an Iraqi civilian.

Director Sam Gold accepted the award for Best Direction of a Musical for ?Fun Home? at the Tony Awards on Sunday.

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Tony Awards

?Fun Home? and ?Curious Incident? have a grand old time at Tonys

?Fun Home,?? a coming-of-age tale whose exploration of lesbian identity breaks important ground on Broadway, won best musical.

Tangle on rules led to Warren?s fight with SEC

The recent brawl between Senator Warren and the nation?s top financial regulator has its roots in a bit of a misunderstanding.

A man took advantage of a power outage to write thank-you letters in an empty food court at the Shops at the Prudential. The food court will be replaced by a massive Eataly marketplace, tbhe brainchild of Mario Batali.

At the Pru, workers need new lunch spots

The food court at the Prudential Center will close at the end of June and its replacement won?t open for more than a year.

Chris Shaw has been on a whirlwind tour of workouts for major league teams the past three weeks.

Lexington?s Chris Shaw poised to be a top pick in MLB Draft

Shaw, who just finished his junior year at Boston College, was one of the best hitters in the country on the college level.

Officer Manny Canuto played defense during a game on Humboldt Avenue.

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Strong community ties crucial for gang unit?s task

Boston?s officers try to coax young people away from gang life, but the line between ally and enforcer is a delicate one.

Home Life

Is bullying worse than abuse?

A new study found the effects of bullying may be worse than those of abuse or maltreatment from adults.

For 66 years, the carved sculptures of Louis Charpentier drew thousands of people to his  neighborhood in Leominster during the Christmas season.

Leominster?s ?Mr. Christmas,? Louis Charpentier, dead at 104

Charpentier displayed more than 260 figures in his front yard each Christmas season that he had carved in his basement workshop.

Ty Seng, a teacher in Lowell, is author of ?The Years of Zero,? his memoir about the Khmer Rouge reign of terror in Cambodia.

Cambodian genocide survivor?s story moves Lowell students

Seng Ty?s heartbreaking account has brought history to light for the students, many descendants of Cambodian immigrants.

Rob Gronkowski gets his head shaved at the fund-raiser.

Rob Gronkowski gets a buzz cut for One Mission

The Patriots tight end went bald at Gillette Stadium on Sunday for an organization that helps pediatric cancer patients.

Ground Game

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

Opinion

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Boston shouldn?t dismiss the problem, or assume that sex trafficking can?t happen here. Indeed, it already does.

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.