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Social media is rife with similar stories, mostly from young women, who suspect their drinks may have been spiked or “roofied” at many of Greater Boston’s most popular bars and nightclubs in recent months.

Fears of drugged drinks at Boston bars are widespread and growing

Social media is rife with stories, mostly from young women, who suspect their drinks were spiked or “roofied” at some of the area's most popular bars and nightclubs in recent months. Now police departments are raising the alarm.

Boston's Superintendent Search | The Great Divide

Somerville Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper poses for a portrait Friday at the Edgerly Education Center in Somerville. Skipper is one of two finalists vying for the job of Boston Public Schools superintendent.

Homegrown finalist Mary Skipper feels a call to lead in BPS: ‘I need to not be a bystander’

Mary Skipper has seen the superintendent job in Boston open up before, but this time felt different, and struck her as a calling she could not ignore.

Tommy Welch, one of two finalists to be the next BPS superintendent, chatted with Gabriella Silva, 8, about the division she was learning as he stopped by Wednesday to check in on her classroom at the Manassah E. Bradley Elementary School.

Tommy Welch has successfully run a mini-district inside BPS. Can he do the same citywide?

Tommy Welch has run his 7,000-student region, which encompasses East Boston, the North End and Charlestown, like a mini-district by building relationships through frequent visits.

A bathroom in a Boston high school.

School bathroom closures statewide drive rising tensions, pushback

Driven by efforts to curtail teen vaping, and prevent outbreaks of vandalism sparked by copycat trends on social media, the widespread crackdowns on bathroom access have left students in some schools with little access.

Experts expect subvariants to cause ‘substantial’ summer cases of COVID-19

The discovery that BA.4 and BA.5 — subvariants of Omicron spreading in the United States — are adept at avoiding antibodies has changed what experts expect to be the course of COVID-19 this summer.

Roe’s fall pushes abortion to center of the midterms: ‘This is an eight-alarm fire’

Democrats are hoping to turn the abrupt erasure of a precedent relied on by millions of women into a rallying cry for their weary base.

Ocasio-Cortez, Warren call for more justices, federal action on abortion: ‘This is a crisis of our democracy.’

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said the Supreme Court has a legitimacy issue on ABC News’s “This Week” on Sunday.

Sales are off, costs are soaring. For some small-business owners, the recession has already arrived

Among small-business owners, 48 percent are feeling down about the economy, and within that subgroup, 22 percent are “highly pessimistic," according to a recent survey.

Boston hits 90 degrees for first time in 2022, hotter temperatures are coming

The temperature in Boston hit 90 degrees at 5 p.m. Sunday, marking the first time in 302 days that such heat has hit the city.

School is out and summer is here. But in Boston, many public pools are closed.

Three teens killed, one seriously injured, in Brimfield crash

Three male teenagers were killed, and a fourth was seriously injured, in a violent car crash in the woods off a rural stretch of road early Sunday morning, State Police said.

"Only Murders in the Building" returns for season two Tuesday with (from left) Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Steve Martin.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Netflix to offer ad tier, ‘Only Murders’ returns, and a Chris Pratt action series

It’s official: By the end of the year, Netflix is going to add a cheaper subscription tier option that will include ads.

Several “virtual restaurants,” as indicated by the stickers on the window, operate in this Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizzeria, in Chelmsford.

Do you know where your chicken wings come from? Explosion of virtual restaurants fuels health concerns

Many consumers who browse and order food online probably don’t think too much about where their wings and burgers came from. But health inspectors are concerned about safety amid an explosive rise nationally in online-only food operations.

Xander Bogaerts, Alex Verdugo, and Trevor Story were more than happy to come together after the Red Sox finished off their sweep of the Guardians, who led the American League Central when the series began.

Peter Abraham | RED SOX 8, GUARDIANS 3

As Red Sox climb the standings, their chemistry is becoming stronger by the day

Yes, the Sox trail the Yankees by 11 games in the American League East, but with the third-best record in the AL, they're clearly coalescing into something notable as the schedule returns to the division the next month.

Ukrainian servicemen fire with a French self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre Caesar gun toward Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 15.

Wishful thinking in the Ukraine-Russia war

I’m rooting for Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded four months ago, but I’m trying not to let my rooting interest cloud my discernment.

State throws a BPS curveball

A newspaper’s job isn’t to tell people how to vote

With the end of Roe, there is no clear silver lining

Working on the railroad shouldn’t mean working all the livelong day

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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Tommy Welch (center) one of two finalists to be the next BPS superintendent, during a June 22 graduation ceremony for sixth-graders at the James Otis School in East Boston.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Once again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendent

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican, testified before the House Jan. 6 select committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Jan. 6 hearings won’t sway Trump supporters. That’s OK.

Justice Breyer held up a copy of the US Constitution as he announced his retirement on Jan. 27. In a dissent to Thursday's ruling on gun laws, Breyer wrote that the court's majority had made its decision “without considering the State’s compelling interest in preventing gun violence and protecting the safety of its citizens, and without considering the potentially deadly consequences of its decision.”

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer lays bare the reality of gun violence

Steven Engel, former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, and Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general, are sworn in to testify in front of House select committee on Thursday.

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David Basson (left) and Katie Basson attend a March for Our Lives rally in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston on June 11.

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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Tommy Welch has successfully run a mini-district inside BPS. Can he do the same citywide?

Tommy Welch has run his 7,000-student region, which encompasses East Boston, the North End and Charlestown, like a mini-district by building relationships through frequent visits.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Homegrown finalist Mary Skipper feels a call to lead in BPS: ‘I need to not be a bystander’

Mary Skipper has seen the superintendent job in Boston open up before, but this time felt different, and struck her as a calling she could not ignore.

Fears of drugged drinks at Boston bars are widespread and growing

Social media is rife with stories, mostly from young women, who suspect their drinks were spiked or “roofied” at some of the area's most popular bars and nightclubs in recent months. Now police departments are raising the alarm.

Former commercial fisherman starts sea kelp farm as a do-no-harm response to pandemic she can pass on to her kids

Azure Cygler owns Rhody Wild Sea Gardens, a sugar kelp farm in Narragansett Bay

Sports

Chase Elliott celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.

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Darcy Kuemper of the Colorado Avalanche (from right) reaches to move the puck as Cale Makar skates for it in the second period of Game Six of the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on June 26, 2022 in Tampa, Florida.

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UMass’s Cale Makar wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP in Avalanche Stanley Cup win

UMass’s Cale Makar is the second defenseman to win the award over the past three years.

Artturi Lehkonen celebrates after beating Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy midway through the second period with what proved to be the Stanley Cup winning goal for Colorado.

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Avalanche finish the job in Tampa Bay, win Stanley Cup and end Lightning’s reign

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Business

Britain’s battered economy is sliding toward a breaking point

After suffering from unprecedented shocks in recent years, the UK is succumbing to more intractable problems marked by plodding growth, surging inflation and a series of damaging strikes.

Ban on new gold imports from Russia seen as ‘largely symbolic’

The US, UK, Japan and Canada plan to announce the ban during the G-7 summit that started Sunday in Germany.

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Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

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Jared Auerbach of Red's Best poses for a portrait on Boston Fish Pier.

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The untapped power of bottle deposits could save us from plastic bottle purgatory

In high school, when things weren’t great, a welcoming family became my refuge

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Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee delivers his State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Providence, R.I.

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sports

Rafael Devers hits an RBI single in the seventh inning.

Red Sox complete sweep, rack up 15 hits against Guardians en route to seventh win in a row

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In Gee Chun wins her third major title at Women’s PGA Championship, edging Lexi Thompson and Minjee Lee

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Clinic escort Kim Gibson stands outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., calling out to incoming patients that the clinic is still open, moments after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade was issued, Friday, June 24, 2022.

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A proposed state law would make it easier to get a broken wheelchair fixed

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politics

Andrew Giuliani (left) a Republican candidate for Governor of New York, is joined by his father, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, during a news conference on June 7, 2022, in New York.

Andrew Giuliani invokes famous dad in bid for NY governor

More than 1 million voters switch to GOP in warning for Dems

Supreme Court’s Roe decision disapproved by majority in CBS poll

Nation

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, spoke to abortion-rights activists after the announcement of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in front of the US Supreme Court on Friday in Washington, D.C.

Ocasio-Cortez, Warren call for more justices, federal action on abortion: ‘This is a crisis of our democracy.’

As states ban abortion, demand for pills is rising

Rudy Giuliani struck while campaigning on Staten Island

World

People lay flowers at the scene of a shooting in central of Oslo, Norway, on June 26, 2022.

Suspect in deadly Pride shooting in Norway agrees to custody

Detained LGBTQ activists in Istanbul Pride being released

People’s war: Ukraine, Russia crowd-funding gear for troops

opinion

Overturning Roe feels like a kick in the uterus. Here’s how we can protect women.

Roe ruling turns back the clock

The fall of Roe v. Wade now threatens other rights

lifestyle

Author Melissa Albert stops by An Unlikely Story in Planville to discuss her newest release, "Our Crooked Hearts"

YA author Melissa Albert explores ‘the world slightly tilted’ in ‘Our Crooked Hearts’

Welcome Home, devoted to helping families in need, expands in West Newton

Is it too late to apologize?

food & dining

Several “virtual restaurants,” as indicated by the stickers on the window, operate in this Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizzeria, in Chelmsford.

Do you know where your chicken wings come from? Explosion of virtual restaurants fuels health concerns

Blue Ribbon Sushi opens in Kenmore Square; Fresh Pond gets a beer garden

Gourmet Dumpling House announces it will close its doors in Chinatown after 15 years

travel

The band ABBA at the 1974 Eurovision song contest and those same outfits on display at ABBA: The Museum in Stockholm.

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A guide to some of the best beaches on Cape Cod

A guide to some of the best beaches in Rhode Island

Arts

Winslow Homer, "The Gulf Stream," 1899. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1906.

At the Met, ‘Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents’ offers a completist’s view

Delighting in ‘Lines and Colors’ at Bernay Fine Art

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

Books

In short pieces, Hilary Mantel recalls her difficult past

Building a library for a better life

Twilight of the white guys

Movies

In “Lightyear,” Buzz returns to the planet he’s been marooned on for decades after a monumental test flight. But things have changed while he was away.

‘Lightyear’ reminded me that there’s no going back — and that’s OK

A case of very mistaken identity in ‘The Man From Toronto’

The legacy of Chernobyl, a portrait of the hustler as an aging man

Television

"Only Murders in the Building" returns for season two Tuesday with (from left) Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Steve Martin.

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music

Roland Orzabal (left) and Curt Smith lead Tears for Fears at Leader Bank Pavilion.

Tears for Fears let it all out at Leader Bank Pavilion

Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and Disney harmonize on a first-of-its-kind concert

Former Boston Pops conductor John Williams, 90, steps away from film, but not music

Theater/Dance

From left: Malachi Rosen, Karla Lang, Channing Rion, and Jude Torres rehearse the bilingual radio play "The Ghost of Keelung" at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Greenway.

Troupe brings a bilingual Taiwanese ghost story to the Greenway

Massachusetts native James Jackson Jr.’s head-spinning journey into ‘A Strange Loop’

Jacob’s Pillow kicks off the 2022 season with provocative ‘America(na) to Me’

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Mayor Wu announces that Quincey J. Roberts Sr., left, will serve as the inaugural Executive Director for the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement at the Boston Pride Kick-Off in the City Hall Plaza on June 1.

Highlighting Pride Month, Roxbury Film Festival, and Black Music Month during ‘Black News Hour’

News flash: Fireworks are back!

Should Massachusetts suspend the state gas tax?

Obituaries

Mr. Eade, (center) at the time the head of city Inspectional Services, is seen greeting people on Dorchester Avenue in 1997.

Injured in Vietnam, John Eade, 79, became a leader in politics, government, and architecture

Danish ex-foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen dies at 80

Haleh Afshar, who fought for rights of Muslim women, dies at 77