New Boston liquor licenses make slow progress

After making more licenses available, officials expected many applicants from underserved neighborhoods. It hasn?t happened yet.

Chris Dibona, with Brewster Ambulance Service, guided a drone during a Duxbury Lions Club benefit event to help the local Fire Department acquire one.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Cities and towns turn to drones, raise concerns

Local officials are using the small, remote-controlled aircraft to help with search and rescue operations and other tasks.

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Revere?s Congregation Tifereth Israel is slated to be sold and demolished, following the loss of members who have moved away.

Cambridge fire crews responded to a three-alarm fire at the Martin Luther King Jr. School.

Peter Serafini

Crews knock down three-alarm fire in Cambridge

The blaze caused as much as $3 million of damages at the Martin Luther King Jr. School in Cambridge, officials said.

Two wounded in separate shootings Friday and Saturday

A teenage girl and a 25-year-old man were wounded in shootings in East Boston and the Theater District Friday and Saturday.

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The lawsuit claims the plaintiff was falsely accused of rape, not given a fair investigation by the college, and denied justice.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/774d7dd7e89e4e4d8241bfd429ed7778-774d7dd7e89e4e4d8241bfd429ed7778-0.jpg Disagreement over impact if surveillance laws allowed to expire

Barring a last-minute deal in Congress, three post-Sept. 11 surveillance laws used against spies and terrorists are set to expire.

?I?ve never seen anything like it,? worker says of lingering snow pile

Crews from the Boston department of public works are dealing with trash left by the melting snow ? and the job stinks.

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

NFL missed mark by penalizing kickers for being too good

The assault on the extra point is the most unnecessary, superfluous sports rule change in recent memory.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman knows the returns of Masahiro Tanaka and Ivan Nova will help the starting rotation, but he?s not ruling out trading for an arm, either.

NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

How each team in the mediocre AL East can break out

Every team in the division has flaws, but each one is capable of making a calculated move and rising to the top.

When you choose your plants, consider using the reliable ?Thriller-Filler-Spiller? technique.

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Top picks for container gardens, window boxes

Tips on how to add color and interest to your home this summer with portable ?gardens? in containers.

Santander is among the state?s four largest commercial banks.

Mass. banks still make millions on overdraft fees

The state?s four largest banks collected a combined $517 million in overdraft fees in the first three months of the year.

Mary Flanagan runs the Tiltfactor lab at Dartmouth College.

Ideas

Tackling social engineering through play

A lab at Dartmouth College uses psychology and education research to create games for social impact.

A couple locked a padlock on the Pont des Arts bridge.

Paris to remove ?love locks? from bridge

Couples attach locks to Paris? Pont des Arts bridge as symbol that their love would last forever, but the city council said the locks cause degradation.

An Anheuser Busch plant in northwest Georgia has started canning water instead of beer to help flood victims in Texas and Oklahoma.

Anheuser-Busch producing canned water for flood victims

An Anheuser Busch plant in northwest Georgia has started canning water instead of beer to help flood victims in Texas and Oklahoma.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ENDORSEMENTS-web.jpg N.H. endorsement tracker

James Pindell tracks the state?s 115 most desirable endorsements for Democrats seeking the presidency.

Opinion

Robert Ellis

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The country was once seen as ?the shining star of the Muslim world.? Now the gilt has worn off the ruling party.

The Big Picture

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Scenes from daily life in May 2015

From graduations to beautiful beaches to blooming flowers, a look at daily scenes around the world this May.