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Saturday Night, No Mask Required, at the Last Ditch Lesbian Bar in Massachusetts

Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention.

Β© Sophie Park for The New York Times

One of the signs on the door of Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue asks visitors to wear a mask. Recently, the bar said it would lift its mask mandate on Saturdays.

At Least 27 Killed in 2 Overnight Mass Shootings in South Africa

These were the latest deadly incidents at bars or taverns in a nation with one of the world’s highest murder rates.

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Members of South Africa’s Forensic Pathology Service and South African National Defence Force on Sunday at the scene of the shooting near Johannesburg.

The Raffles’ Singapore Sling Costs $40. There’s a Reason Tourists Still Love It.

You can still buy a Singapore Sling in the colonial-era hotel where it’s said to have been invented more than a century ago. Custom versions have arisen nearby.

Β© Ore Huiying for The New York Times

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