Day: May 1, 2023

Trans cyclist picks up overall victory in Tour of the Gila

11:57 am May 1, 2023

Austin Killips, a transgender female, finished in first place in the women’s category in the Tour of the Gila as she finished in first place in the final stage of the event in New Mexico. Killips broke free from the pack in the final minutes of the race. Killips clocked in at 3:07:16 defeating Marcela […]

Maine man arrested after shipping $3 million worth of fentanyl to local restaraunt

11:53 am May 1, 2023

Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate that they thought was a shipment of mugs they had recently ordered. Instead, they found a plastic tote that contained what law enforcement suspect is 31 pounds of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl with an estimated street value of $3 […]

Yosemite Valley to reopen earlier than expected as California flood threat subsides

11:52 am May 1, 2023

Temporarily shuttered parts of Yosemite Valley will reopen earlier than expected after fears of flooding receded Saturday, park officials announced. Eastern Yosemite Valley, which is home to Yosemite Falls and Half Dome, closed Friday night and was expected to stay off-limits to visitors until Wednesday. The valley will be open Sunday from 7 a.m. to […]

College baseball player wounded by stray bullet during game: ‘Incredibly bad luck, bad place’

11:08 am May 1, 2023

A college baseball player was shot and wounded on Saturday during a game between Texas A&M University-Texarkana and Houston-Victoria. The 18-year-old player, who was not immediately identified, was struck by a stray bullet around 5:30 p.m. local time when he was standing in the bullpen area at George Dobson Field in Texarkana near the Texas-Arkansas […]

KISS co-founder blasts ‘normalizing’ sexual struggles in children: ‘Sad and dangerous fad’

11:00 am May 1, 2023

Paul Stanley, the lead singer and co-founder of the band KISS, came out against gender reassignment treatments for children in a lengthy post to social media on Sunday. In a seemingly unprompted post, Stanley criticized parents for encouraging their children to question their sexual identity as part of what he referred to as “a sad […]