When Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy” hit Broadway in 1982, audiences had never met anyone quite like Arnold Beckoff. Here was a 20-something gay man, a drag queen who sometimes visited the orgies in the seedy back rooms of New … Continued
If Mitch Garver needs a reminder that he was part of major league history, he has the bobble head. Five relative likenesses of Twins players who, in 2019, became the first five major league teammates to hit at least 30 … Continued
The best defensive player on the best defensive team is — justly — the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert drives to the basket against the Phoenix Suns during the first half of Game 4 … Continued
Officials in Baytown Township, concerned about the threat of annexation from neighboring cities, plan to decide next month whether to have township residents vote on becoming a city. The town board is expected to vote on the matter at its … Continued
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM (Associated Press) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports in an effort to … Continued
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY (Associated Press) Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don’t emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane — according … Continued