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6 days ago | 
wcyb.com | Samantha Allen
BRISTOL, Va. (WCYB) — Paramedics in Bristol, Virginia, now have a powerful new tool in the field to help save lives. The city’s fire department recently added a handheld ultrasound device to its emergency response toolkit. It is designed to quickly detect internal bleeding in trauma patients. This innovative technology allows medics to diagnose critical injuries on the scene, speeding up treatment and ensuring patients are transported to hospitals equipped for emergency surgery.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
them.us | Ilana Masad |Sarah Neilson |Michael Cuby |Ana Osorno |Wesley Johnson |Samantha Riedel | +1 more
From memoir to poetry to dystopian fiction, this year had something for every kind of queer reader.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
them.us | Samantha Allen
The meandering two-hour conversation was billed as Trump’s triumphant return to the social media platform that skyrocketed him to fame.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Samantha Allen
The biggest ski resorts by skiable acres. Is bigger better? When it comes to ski resorts, the answer's a firm maybe. A few well-placed two-seater will …
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
tdpelmedia.com | Samantha Allen
Newly released police bodycam footage unveils the harrowing moment when a conspiracy theorist, identified as James Yoo, deliberately ignited his Virginia residence, resulting in a fatal explosion. The incident, which occurred on December 4, saw Yoo using gasoline to set his house ablaze, tragically leading to his demise and triggering an explosion felt across miles.
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May 30, 2024 | 
cntraveler.com | Samantha Allen
This is part of a collection of stories celebrating lesbian bars across the US and other parts of the world. Read more here. If The Back Door’s zebra-print walls could talk, they would tell stories of the famous drag queens who have sashayed onto its stage (Sasha Velour delivered one of her favorite-ever performances in the Bloomington, Indiana bar). They’d laugh about the many funny people who have stopped by after a show at the Comedy Attic, like Guy Branum, Tim Heidecker, and Joel Kim Booster.
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May 1, 2024 | 
them.us | Samantha Allen
In ‘Straight for Pay,’ the L.A.-based comic jokes about her past as a straight woman with seven bridesmaids.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Samantha Allen
Triangles are the strongest shape not just in structural engineering but in the bedroom, too. Whether you call it a threesome, a ménage à trois, or an ethical polyamorous encounter, the idea of adding an extra person to your extracurricular activities seems to hold an almost inherent fascination. If Challengers were just a movie about Zendaya being a tennis star, I’d still be interested, sure.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | James Factora |Samantha Allen |Juan Velasquez
Today might mark the release of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department but as a survivor of graduate school, I am here to tell you that queer people at open mic nights are responsible for the most tortured poetry ever written. Maybe that’s why LGBTQ+ artists seem to be so drawn to covering Swift’s music: her diaristic lyrics about love and dating are both eminently relatable and incredibly cathartic to reinterpret from a queer perspective.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
them.us | Samantha Allen
As a queer agnostic, there’s not much that could convince me that God is real. Clouds could spell my name in the sky and I’d still call it a coincidence. But if I got to make out with Mad Men star Christina Hendricks like Hannah Einbinder did while filming Hacks season 3, I might join her in declaring that, yes, there is definitely a man upstairs and he's looking out for us mortals.
