HOUSTON – Twin traumas have plagued Dusty Baker for almost two decades. They bonded as they tried to get a pennant as manager of the Houston Astros late Friday night. If Baker had chosen to hide until the storm subsided, you’d understand: He was up 5-0 in Game 6 of a championship streak. Normally that …
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PARIS — American-born Black dancer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker, who became one of France’s biggest music hall stars of the early 20th century, will be buried in the Panthéon, France’s famous tomb of heroes. President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. This honor goes to Mrs Baker, who became a French citizen in 1937 …
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Husbandsby Chandler Baker Nora Spangler is squeezed dry. The mother of a small child, another on the way, and the plaintiff’s attorney for a firm. Her husband, Hayden, is incapable of complex parenting tasks such as persuading the couple’s youngest daughter to use the bathroom. Nora’s boss, Gary, calls her on a Sunday because she …
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BERKELEY, California — When the coronavirus pandemic stopped the sport over a year ago, newly appointed Houston Astros head Dusty Baker dropped out of spring training and returned to Granite Bay, California, just outside of Sacramento. Likewise, his son Darren did when the baseball season—along with his in-person classes at the University of California, Berkeley—abruptly …
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