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Dusty Baker announced his retirement after 26 seasons in the Majors in which he led the Houston Astros to last year’s World Series Championship. Baker, 74, first began managing in 1993.  He compiled a record of 2,183-1,862 (with one tie) across 4,046 games on the bench for the Giants (1993-2002), Cubs (2003-06), Reds (2008-13), Nationals (2016-17), and Astros (2020-23). Baker is the only…

California Governor Gavin Newsom has named Laphonza Butler as the replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died on September 29 at 90. Sen. Feinstein’s term ends in January. Said she would not run again. Bulter will finish her term.  Butler is president of EMILY’s List, a political action committee based in Washington. Bulter lives in Washington, but…

Mel Tucker, the Michigan State head football coach, has been suspended without pay for allegedly sexually harassing a colleague. Tucker, one of the highest-paid coaches in college football, is accused of sexually harassing Brenda Tracy, a prominent sexual assault prevention advocate who has made educating athletes about sexual violence her life’s work. In a December…

The nation’s oldest Black Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, will move its 2025 convention out of Florida because of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s racist comments.  Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., will also relocate the fraternity’s 99th General Convention and 119th Anniversary Convention from Orlando due to DeSantis’s racist comments and insensitive policies against the Black community,” according to…

Tucker Carlson has been fired by Fox News and Don Lemon has been fired by CNN after 17 years at the cable station.  Lemon, 57, who earned $4 million per year, said he was stunned by the firing.  Lemon issued a statement on the same day saying he regretted his “inartful and irrelevant” comments. He…

Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned Tuesday in New York after being indicted by a Manhattan New York grand jury, making him the first former president to face criminal charges. Trump will be booked and fingerprinted and have the charges read against him. This is the first time we will learn the full extent…

A shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border region after it was devastated earlier this month by temblors that killed tens of thousands of people. The quake hit the town of Defne at 8:04 pm and was strongly felt in the cities of Antakya and Adana, 200km (300 miles) to the north, according to…

The 118 Congress, which opened Monday, is falling short relative to staff diversity, according to the Joint Center for Political Economic Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank for Black elected officials.  The Joint Center noted there are 1,599 top positions, including chief of staff, legislative directors, and communications director for returning members of 118 Congress. …