April 8, 1975, marked the day Frank Robinson managed his first major-league game for the Cleveland Indians, the first African American to do so. Twelve years later, the Los Angeles Dodgers fired Al Campanis, their general manager, two days after an interview on ABC’s “Nightline” that exposed the attitudes in management that made those like Robinson still so scarce to that point. To this point as well, in 2019, with Robinson and Campanis passed away and with exactly one black manager, the Dodgers’ Dave Roberts, in the majors (although there are four other non-white managers among the other 29)....

While Evan Bouchard and Caleb Jones were seemingly the top suitors for full-time roles this year, an unexpected blueliner instead took the opportunity and ran with it: Ethan Bear. Edmonton’s 2015 fifth-round pick, Bear impressed in the WHL as a high-scoring offensive defenseman and showed potential to eventually develop into the right-handed, puck-moving blueliner the team has needed for years. However, when he made the jump to the Bakersfield Condors — and played in some games for the Oilers — Bear didn’t quite show the prowess he did in juniors....

The change comes after strenuous years of reshaping the American manufacturing company and striving to recover from debt, changes that some believe could signal the end of conglomerate companies as a whole. “It’s over now…in a digital economy, there’s no real room for it,” said Nick Heymann of William Blair, who has followed GE for years. The company has dramatically changed since its beginning in the 1980s, getting rid of the products it is most famous for such as appliances and light bulbs they have created since the company was founded....

I’ve been homeless, and know that the policy will fail without additional guidance. Homelessness isn’t just about lack of a home. It can come from family breakdown, abuse, addiction and above all, mental health issues. We can’t fix the crisis if we don’t understand it. As someone who has climbed out of homelessness and extreme poverty to now being a multi-millionaire, I am in a unique position to weigh in on the complexities of such a nuanced issue....

In Italy, where hairdressers, daycare centers and bars have begun to reopen, many are still trapped inside their homes. They are dealing with the economic fallout of the pandemic by staying at home, waiting for help or finding other ways of coping while furthering the country’s extended humanitarian crises. The systems and volunteers which have worked to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 are now, after two months of lockdown, battling a rise in abuse, extortion, and what are known as “deaths of despair” (suicide, alcohol and drug overdose)....

Never mind that most Filipinos were already Roman Catholic, or that they didn’t want to be occupied. In a brutal insurgency that dragged on for three years, more than 4,000 Americans and half a million Filipinos died; American soldiers first deployed the torture known as water-boarding, and may have first used a version of the term “Gook” to describe the Asian enemy they were trying to save. The many critics of George W....

The Preakness Stakes at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course is the second of the three legs. It will be run May 17. Therein lies the rub. "I'm a guy who likes to go seven to eight weeks between races," Sherman told the New York Daily News. "It kind of gets me a little shook up sometimes when I think about it." First, however, be assured that California Chrome is in good shape....

Josh Sundquist, a comedian who has 2.3 million followers on TikTok, shared his story on the platform in a pair of videos that have been viewed over 2.9 million times. His story highlights how Body Mass Index (BMI), which is a person’s weight-to-height ratio, is not always an accurate measure of a person’s health. A person is considered underweight if they have a BMI of less than 18.5, normal if they have a BMI of between 18....

Two years later he has four. And on Thursday he played like the old Tiger, the broken-down Woods, limping to a 4-over-par 74 to begin the PGA Championship. MORE: Leaderboard | Phil Mickelson’s bad day | Ricki Fowler rising “I can’t remember the last time I (played) without a birdie,” a dejected McIlroy said later. That’s probably because it was just the second time in 88 rounds at majors he’d gone without one....

Then Granger discovered Kids At Large, a Norwood, Mass.-based mail-order company that makes stylish clothes exclusively for large-size boys and girls. Founded five years ago by Copie Lilien and Kim Runyon, the company offers options to kids previously consigned to baggy jumpers. The catalog boasts acid-washed jeans, drop-waisted dresses and funky neon shorts. “It’s hard enough being heavy without worrying about having the ‘wrong’ clothes,” says Lilien. “We’re really selling self-esteem....

On Tuesday, Democratic City Council members Tyrone Riley, Yvonne Harper, Larry Sykes and Gary Johnson were all arrested on Tuesday and charged with accepting bribes for official acts and extortion. Each stands accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for special permits and waivers benefitting local businesses and individuals. Each accused council member showed up to a hearing in U.S. District Court on Tuesday and was subsequently released on a $50,000 bond....

Joe Public is hungry for a big win after getting beat up pretty good yesterday, and he’s relying on the Colts. About 71 percent of the straight bets written at William Hill sports books across Nevada have been on Indianapolis. William Hill’s total action is lopsided as well, with OVER accounting for 82 percent of tickets written. Aliante race and sports director Marc Nelson is dealing the same numbers (-3, 53....

Malaysia U23 head coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee is unfazed about the latecomers on his team’s first day of their training camp, ahead of their AFC U23 Championship campaign. Out of the 30 players who had received the call up to the training camp; four were not present on the first day, on Monday. But Kim Swee told the reporters that they all had valid reasons. “Matthew Davies is currently in Madrid (Spain) and will have to return to Australia [the midfielder’s birth country] first to undergo rehabilitation until the 4th [December]....

Results of the Reuters-Ipsos poll, which collected responses from 1,005 U.S. adults, about 60 percent of whom are likely voters, were released Sunday morning. Participants shared responses online on Friday and Saturday, after announcements that the president and first lady had tested positive for COVID-19. Trump announced their diagnoses in a message shared to Twitter early Friday morning, following an initial tweet that noted Hope Hicks, former White House communications director and current adviser to the president, had contracted the disease....

Fauci said the pandemic is nearing an end in the U.S., telling Financial Times, “As we get out of the full-blown pandemic phase of COVID-19, which we are certainly heading out of, these decisions will increasingly be made on a local level rather than centrally decided or mandated. There will also be more people making their own decisions on how they want to deal with the virus.” Washington still has its indoor mask mandate, according to updated guidelines by the state’s health department, but individuals will no longer be required to wear masks at “large outdoor events” starting Friday....

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In subsequent commentaries and articles for NEWSWEEK, I suggested the presence of fleeting moments of opportunity to change course, establish realistic goals and involve the United Nations and regional allies in a long-term solution. In June 2004, I proposed that a federation of three independent states was the most likely long-term solution for Iraq, and that the Bush administration would do well to begin to shape that obvious outcome rather than continue to adhere to its short-sighted and irresponsibly naïve “stay the course” policy....

Opioids can take the form of prescription medications used for pain relief but can also be found on the street in forms such as heroin. Learn more about opioids, why they are prescribed, risk factors for addiction, diagnosis of a substance use disorder, and treatment options. Commonly Used Opioids Opioids are often used as painkillers. They work by blocking pain signals between the brain and the body. Common forms of opioids include:...

Slated to hit the racks next March with a hefty press run of 850,000 copies, the new magazine will target women in their 30s, offering an Oprah-patented stew of features on family, relationships, spirituality, work, health, beauty and books. “There may be one celebrity profile,” says Good Housekeeping editor in chief Ellen Levine, who is overseeing the magazine’s development until a permanent editor is named. “But it’s certainly not going to be driven by celebrities....