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How African Restaurant Baobab Fare Found Success in Detroit

“Making It Work” is a series is about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. When Hamissi Mamba arrived in

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How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On

“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. It takes approximately 30 seconds of conversation

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When Clothes Fly Off, This Intimacy Coordinator Steps In

“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. It takes a lot of people to

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John Jaso Gave Up Baseball to Enjoy Life on a Boat

John Jaso knew he wanted to retire, so he started shopping for sailboats. It was the 2017 season, and Jaso,

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With Layoffs, Retailers Aim to Be Safe Rather Than Sorry (Again)

The retail industry is trying to figure out its correct size. Retailers, faced with sky-high demand from shoppers during the

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Day 23: On Christmas Day, No Rest for the Weary. (Or the Guy Who Feeds the Penguins.)

Until the African penguin starts observing federal holidays, Sparks Perkins won’t either. Which is to say the morning of Dec.

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Baseball

How the Emerald Ash Borer Took Ash Bats Out of Major League Baseball

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — On a glorious autumn afternoon, Rosa Yoo stepped off a road at the Round Valley Recreation

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A ‘Period Dignity Officer’ Seemed Like a Good Idea. Until a Man Was Named.

LONDON — Scotland gained worldwide praise when it passed a pioneering period act, making tampons and pads free by law

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Baseball

Why Does Oswaldo Cabrera Wear a Pearl Necklace?

In Oswaldo Cabrera’s first week in the majors, the Yankees made the most of the multiple gloves that occupy his

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How John DeMarsico Made SNY’s Mets Broadcasts Go Viral

On a sticky August evening at Citi Field, toward the end of a crucial Mets victory against division rival Atlanta,

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