Emily Taylor

After being held hitless for six innings, the Astros scored eight straight runs — capped by a two-run homer by George Springer in the eighth inning — to wipe out a five-run deficit and stun the A’s, 10-6, on […]

Ministers told film-making, music, and video games are becoming important parts of industry.
BBC News – Business

A blast rips through buses carrying people from pro-government towns, waiting at a rebel checkpoint.
BBC News – Middle East

Executives from Odebrecht engineering firm allege irregularities in the bidding process for six stadiums.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turks will vote on Sunday on whether to grant the president sweeping new powers.
BBC News – Europe

British student Hannah Bladon, who was stabbed to death in Jerusalem, was “driven and passionate”.
BBC News – UK

The fighters were killed in the most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat.
BBC News – US & Canada

The last regular US soldiers left after the “Black Hawk Down” killings of special forces personnel.
BBC News – Africa

Eighty-two games come at you rapid fire. The playoffs are a slow burn. A war of attrition. A long game, but with immediate impact.
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Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel continued his strong start to the season by holding the A’s to one run and four hits in seven innings, and Norichika Aoki and Brian McCann each drove in a pair to send the Astros to a […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 13, 2017 – The Oklahoma City Thunder is set to head to Tulsa for the ninth time during the 2017 pre
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Left-hander Jason Vargas silenced the A’s through 7 2/3 innings and the struggling Royals’ offense mustered just enough to beat right-hander Jesse Hahn in a 3-1 victory on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium.
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The Swiss bank’s top executives have been criticised by shareholders over excessively high pay.
BBC News – Business

More than 30,000 people are expected to be moved from four towns under the deal.
BBC News – Middle East

President Michel Temer’s chief of staff is among top politicians named by a Supreme Court judge.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Two Russians are among those charged, but Moscow dismisses the allegations as absurd.
BBC News – Europe

Scot Harris Binotti is wanted in connection with the murder of Gary Ferguson in Myanmar.
BBC News – UK

The US “mother of all bombs” attack did not affect civilians, the Afghan defence ministry says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Four businessmen, including two French nationals, were seized from a top Ivory Coast hotel in 2011.
BBC News – Africa

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