Emily Taylor

The Cardinals finished Interleague play with a thud on Sunday, watching as the A’s blasted a pair of early home runs and held on for a 7-4 victory that earned starter Andrew Triggs the first win of his big league […]

British tycoon Sir Richard Branson is a “tax exile” and should be stripped of his knighthood, shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggests.
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Turkey says it has killed 25 militants near Jarablus in Syria, while a monitoring group reports 35 civilian deaths in same area.
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Eight soldiers are killed in an ambush in northern Paraguay in an attack blamed on a Marxist rebel group.
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Sunday’s proceeds from state museums across Italy are to be donated to relief work in the earthquake zone as the country rallies around those affected.
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The last BHS stores close their doors for the final time, ending an 88-year presence on the High Street.
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US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he will develop a “tracking system” to remove illegal immigrants who outstay their visas.
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Tunisia’s parliament votes by an overwhelming majority to approve a unity government led by prime minister-designate Youssef Chahed.
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Even on a night when most A’s bats slowed, Ryon Healy’s continued to roll. Healy picked up a fourth-inning single in Friday’s 3-1 series-opening loss to the host Cardinals, extending his career-best hitting streak […]

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The case for raising US interest rates has “strengthened”, the head of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen says.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are closer to an agreement on Syria. following talks in Geneva.
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Bolivian authorities say the deputy interior minister has been kidnapped and killed by striking miners.
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Italy begins a day of national mourning for the 284 people known to have died in Wednesday’s powerful earthquake.
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Theresa May orders a review to expose any inequalities in the way ethnic minorities and white working class people are treated by public services such as the NHS, schools and the criminal justice system.
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Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigns his seat in Parliament and departs from the Canadian political stage after more than 20 years.
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Police in Zimbabwe fire tear gas and water cannon at opposition supporters gathered for a protest march in the capital Harare.
BBC News – Africa

In need of another pitcher in the bullpen, the Nationals acquired left-hander Marc Rzepczynski and cash in a trade with the A’s for Minor League infielder Max Schrock on Thursday. Rzepczynski was activated before […]

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The under-35s are not a spendthrift generation, but are struggling to save owing to daily financial pressures and low wages, a trade body says.
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