Emily Taylor

Pressure is building on Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi, one of only two men to win the Africa Cup of Nations as a player and a coach, dies at the age of 54.
BBC News – Africa

Chris Carter homered twice to provide some breathing room for Brewers starter Zach Davies, who carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning of a 5-4 win over the A’s on Tuesday night at Miller Park.
OAK Homepage News

When the Thunder started the 2015-16 season 7-6 and slogged through a stretch of eight losses in 12 games after the All-Star Break, there
Oklahoma City Thunder

A high Draft pick is merely a consolation prize for a disappointing season. That the A’s enter next week’s Draft with their highest pick in 18 years, then, speaks to how well they’ve performed on the field in that […]

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has admitted to problems with some practices at the company’s Derbyshire warehouse, ahead of his appearance before MPs.
BBC News – Business

The UN removes the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen from a blacklist of states and groups violating children’s rights in conflict.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s new Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani says Rio is prepared for the Olympic Games and visitors do not have to worry about the Zika virus.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A car bomb attack targeting a police bus has killed seven officers and four civilians in central Istanbul, officials say.
BBC News – Europe

Two teenage girls plead guilty to kidnapping a two-year-old child from a Primark store in Newcastle.
BBC News – UK

Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic Party nomination for the US presidency, a delegate count by the Associated Press suggests.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burkina Faso cancels an international arrest warrant for Ivory Coast’s parliamentary speaker after Interpol refuses to help execute it, the prosecutor says.
BBC News – Africa

Monday, June 6 WHO:
Oklahoma City Thunder

The A’s decision to have Sonny Gray pitch against the Astros on Sunday, rather than put him through the motions of a Minor League rehab start, stemmed from a call made by the pitcher himself.
OAK Homepage News

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley says he will now go before MPs to defend the company’s “good name” following criticism over working conditions at the firm.
BBC News – Business

Civilians fleeing Falluja, the Iraqi stronghold of the so-called Islamic State (IS), are being shot as they leave, an aid agency says.
BBC News – Middle East

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has a slight lead over opponent Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s presidential election, but the result is still too close to call.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly reject a plan to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone, whether in work or not.
BBC News – Europe

Anxiety disorders need more research, says a global review of scientific studies which found women were twice as likely to be affected as men.
BBC News – UK

Muhammad Ali’s doctor says friends “expected something bad was going to happen” in the year before his death.
BBC News – US & Canada