Emily Taylor

Nairobi’s police chief warns opposition supporters not to take part in Monday’s rally for electoral reform in the Kenyan capital “if you value your life”.
BBC News – Africa

In the A’s 12-inning loss Saturday in Houston, Jed Lowrie greeted his twice-former team with a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning.
OAK Homepage News

OAKLAND – All of the noise, the predictions, the narratives and the analysis hovers around the periphery.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Some retired steelworkers could see their pensions “largely frozen” under possible changes to the scheme’s rules, a former pensions minister warns.
BBC News – Business

Syrian troops, backed by Russian air power, cross into Raqqa province, nearing the self-styled capital of so-called Islamic State, UK-based activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

The World Health Organization is examine the risks of holding the Olympic Games in Brazil because of the Zika virus.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pope Francis approves measures to sack bishops who mishandle child sexual abuse cases, a papal decree released on Saturday says.
BBC News – Europe

Brexit campaigners could win if turnout is low in the EU referendum, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock warns, as he calls on young people to vote.
BBC News – UK

Three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, who became one of the world’s best-known sportsmen, dies aged 74 after suffering from respiratory illness.
BBC News – US & Canada

Thirty Nigerien troops and two Nigerian soldiers have been killed repelling an attack by Boko Haram militants in Niger, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

Evan Gattis went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, including a two-run home run to left field in the fourth inning, and the Astros jumped on A’s starter Jesse Hahn for seven first-inning runs and cruised to a 12-2 win on […]

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Sean Manaea arrived at the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2012 as a late-blooming prospect from Indiana State with one prevailing thought in mind.
OAK Homepage News

UK department store chain BHS is to be wound down, putting 11,000 jobs at risk, after attempts to find a buyer failed.
BBC News – Business

A bomb explodes near a mosque in the Syrian coastal city Latakia, killing and wounding several people.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s electoral authorities postpone a key meeting with the opposition, where they were due to announce whether to allow a recall referendum.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The city of Paris is on high alert, with floodwaters on the River Seine due to peak on Friday and a band of heavy rain continuing to sweep across Europe.
BBC News – Europe

Prime Minister David Cameron says migration can be managed if the UK remains inside the EU but is accused of “scaremongering” by Leave campaigners.
BBC News – UK

US Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump “dangerously incoherent”, as protesters clash with his supporters in California.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Gambian-born pub worker scooped £4m on a lottery scratchcard in the UK and then returned to work to finish the last four hours of his shift.
BBC News – Africa